Trees Ontario Field Advisors
Trees Ontario has six designated Field Advisors who are forestry experts with many years of technical tree planting experience. These individuals are a resource of information for planting agencies and landowners, as they can provide assistance and answers to your forestry related questions.
Click here to see which advisor is designated to your area.
Ron Thayer
Ron started his career in the Algonquin Park area in Private Industry with pitstops along the way, including working with Lands & Forests for over 30 years, focusing mainly in Forest Renewal Nursery and Seeds and the Ontario Stewardship Program.
Ron's innovative & creative qualities are brought forth in his love of Education and sharing his knowledge and experience with people on all aspects of Resource Management.
Ron is now a Resource Consultant with his company Forests For You and as a technical advisor with Trees Ontario.
Email: Ron Thayer
Phone: 519-586-9285
Greg W Greer
Greg worked for Lands & Forests & Ministry of Natural Resources for 30 years with stopovers in such places as Chapleau and Peterborough. Mainly involved in forestry programs (tree planting, tree marking, etc.), he also oversaw an annual tree planting program of one million trees in Dufferin County from 1974 to 1982. Greg started his own forestry consulting business (GWG Resources Services) in 1997 before leaving the ministry in 1998.
Email: Greg Greer
Phone: 519-644-0791
Donald Gummer
Don attended the Ontario Forest Ranger School in 1966 and worked in Dryden for the original Lands and Forests from 1967 until 1973 as a Timber Technician. He transferred to Wawa as Forest Operations Manager in 1973, supervising Site Preparation, Tree Planting, Wood Measurement and Cut Inspections. Don moved to Huronia District in 1984 as Forest Operations Manager, whose responsibilities included supervising the Private Land Owners Program. Don retired from the Huronia District in 1996. He has worked as a Forestry consultant for the last 12 years.
Email: Donald Gummer
Phone: 705-728-8679
Tim Gray
Tim is a graduate of Fleming College in Lindsay with diplomas in forestry and fish and wildlife. He worked in forest management for 30 years with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources where he has acquired extensive field experience in silvicultural operations in the Boreal, Great Lakes St. Lawrence and Deciduous forest regions. Tim holds a number of licences and certifications that support forest management activities and was a compliance inspector on Crown forest harvesting operations in central Ontario. He provided forest management and tree planting advice to hundreds of landowners as Operations Coordinator for Trees Ontario before retiring in February 2009. He is now Field Advisor for Eastern Ontario.
Email: Tim Gray
Phone: 613-477-2981
Glenn McLeod
Glenn holds a forest technician diploma from Sir Sanford Fleming College and a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from Lakehead University. He has been a Registered Professional Forester with the Ontario Professional Foresters Association (OPFA) since 1978. His work with tree nurseries spans across the province and includes past MNR nurseries in St. Williams, Midhurst and Swastika. He was also superintendent of the Orono Provincial Forest Station and most recently, Glenn held the position as Stewardship Coordinator with the Northumberland Stewardship Council. He has also worked with the MNR Research Branch in the area of tree improvement.
Currently, Glenn is a member of the Ontario Forestry Association, The Ontario Federation of Agriculture and is a board member of a number of community organizations.
Email: Glenn Mcleod
Phone: 905-342-2415
Wade Knight
Wade has over thirty years of experience working in the forest industry in both the public and private sectors in northern and southern Ontario. During this period he has overseen silviculture and harvesting operations on Crown lands, provided a variety of extension services to private woodlot owners, assisted municipalities in the management of their community forests and in the development of local forest conservation bylaws. Wade has recently joined Trees Ontario to work as a field advisor in eastern Ontario.
Email: Wade Knight
Phone: 613-257-9261
Steve Bowers
 Steve is a Registered Professional Forester and has worked for the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) in southwestern Ontario for 35 years. For much of that time Steve's role with MNR focused on providing forestry advice and assistance to private landowners, and helping deliver a significant annual tree planting program. More recently, he has been Stewardship Coordinator in Huron County and while continuing to work with forestry projects has also gained a diversity of experience in other initiatives such as wetland restoration and species at risk recovery efforts. Steve has also had long term involvement with youth education initiatives such as Focus on Forests and Envirothon.
Steve owned and operated a livestock farm for a number of years. He currently owns and manages a 100 acre forested property and is a board member of several community organizations.
Email: Steve Bowers
Phone: (519) 887-9137
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