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Andrew Grindlay
Leaning a lining
legacy
Oliver Dunsmuir is lucky. He has
a daughter and a grandson, both
keenly interested in trees, and a
Woodlot.
Oliver turned over his 90 -acre
Elgin County woodlot to his
daughter, Karen Rodgers, about 10
years ago. Since then, she has taken
several courses in forestry at the
University of Guelph and gotten her
14 -year-old son. Matt, interested in
growing trees. Oliver is teaching Matt
all he knows about trees, expecting
Matt to take
over the
woodlot
eventually.
If you
have a child
in your
family and a
woodlot, you
have a
tremendous
opportunity
to do
something
worthwhile
for both.
You can teach the child or grandchild
how to look after the woodlot such
that it will forever provide a habitat
for wildlife, a place for the child as
he or she grows up to escape from the
hurly-burly of everyday life and a
continuing source of income.
And, if it is looked after properly,
the woodlot will improve over the
years, meaning that it will contain a
variety of species of various ages
and of better quality.
It will not take much effort, either.
All that is required is for you to spend
some time with the child in the
woodlot pointing out birds and
animals and their nesting places;
describing how to identify trees by
leaves, bark, shape and buds; and
demonstrating how to manage the
woodlot by thinning and pruning at
the appropriate times. And, of course,