With 36 years in predominant roles with Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests, Al Stinson retired as Forest Science Specialist. He developed Ontario’s first Silvicultural Tree Marking program that gained national and international interest and created the Forest Science Partnership that committed $9-million annually to forest research and sustainable development in Canada. Al negotiated the first tree harvest allocation for four First Nations in the Nipissing Forest. In 2015, Stinson became the first college graduate to be elected President of the Canadian Institute of Forestry since its inception in 1908.