Hard work and higher principles: Royce Ford is a woodlot owner who knows the silviculture racket inside-out

摘要

The Maitland Bridge Community Hall provided a comfortable and well-appointed venue for the ceremony recognizing Royce Ford as 2008 Woodlot Owner the Year for the Western Region of Nova Scotia. However, the man of the hour was disappointed that intermittent rain during the Sept. 13 field day meant the formal proceedings and the hot lunch could not be held by the river as originally planned. For one thing, that 2.5-km stretch on either side of the Mersey is one of his favorite places on the woodlot. For another thing, he's the kind of guy who is just a little more at ease in the great outdoors.