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Indigenous Origins of Sugaring

By Peter Kuitenbrouwer for MLF ENEWS First Nations taught settlers how to get sweetener from a sugar maple tree The skill of how to tap sugar maple trees in Spring and boil the sap down into a sweetener is one of many crafts that the First Peoples taught to settlers in North America. Sugaring’s Indigenous origins takes up a chapter… READ MORE »Indigenous Origins of Sugaring

The History of Roadside Tree Planting in Ontario – Part 3

Maple Leaves Forever is proud to present the third in a series of posts detailing the history of roadside tree planting in Ontario, researched and written by Terry Schwan, R.P.F. The full essay is now available for download in PDF : DOWNLOAD NOW Changing Regimes and the Ontario Tree Planting Act of 1896. Following the death of Phipps in early 1894 the… READ MORE »The History of Roadside Tree Planting in Ontario – Part 3

The History of Roadside Tree Planting in Ontario – Part 2

Maple Leaves Forever is proud to present this series of posts detailing the history of roadside tree planting in Ontario, researched and written by Terry Schwan, R.P.F. The full essay will be released in its entirety in Fall 2021. Terry Schwan is a semi-retired forest consultant. Born in Hanover, he served as District Forester in Guelph for the Ministry of Natural Resources… READ MORE »The History of Roadside Tree Planting in Ontario – Part 2

The history of roadside tree planting in Ontario – Part 1

Maple Leaves Forever is proud to present this series of posts detailing the history of roadside tree planting in Ontario, researched and written by Terry Schwan, R.P.F. The full essay will be released in its entirety in Fall 2021. Terry Schwan is a semi-retired forest consultant. Born in Hanover, he served as District Forester in Guelph for the Ministry of… READ MORE »The history of roadside tree planting in Ontario – Part 1