Woodlot Owner: Pat & Janet O'Toole
County: Halifax
Phone: 902-758-3982
Email: rosebriarfarm@hotmail.com

​Management Goals and Objectives
  • Family use
  • For future generations
  • Recreation (Hiking, skiing, bird watching, etc)
  • Revenue generation
  • Sugar bush development
  • Wildlife

Management Tools
  • Woodlot Management Plan
  • Forest Stewardship Council Certification​

​Species Present
  • Hardwoods: American Beech, Black cherry, Grey Birch, Ironwood, Red Maple, Red Oak, Striped Maple, Sugar Maple, Trembling Aspen, White Ash, White Birch, Yellow Birch
  • Softwoods: Balsam Fir, Eastern Hemlock, Red Spruce, Tamarack/Eastern Larch, White Pine, White Spruce

Harvest Systems Used
  • Legacy trees
  • Selection Cut
  • Crop tree release
  • Selection management

Silviculture Treatments
  • Manual weeding

Equipment Used for Woodlot Management
  • Chainsaws
  • Tractors
  • Winches

Revenue Sources
  • Firewood
  • Saw logs
  • Non-Timber Forest Products
    • Syrup, Candies and related

​Wildlife
  • Water Bodies and Riparian Zones / Special Management Zones:
    • ​Culverts
    • ​Ponds / Fire Ponds
    • Streams