Notification was received today from Simcoe County Forest that logging operations would be starting immediately in SCF Strachan Tract and part of Oro Tract. This affects the Orillia Club trail running through the Strachan Tract (see Trail Guide maps #20 and #21). The notification from SCF is copied here for reference. Note that salvage operations in the Drury Tract does not affect the Ganaraska Hiking Trail. Also, the announcement said that logging operations in North Barr Tract are now complete.
Salvage operations will be starting up in the Drury Tract tomorrow morning and the Strachan Tract this afternoon.
Signs for Strachan will go up today, with additional tomorrow, as the entire Tract will be closed for these operations. Due to the amount of trails coming into Strachan from the Oro Tract, parts of the Oro Tract will be closed as well. The following map shows the areas that are closed and the placement locations for signage.
