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IN THE NEWS

SHELBY KRAMP-NEUMAN MP

Big Congratulations to out
2023 Youth Leadership Award winners!

Grade 7-9 category
Faith Ioannou embodies the spirit of leadership by promoting inclusivity among her peers, showing resilience in the face
of adversity, and displaying an unwavering commitment to her academic and athletic pursuits. Her dedication to helping
her teammates and overcoming personal challenges sets her apart. She attends Sacred Heart Catholic School in
Marmora.
Grade 10-12 category,
Abbi Woods is a remarkable youth leader and dedicated volunteer in her community, Abbi epitomizes John C. Maxwell's
quote: "A leader is someone who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way." She has consistently shown her
commitment to serving others, from organizing record-breaking fundraisers to planning community events. Abbi's
dedication to her chosen career path of practical nursing and maintaining a high academic average while actively
participating in school and community events is truly commendable. She attends North Addington Education Centre.
Congratulations Faith & Abbi!
Be proud of your accomplishments. The world is yours to impact. Keep shining, keep leading, and continue to make a
mark. Looking forward to hosting you both in Ottawa to recognize your success.
DRONES AND LASERS IN THE FOREST: WOODLOT TECHNOLOGY ANALYST TO ADDRESS JUNE GATHERING IN
IVANHOE
Ivanhoe, Ont. (May 10, 2023) – What is in your woods? The Ontario Woodlot Association recently bought two drones, to
help private woodlot owners gather information about their forests. Ben Gwilliam, private lands inventory analyst for the
association, will tell local woodlot owners about the drones and other new forest tools at a gathering next month of the
OWA Quinte Chapter. Taking aerial pictures to map things below is an old idea in Canada. Way back in 1885, Captain
Édouard-Gaston Deville, the surveyor-general of Canada, was the first to map our country using photos he took from
mountain tops. Techniques to take photos from the air have evolved quite a bit since then, Gwilliam says.
“Particularly, the use of drones in aerial photography and photogrammetry has made it more accessible than ever for
landowners to produce the high-resolution forest inventory and monitoring that was once only available to well-
resourced industry on Crown land,” Gwilliam wrote in the most recent Ontario Woodlander, the magazine of the OWA.
Photogrammetry involves multiple overlapping photos from different angles and positions to find the structure of
something, such as a forest, in three dimensions.
Gwilliam will look at several ways the OWA wants to help woodlot owners look after their
forests in a sustainable fashion. Along with drones and LiDAR (short for light detection
and ranging), the OWA has plans to help members with forest certification, climate
change mitigation, an enhanced private lands forest inventory and forestry cooperatives.
The local chapter will also give details of a new program to help landowners with the
cost of a Forest Primer consultation with a forester or forest technician. All this talk can
make the average attendee rather hungry. Participants will feast on a zero-waste Amish
hot lunch prepared by Martha Miller and her daughters Sevilla, Emma and Sarah. The
lunch will include roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, dressing, slaw, homemade
bread, pickles, dessert, coffee and tea. The Millers will also offer their homemade donuts.
After lunch, participants will go for a walk in the woods led by Peter Kuitenbrouwer, a
local forester, and Tim Trustham of Quinte Conservation.
The annual general meeting of the Quinte Chapter, OWA, takes place June 3 at 9 a.m., at
the Huntingdon’s Veterans Community Hall, 11379 Highway 62 in Ivanhoe. Event is rain or
shine; organizers urge those attending to bring insect repellant. For an OWA member
and one guest, admission is $25 each; admission for non-members is $40.
For more information, write to quintewoodlotassociation@gmail.com.
Visit the OWA at https://www.ontariowoodlot.com/