FORESTRY FUTURES TRUST ONTARIO
Latest News for 2024 below
September 12, 2024
FFT Silviculture Round 59 has closed.
August 30, 2024
The FFTC Annual Report for 2023-24 is available for viewing under the FORMS and REPORTS tab.
August 8, 2024
The Forestry Futures Trust Committee is pleased to announce, in cooperation, with the MNR, the multi-year Incremental Tree Planting program as part of Natural Resources Canada's 2 Billion Trees program. Ontario's program is a 50/50 cost-share between the federal and provincial governments. It provides Ontario with an opportuity to leverage federal dollars to improve our Crown forests, create jobs, and repond to climate change. It also delivers on the Forest Sector Strategy goal of growing more wood on Crown lands by realizing the productive potential of the for through plantinf on low-stocked areas.
The joint announcements can be found in the links below:
French: https://www.canada.ca/fr/ressources-naturelles-canada/nouvelles/2024/08/les-gouvernements-du-canada-et-de-lontario-augmentent-la-capacite-de-planter-des-arbres-et-renforcent-les-ecosystemes.html
The second call for applications to Ontario’s Incremental Tree Planting Program, as part of Canada’s Two Billion Trees initiative is closed. Incremental Treeplanting Program Approved Projects for funding in 2024 (including Rounds 1 & 2)
For future rounds, the program specific forms can be found under the FORM and REPORTS tab.
August 2024
The Forest Genetic Resource Management (FGRM) Program is a specific purpose of the Forestry Futures Trust (FFT). The funding of FGRM via the FFT provides support for maintaining Ontario’s forest genetic assets, for ensuring that genes are conserved and for developing trees that are adapted for future growing environments. FGRM is a valuable resource for forest management in Ontario and contributes to the Crown Forest Sustainability Act (CFSA) purpose of providing for the sustainability of Ontario’s Crown forests. The program supports tree improvement, provides a viable and reliable source of genetically improved seed, conserves existing genetic diversity, and supports adaptation to a changing environment. Ontario’s three Regional Genetic Associations (Associations), i.e., Superior Woods Tree Improvement Association (SWTIA), Northeast Seed Management Association (NeSMA), and the Forest Gene Conservation Association (FGCA), are partners with Sustainable Forest Licensees (SFLs} and others in implementing a forest genetics program that benefits Ontario’s Crown forests. In addition to providing funding through the FFT, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) researchers study forest genetics and tree improvement to support Provincial policy and operational programs in collaboration with partners, such as the Associations and universities.
Forestry Futures Trust Committee (FFTC) and the Associations collaboratively developed an interim FGRM Program 10-Year Strategic Plan. The strategic plan is designed to provide interim direction for the FFTC as the FGRM program administrator and to its applicants. Eligible applicants include SWTIA, NeSMA and FGCA. This strategic plan was developed to further FFTC’s capacity to ensure its instructed allocation of funds for the FGRM Program purpose is done with sufficient oversight and to demonstrate how funding is being used to support important current strategic priorities. Applicants are required, in the application process, to demonstrate how project proposals support strategic priorities described in this document. This program direction may be updated from time to time. The strategic plan was designed as an interim document pending any updated strategic policy direction that Ontario may develop for the FGRM Program. The strategic plan was pilot tested during the 2024-25 application process for FGRM Core and Project-Based Activities. Following this test, it was updated accordingly to improve its effectiveness.
More details can be found under the FGRM programs tab.
May 28, 2024
The results from FFT Silviculture Round 58:
January 8, 2024
The FFT Silviculture Round 58 is closed.