Community Stewardship Council of Lanark County

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2008 Projects

Winter projects
Objective	Project Name	Description	Target Dates
Education and Awareness	2008 Work plan	Work plan completion	January 2008
Education and Awareness	2007 Annual Report	Annual Report Summary Website posting	March 2008
Education and Awareness	Winter Woodlot Conference	Display People to work booth	February
Fish and Wildlife	CFWIP funding proposals	MNR funding for community projects	January, February
All	Youth Employment Ontario Stewardship Rangers	Proposal and Work Plan	February
Lake and Water	Greencover program	Identify area, and work with MVC . (around Mississippi lake)	February
All	Special Project	Completion of Special Project	Feb-March
Spring projects
Objective	Project Name	Description	Target Dates
Fish and Wildlife	Turtle Habitat Improvement and Monitoring	Mississippi Valley CA Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists County of Lanark Local Landowners	April/May/August
Education and Awareness	Maple Tour	Tour of local sugar bush and talk EOMF, Certified Forest Owners	March
Education and Awareness	Envirothon	After School Presentation Forestry/Soils workshop Wildlife/Aquatics Regional Comp. Set-up Lunch Oral Station volunteers	March, April
Education and Awareness	Bird Box Extension Program	Maple Grove School	March
Education and Awareness	Lake Association “Tools” Trade Fair	One day trade fair for water front owners, Planning team	April, May
Forestry	Private Land - Tree planting assistance	Mississippi Valley CA Private Landowner PDCI Certified Forest Owners	April, May
Forestry	Scoutrees (Drummond Centre)	Funding opportunities Site Preparation Site Layout Planting Day volunteers	February October, 2007 May, 2008 May
Fish and Wildlife	Walleye Spawning Bed monitoring, at Innisville	Work with community volunteers to monitor work on new spawning bed	May
Natural Science	Lanark BioBlitz	Planning team and event organization	April – June
Lakes and Water	M.A.P.L.E. potting day	Christie Lake Nursery	May
Natural Science	Black Rat nesting Boxes	Assist landowners with nesting box manufacture and installation	Ranger project - July
Natural Science	Reptile Atlas	Work with volunteers to carry out an identification project (like bird atlas)	April
Education and Awareness	Algonquin College Cooperative placement	2 week placement	May
Education and Awareness	Lake Management Planning	Spread the Word workshop
Education and Awareness	Spring Workshop	Certified Forest Owners	June
Forestry	Carleton Place HS Tree Plant	2000 seedlings	May
Education and Awareness	ALUS	Informational workshop
Summer projects
Objective	Project Name	Description	Target Dates
Fish and Wildlife	Butterfly Garden	Assist with the development of a Butterfly Garden at the Perth Wildlife Reserve	June - August
Youth Employment	Summer Student sponsor	Assist with Septic Re-inspection for Rideau and Mississippi	July / August
Fish and Wildlife	Wood Duck Boxes	20 boxes Erect by Rangers	July – Aug
Youth Program	Ontario Stewardship Rangers	Work Program Interviews	February – March April July – Aug work program
Fish and Wildlife	Canoe Tour	Logistics Speakers Lunch
Education and Awareness	Art of Being Green Festival	Registration Display People for booth	July
Lakes and Water	Cold Water Steam Assessment	Long Sault Creek – assessment and the production of landowner package	June – August
Lakes and Water	Lake tour	Identification, importance of shoreline etc	August
Education and Awareness	Otty Lake Children Fishing Derby	OPP, MNR, Otty Lake Association	August
Forestry/ Education and Awareness	Community Forest Tour	MVFN Awareness of forestry	June
Fish and Wildlife	Canada Goose Deterrent	Assisted RVCA with trial for Goose deterrent from beach	June – August
Education and Awareness	Canoe the Clyde	10 kms, canoe, kayak fundraiser for cancer. Assisted with environmental information	August
Fall projects
Objective	Project Name	Description	Target Dates
Forestry	National Forest Week	Teachers Guides – delivery to schools
Education and Awareness	Forestry Fair	Display and promotion of Council	September
Education and Awareness	2009 Work plan	Work plan development	January 2009
Education and Awareness	St. Gregory interpretive trail	Interpretive trail development on school property	September-December
Education and Awareness	Lake Links	Educational Workshop	October
Year-round projects
Objective	Project Name	Description	Target Dates
All	Caring for your land Workshop Series	Development of new program –Forest Raptors	All year
Forestry	Lanark County Community Forest	Advisory Board	All year
Lakes and Water	Otty Lake Management Plan	Assistance with plan	All year
Lakes and Water	Rideau Clean Water Program	Assistance Steering Committee and Review Committee	All year
Forestry/ Education and Awareness	Workshop Schedule	Workshop with EOMF and Certified forest owners	All year
Lakes and Water	Walleye Spawning bed	Spawning Bed Improvement at Deacons Bridge	All year plan
Fish and Wildlife	Hunter/Landowner Registry	Promotion of program Input into registry	All year
Natural Heritage	Our Incredible World	Educational video series, website, teacher’s guide	All year
Lakes and Water	Tay Valley Lake Management Planning	Assistance on steering committee, and educational workshop	All year
Education and Awareness	Website Update	Contract with EOMF Generate Information Implementation	Ongoing
Forestry	Forestry Equipment Lending Program	Specialized measurement equipment. Available to schools and landowners	All year
Natural Heritage	Our Incredible World (Mission Possible	Episode linked to OIW on Species at Risk.	All year
Lakes and Water	Water testing Equipment	Specialized measurement equipment available to schools and lake associations	All year
Landscape Biodiversity	Rural Estate Stewardship Initiative (video project)	MNR ENV. Canada EOMF	All year
All	Smiths Falls Trail Blazers’	Assist with HS class to get involved with stewardship projects	All year
Education and Awareness	Promotion of Stewardship Councils	Video clips of various project for promotion use	All year