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Educating youth about forest management, Elephant project.                                 Forest inventory plot tree tag


        forest management is truly a complex balancing act.     involvement in forest management. Originally

        All forest management activities on the Kenogami        established to perform forest management services
        Forest are governed by the Forest Management            on the Kenogami Forest on behalf of the Crown,

        Plan, a plan that provides the direction required       Nedaak has evolved over the past 9 years and
        to manage the forest in a sustainable manner,           was instrumental in the establishment of the eSFL

        ensuring all environmental values and stakeholder       (Enhanced Sustainable Forest License) company,

        interests are considered.”                              Ogwiidachiwaning Sustainable Forest Management
                                                                Inc., a not-for-profit First Nation and Industry

        Nedaak is ideally positioned with a Registered          partnership.
        Professional Forester and staff with the knowledge,

        experience, and skill sets to deliver high quality      “The first pillar of our government’s forest sector

        Forest Management Planning services.                    strategy includes a commitment that economic
                                                                benefits from forestry will create opportunities for

        Nedaak is born out of the Ontario government’s          Indigenous communities and businesses,” said

        policy to secure greater Indigenous community           Greg Rickford, Minister of Northern Development,


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