A new Ontario Nature initiative brings various stakeholders together to raise awareness of biodiversity offsetting in the province. On October 23, 2013, SNC staff made presentations at a workshop in Toronto to share knowledge and insights about biodiversity offsetting in Ontario.
Municipalities within the Raisin-South Nation Source Protection Region will receive $50,000 – $87,000 in funding from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment to help implement local actions to protect drinking water sources.
Funding from Ontario Source Protection Municipal Implementation Fund was announced on November 1, 2013, and will support Municipalities as they carry out their locally-developed Source Protection Plans.
South Nation Conservation has donated copies of its book, “Our Watershed, Our Heritage” to
the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry County Library, in recognition of the support of library staff
in researching information for the book.
Each day, 70 per cent of young Canadians spend one hour or less outdoors. A new Ontario’s Children’s Outdoor Charter strives to turn that around by encouraging organizations and individuals to help children to get outside in order to be more active and to experience nature.
Geocaching is an ideal way to discover South Nation Conservation lands. SNC has several caches hidden in the watershed. Watch this video of young Ethan exploring the latest addition to our network of parks along a 400 m wetland trail at the Leitrim Boardwalk in Findlay Creek, a community in the south of Ottawa.
SNC partners with the South Nation Branch of Delta Waterfowl to guide groups of first-time youth hunters. We introduce local 12- to 15-year olds to respecting safety, wildlife, habitat, and private property. SNC and Delta Waterfowl sponsor all costs to the program, which covers the Hunter Safety course and the Canadian Firearms course. For six years running, all 10 spots have been filled for the September training and October Youth Hunt weekend.
SNC and our municipal partners are enabling communities to plant more trees. We invite landowners to support reforestation efforts by ordering seedlings through our tree planting program. We offer a subsidy for native stock from the Ferguson Forest Centre in Kemptville. The North Grenville nursery grows high quality, ecologically suitable trees and shrubs, which we have been purchasing for 30 years. Place your 2014 orders early for the best selection of conifer seedlings and transplants, hardwoods, and shrubs.
SNC is joining area Conservation Authorities in the collection of stream condition information in the City of Ottawa. We will use this knowledge to identify areas for water quality and habitat improvement projects, and inform our grant allocations. The Stream Watch Program is a community collaboration initiative that relies on volunteer engagement. We train local stewards to use environmental monitoring equipment and submit data and survey results. Sampling will begin next year with focuses on stream assessment, fish communities, erosion, and invasive species removal.
Turtles are a good indicator of a healthy and ecologically stable watershed. SNC is studying the behaviour of local Species at Risk turtles—and we have been for seven years. How much do you know about these remarkable reptiles?
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Preparations for rebuilding the cheese factory destroyed by fire earlier this year may be taking priority… but that hasn’t stopped the St. Albert Co-operative from allocating another $5,000 to South Nation Conservation’s Clean Water Program (CWP).
“Going back a decade now, I’ve always been impressed with St. Albert’s dedication to the clean water cause,” said Ronda Boutz, SNC Team Lead, Communications and Outreach.
