Calendar Link
Meetings Dates 2025 and 2026
-October 09, 2025, bring your documentation for fisher quota as MNRF Fur tech will be there.
-January 15, 2026, meeting with Fur pickup,
-March 12, 2026,OFMF Zone 6B meeting, expect updates in the future for OFMF meetings
-April 9, 2026, with Fur pickup.
All meetings are Thursday nights 7pm at Henderson Hall.
-Please spread the word to Trappers who may not be on our list about the meeting dates.
NEW REO
The MNR is seeking public feedback on major changes to black bear management tools, including a proposed tag draw for areas of concern (like the Bruce Peninsula), new draft population objectives for every WMU in black bear range, and protections for cubs and females accompanied by cubs in the fall hunting season. https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0761?utm_source=OFAH+PrimaryList&utm_campaign=777856ebba-BearHuntProposalEmail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-777856ebba-466221921&mc_cid=777856ebba&mc_eid=feac11ffa6
NEW RTL allocations coming out for Kemptville Kingston area.
NEW - MNRF is not collecting fisher teeth for either Peterborough or Kemptville area for this 2025 season. We will let you know if this changes .
Heritage Day link
Fur Harvester shipping, auction schedule and results
-Fur Harvesters Auction Inc, our area is Southeastern Ontario.
-FHA 2026 Auction Schedule
-FHA March 2024 sale results. (click on the US dollar to download pdf and see results)
Events
-Fur Harvesters Annual Trappers Convention Jan 9 & 10, 2026
-Fur Trappers Course in Arden,
-Master Furrier 6-day workshop in Sudbury Ontario.
Please note that the FIC's next Annual General Meeting will be held in Ottawa, Ontario, on June 18-19, 2026. Hope to see you all there!
Older News
-2021 - Fur Harvesters Auction Receives Furmark® Certification FB link
FHA letter with respect to the above Certification their website link
-2021- FHA 2021 Castoreum Update
-2021- **We are now legally permitted to dispatch trapped furbearers after dark click here for more information on the MNF&F's ERO!**
REMINDERS
-1) Mandatory Season-End Harvest Reports must be in to Sault Ste. Marie before 10 Jun.
You can submit it by mail, fax or email: Ontario Fur Managers Federation
531 Second Line East,
Sault Ste Marie, ON
P6B 4K2
Phone: 705 254 3297, Fax: 705 254 3297, or
Email: furmanagers@gmail.com
-2) The NDMNRF Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Nature Resources and Forestry
Peterborough/Bancroft Office
300 Water Street, 1st Floor, South Tower
Peterborough, Ontario
K9J 3C7
IRM Technical Specialist
Michael Elgar
Phone: 705-761-2158
Email: MNRF.PET@ontario.ca
Kemptville/Kingston Office
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
10-1 Campus Drive
Kemptville, ON
K0G 1J0
Resource Management Technician
Taylor Grosklag &/or Andrew Graham
Phone: 613 240 9398 & 613 302 0867
Nick Holland
IRM Technical Specialist
613 859 6099
Notes
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-2) To add to our calendar page or any other page on our website please contact: Isaac Hale or Ross Babcock.
