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3rd ANNUAL WELBECK
WOOD EXPO
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11TH & SATURDAY, AUGUST 12TH
8 am to 5 pm
Free admission and parking with shuttle bus
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Call for topics and times — Lots of vendors on hand from small
crafts and lathe turnings to timber frame structures.
* Shingle Mill Tours
at Food Booth (Proceeds to Durham Minor Soccer)
* Tented Picnic Table Area
Be sure to see the:
DEWALT MOBILE TOOL TRUCK &
DELTA FORCE ROLLING WORKSHOP
Also MAKITA DEMO TOOL VAN
Can You Beat the Pros? — Come compete in the
"Dewalt Nascar Tire Challenge"
with prize to the best tire changing time.
Lots of Discontinued and Special Purchase Items!!!
Be sure not to miss this event
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Woodlot
Management
Fighting off the
foreign invaders
Steve Bowers
is a forester
and forest
owner, a
member of
the Huron -
Perth
Chapter of
the Ontario
Woodlot
Association
and
Stewardship Co-ordinator with the
Huron Stewardship Council.
Since European settlement of
North America several thousand non-
native species have been introduced
to our continent (a 1993 report by the
U.S. Office of Technology and
Assessment, estimates over 4,500
non-native plant and animal species
have become established in the
United States).
Some of these introduced species
have had very evident and damaging
impacts through causing mortality of
or displacing native species. An
example is the emerald ash borer
which has caused significant ash
mortality in the Windsor to Chatham
area, resulting in a quarantine
restricting wood movement out of
Essex and Kent counties that has
recently been extended to include
Lambton and Elgin counties.
While some introduced species
appear to have had little impact,
others have more subtle effects that
may not be initially as noticeable, but
could be just as devastating in the
long run. An introduced plant that
may fit this category is garlic
mustard.
Garlic mustard was likely brought
to North America by settlers for use
as a vegetable and salad green (as the
name suggests, the leaves have a
garlic odour and taste), and because it
was considered to have a number of
medicinal properties. Unfortunately
it has thrived on our continent and