The purpose of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to solicit proposals from qualified consultants to produce a 20 year Forest Management Plan (FMP) for Credit Valley Conservation (CVC). To date, CVC has held a number of consultative internal and external sessions and has developed an advanced draft of the FMP document. The successful consultant shall use the annotated outline and draft materials as a basis to produce a complete and concise document through further technical writing, analysis of inventory data, professional editing and periodic consultation with CVC staff. The CVC FMP will serve primarily as the guiding document for all forest management activities on CVC properties. Many of the objectives and practices established by this FMP will also be used when assisting municipal partners and private landowners with forest management plans and activities. The FMP will set out the objectives and future direction and priorities for forest management planning...

This e-lecture answered questions received from the 2018 Members’ Survey. For more information view the: E-Lecture Poster Nov 15, 2018 If you were not able to attend the session, a recording of the e-lecture is available.  

This e-lecture is highly recommended if you are a Student or Provisional Member (R.P.F. in Training) of the OPFA and have graduated or will be graduating from a program accredited by the Canadian Forestry Accreditation Board. This e-lecture will provide a step-by-step guide to the requirements you need to meet and documents you need to complete before being approved as a practicing member of the OPFA. For more information view the: E-Lecture Poster CFAB Accredited Programs 2018 08 22 Pre-registration is not required.  If you are not able to attend the session, a recording will be made available.  

CFS-GLFC lectures are presented at the Great Lakes Forestry Centre (GLFC) of the Canadian Forest Service (1219 Queen Street East, Sault Ste. Marie, ON), in the Roberta Bondar Room (A103) at 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Eastern time). There is no cost to join this English-only presentation and pre-registration is not required. This lecture series is brought to you by the Great Lakes Forestry Centre (GLFC). The presentations are also available as a webinar series where you can view the presentation on-line and listen via telephone in your office. For more detailed information on the lectures or to add your name on our list to receive the invitation and the summary of each lecture, contact the GLFC Publication assistant at the Great Lakes Forestry Centre, by e-mail. Within one week of the webinar, the presentation, including the audio recording, will be posted for download at: ftp://ftp.nrcan.gc.ca/cfs/glfc/. All previous Webinars are also archived there....

The electronic lectures are free, easy to access, and user-friendly. To register, simply contact the eLecture Coordinator at: electures@cif–ifc.org

OPFA Member Binder (August 2018) updated with revised 2018 OPFA By-laws and OPFA Information Sheets. The OPFA Member Binder compiles general  information and relevant legislation, by-laws and practice guidance for  members.  Download the Member Binder 2018 and check back periodically for updated versions.