Mr. Paul Robertson

Paul Robertson - Trees UnlimitedPaul is the Sr. Operational Forester and Principal Consultant of Trees Unlimited.In 1990, Paul began Trees Unlimited to provide complete forestry services for private landowners.Paul was recently elected to the Ontario Woodlot Association's board, is past-chairman of Land Care Niagara, (the local stewardship program), founding member of the Niagara Woodlot Association, provincially certified tree marker, managed forest plan approver and sits on a number of forest management related committees.

Apart from the environmental destruction, the droppings, called frass, stain driveways, decks and patios, and after a rainfall, make these surfaces slippery, said Paul Robertson, president of the Niagara Woodlot Association and a forester with his own company that manages private woodlots.

"If you've ever lived through an infestation, you'll never want to live through one again," he said.

The evening started out with President, Paul Robertson,s opening remarks and welcome to the group.Paul started by thanking the sponsors of the Niagara Woodlot Association, for without their help, a lot of the initiatives of the organization could not be achieved. The mission of the Niagara Woodlot Association is in, ,protecting the special natural features of the Niagara Peninsula for future generations., That being said, Paul continued his opening remarks with an overview of the year,s accomplishments.One of the major accomplishments was getting the Ministry of Finance to adopt the Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program, which basically gives woodlot owners the same tax assessment as farmland, rather than vacant land as was the previous method of taxation.This was a huge joint accomplishment of the efforts of various Woodlot Associations. Mr. Robertson went on to speak about the impact the Emerald Ash Borer will have on the ash tree population in Canada, particularly in Niagara Region.
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Paul Robertson also spoke about the hopeful announcement of the land trust the Woodlot Association has been working hard to achieve.Currently, the founding committee is working at developing the constitution and by-laws and hopes to receive it,s charitable designation in the new year.The land trust is needed to preserve the natural forests and lands in the Niagara Region.Niagara Region has a very low number of government owned forests.Paul explained, ,this is due to in the 1950,s when local governments were purchasing lands to stop soil erosion, etc., Niagara was not doing so.
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Paul Robertson encourages new members so they too can learn about the natural growth on their property, how to protect it and how to grow it.For further information, contact Mike Rose at 905-714-0723 at the Landcare Niagara office, Paul Robertson 905-384-0789 or Reg Ecker in West Lincoln at 905-386-6421.