Jamie McRae and Scott Jackson

TORONTO – Forester Jamie McRae was one of several award winners announced at Forests Ontario’s annual conference today. McRae took home the 2018 Ontario Wood Award for his contributions to the positive promotion of the Ontario Wood brand.  A fifth-generation forester, McRae’s family history dates back to the forestry boom of the mid-1890s. He currently manages the McRae Lumber Company, based out of Whitney, Ontario. In recent years, McRae began volunteering with Forestry Connects, a Forests Ontario program dedicated to educating high school students about the forestry industry via field trips. Rob Keen, Forests Ontario’s CEO says, “McRae’s family founded the McRae Lumber Company in 1922, and the family lumbering tradition extends back two generations before that. Clearly, wood is in Jamie’s blood. Now, his expertise sparks passion in the next generation of environmental stewards through our Forestry Connects program.