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the acton free frets thursday october 13th i960 poisoned trees forest wrecked by beavers viewed by halton county council during tour j- j i r mmmmmmmmx dams i poisoned trees and forest i wreckages by beavers were only two of the many sights viewed by county eouncll rcprcscntaliv es and forestry officials when they covered more than 70 mil es touring hallons forests tues day october 4 the sightseers had a pleasant full day as they began the tour from the court horn in mil ion as many ns 25 people were mnvsed at one time for certain parts ol the tour the first jutnp- ingoff spot was the cox tract iear speyside on the nnvuiga wevnesqucslng township line this acreage was the tin coun tv tract purchase in 1939 and was planted in 1940 under the direct ion of county engineer rov smith the irees are about 22 enrs old and are still growing well according to roger cun ningham zone forester who led the caravan of con through the sideroads and across fields ice storm havoc about 30000 trees were plant ed 20000 being red pine how ever a sexore ice storm drastic ally thinned out the inreh prun ing was earned out two years ago lower branches were moved for sunlight to entei ccpt for the outside trees whose lower branches serve as wind breakers an importunt feature of this tract and some of the others are the fireguards which consist of cleared spate filled with mineral soil this tract also has a fireguard on its iruntagi unnccevsan tentes were i moved to allow lor the fire guards in the past lew week- mr cunningham noted there were few tattle around this spol and even if a few cows did mii into the trees the pines now strong enough not to be damaged entire 20 aire stands of red pine are broken into blocks bv the fireguards this tract is one ot 13 being nturcsied and all have been purchased bv the counlv except he coulson tslate at hornbv om would ncver think ihc cox trail was una former namure land all ot the 100 acres have been bought ar ound the back are 400 airu ol hardwood after inspecting avers in this area are reported as a nuisance because they can i not be controlled j in 1957 and 1958 42 beavers were taken out and the forest ers estimate nnothtf 50 have tp be evicted as undcstinble ten ants these vagrants have gone ns far as esquesing and just noith of milton on highway 25 clean it up archie service said he had much lo do with the leasing of this area to the beaveis but all that is pasl and he wimls to see the neighborhood cleaned up be cause touilsts have been coming lo see the beavers ho vtould like to see eountv cuuntil set up pienie a i cms in the disliiet he wanted lo see n umipltli plan sketched out before anv thing is changed a shotl dilve through the bill ion tract bioughl the lour to the huge chiislmas tree plunla nun where each tree is graded ae wording lo u s standards includ ihg color shape and density no tree is tu dense snv the luiesi crs altei the tree is graded it receives a special tag and is read it matkektho trees are well teneled through the seasons and spraved nearly every yeai jl the inseet invaders get tot tough white pine and while spruce arc well distributed ovei the w acres the 50000 trees were not nil planted at once re pealed planting through tht veai from 1953 to ivoo was euirled out release report dads restatuanl in ctmpkll ville served the tout tug paiiv liuieh and a shoit mluimal meet ing was held dcpulv reeve gordon gallagher ot buihngton was wcleomed to tounlv in the vacant sent iktupied bv iht late william be mm l the comprehensive ripoil on hal ton counts forests trom 1946 lo ls8 was distnbuied and sunn mention was iuuk ol ilk tun tents up lo dale total expend hires tallv up to j22 8i0 the re pen is shows products u moved in wixxls optialiuns and the ap proximate returns lists 1 1 ees planted bv seasons and specie 129 000 trees were planted b the end of march 1918 nations top agriculturalists finalize plans for 1960 royal loivmtn- many or llu mtlli p iigiitultiuiiluu intituling linn douglao s 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councillors and members of ihepuparmitm tour of several hallon loresi traclj on luisdrty oelof discuss tree problems wild department oiik township ed ones whiih tin tugs t nuukeil vsiili vtllou htikhet nun emld h llu baik and spi iv ai lie life slitam ol ill lif llltf is a pmeilul iimiiii tkiiipound sqiiiiled iiiio llu up n uhiiuk ai llu ihiiliiin il ili lunik whith giiuliialk kills hu vvluilc itee ll i- the limm n etleaptsl vetiv ol ili ukvuv nil wmied tues n piiki a tilth llv t tit i llu i plantation and learning how it is t u1 p being cared for the group which propemes and purchase piue an inintlind liliire if the being cared for the group included warden doug sargent drove ot to ihe finney tract swamp thriven this traci comprises 0 acres bought in 1944 and planted trom 1945 through the vears lo 195 an cmtmated 50000 spruce and red pine were planted through out the period the foresters pomted out the bcsl example of cedars grown in an uplands an interesting leature booklet shows the cox tract in 1940 members will receive sup plements from time to time as further operations are earned out itkorv hits and mi the trunks a quttk look u is i elliott tiatt vvhuh v problem because of water in the suil i dilth w is insulltd suited in jukki grov itie 148 purehjnt ot tht aeiiagi is llitrt is i v iiietv i iht land with i pun sprue e a numhii nl mnit dead on llitil soon hi temoved list mop on iht vtjs hit li ink li ii puith ist pi inline v out in 194s67 ot h ol whith ire pi int ii 1 link mliiiii m lar lugs on emtls tminiiud 27 e olds wilt vild i vu vtais ijo but lilt uvmui i after lunch the tour stopped it the mahon turner tracts which are next to each other foresters explained how the ma hon tract was improved b rcfki hcadded these r trce i thinning out 600 board text ot are normalk wamp thnvers logs removing cords ot hijjh members commented on the grade haidwood maple tuvcrs anv4ilc mraighmcn- and the rnot of tht tratt with inter thkkncss of these trunks which spx nouns ot oak and actwrding to ihc rone forester mr cunningham noted vtuuld uhimauh be ud f or more to put low grade hardw pok- and postsall but six acres in than what thtv art getting oj the uoii i- punlation other tor it tht tortst is for stltxt itircier explained the new tuning sipns whuh wire made m the a sign at tht turner tiatt dtpanmentv cnn sh p read tttpjss ai ovtn risk be also included in this tract are taust ot poisoned tuts bliuil whiu spruj anc while pint tnunng the poisontd area mr uhikh as the cov traet rr brok cunnmkham luld mtmtxis this iti up b lifeguards stotth pine trail was the hardest lu plant aix taiihtr baek and the smaller because ul tht shallow soil on onev an tui tor the christmas a ihitk lavtr ot bediotk manv lice mat kit tht tonit rv poini trexs ditd bttaust iht sun heal ed oui tht wtu t pint and tx td the txdtoek dmnj up tht pltitkti tin dihitullt in ceinlrul loots whteti tould nut dig tx lui it neath tht rovk tor sutlieienl wa fttiti it was lnst btoeuhl into lei o all tht ueo in itit 12 jtht count t it m hiii led at a aires wert poisoned bv the fur wundet tree mid mr cunning esters just the uiisikhlv warpjpitk ihetn up liam because it would grow anv unci i he added it was discuv cied later lo the peuplt s dismas thai it grew id c pjt slutpc mad i siis hat btxi laltti und are bciiii taken to put the while pint pltasint stiapt adding tu llu uts dimtimioti t- iht el lexis lauded bv uhitc pine btis ut tusi and wcavcl luouih elk laiiu tbej da 1 mll ht uilurttted ibx teieip lhal ikxidles eit like tutgtcen du tall oil mid art locttlv repwcd wjiiuti ptnod ol tlirtx lu luiu i vtjui iimt ittx t pruned up to it lal and mtihta lu the iruiik to i jm ixm lu kvvc a stub which miuuu not hel tlir utrvmn tulkd em to the kiiium tiwi whcie tlie mem hm vhft jiprwkd i ilic butk ened tkekeut of uluk weic utm liee ai the old beater rkml ac in iwv tour butet mtc captulcd alite in otn cuuntv at a cot uf ahuut 100 lu 700 the wese mti free in ihit area whetr i ho built a 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