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On 10/14/2024 11:46 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> Now it is time to go for a walk in the woods and get some branches with 
> nice red leaves for decoration.

Isn't it illegal to strip trees bare in your forests and parks?


http://www.lrconline.com/Extension_Notes_English/pdf/conservation_bylaw.pdf


KNOW YOUR LOCAL FOREST CONSERVATION BY-LAW:
Call your municipality to get a copy of the by-law and talk to
a by-law officer. Find out whether there is a notice or
application that you need to submit before beginning cutting
and if there is a waiting period before you can start cutting.
Contact a woodlot association or stewardship council about a
list of local forestry professionals or any upcoming
workshops. Call a few forestry professionals to discuss your
plans and find out what advice they might have and what
services they provide. Know that forest conservation by-laws
are not designed to discourage harvesting activities. Rather
they are designed to encourage good forest practices and
discourage over harvesting. Having your forest marked by a
forestry professional according to good forest management
practices rather than the minimum diameter limit (as prescribed
as a minimum in most by-laws) is in your best interest.
Read the handbook A Landowner’s Guide to Selling Standing
Timber from The Ontario Woodlot Association at
1-888-791-1103. Also look into the Extension Note
Promoting A Healthy Forest Through Tree Marking

The Municipal Act (2001) allows all levels of municipalities
in Ontario to pass forest conservation by-laws to regulate tree
cutting. An upper tier municipality is able to pass forest
conservation by-laws for forests that are one hectare or more
in size, while a lower tier municipality is able to pass forest
conservation by-laws for trees found in forests of less than
one hectare down to individual trees. Either tier of municipal
government can delegate its powers to the other tier and by
agreement enforce the by-law of the other tier.