Marteloscope Network reaches North America: First demonstration site in Ontario, Canada!

The Integrate Network hosts and manages nearly 300 demonstration sites (so called “marteloscopes”) in 27 European countries. In April 2026, a first site was added to North America, namely Canada. The site is located in the province of Ontario. Adam Gorgolewski works as research coordinator at Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve Ltd. where he conducts and supports applied forestry research projects, with his own research focussing on bringing together different disciplines to improve sustainable forest management practices. He became aware of our demonstration site network and decided to contact the Integrate Network to discuss possibilities of establishing a marteloscope at Haliburton Forest. We talked to Adam to understand more about his organisation, how he came across marteloscopes, and how he envisions to use them.

Please tell us more about who you are and what your organisation is about?

Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve Ltd. is a sustainable, multi-use private land stewardship company based in central Ontario. We own and operate over 250,000 acres of hardwood timberland in Ontario, including 100,000 acres of predominantly hardwood timberland in Haliburton County. We also manage approximately one million acres of crown land in Ontario through timber licenses. Our properties were the first in Canada to be certified as sustainable by the Forest Stewardship Council. We also own and operate 5 sawmills and a biochar production facility. Haliburton Forest strives to implement sustainable and progressive forest management practices that are based on sound and reliable research. We are established as an educational centre and research facility and have a long history of conducting independent and collaborative research and then implementing the results. 

Alongside our forest management activities, we also operate a diverse and accessible Tourism & Recreation Division on our private timberlands, which offers hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, group experiences, recreational trails, and much more to the general public. Haliburton Forest is a principled organization that emphasizes sustainability, silviculture, and respect for the land. Our business strategy is to be environmentally sustainable, socially responsible, and economically viable in everything that we do, so that Haliburton Forest may prosper over the very long term.

And how did you come across marteloscopes?

We became aware of marteloscopes through reading various literature about tree marking and tree classification. We were interested in establishing one at Haliburton Forest, which is when I found the Integrate+ website and marteloscope projects.

Do you already hold plans for using the site and who do you wish to engage?

We plan to use the site for tree marker training, and understanding how much variability occurs between tree markers while still meeting a silvicultural prescription. We also plan to use the marteloscope for educational purposes for forestry university students when they visit Haliburton Forest on field trips. So that means that foresters, tree markers, local companies and university students are our main target groups for marteloscope training events. We also hope to monitor the growth rate and regeneration trends of trees within the marteloscope, and will also encourage other researchers to use the site for various other research projects.

Feature image: Newly established “Haliburton Forest” Marteloscope