Projects

Highlights of past projects
Work plan
Our partners
Partnership proposal guide

Ontario Stewardship Rangers

Forestry Works Crew

Our Incredible World

Walleye Spawning Bed Enhancement Project for Christie Lake and the Tay River

Otty "State of the Lake" Watershed Report

Wildlife - Crop Impact Study

Caring for Your Land - Workshop Series

Envirothon

Park Lake Drop Inlet Structure

Scouts Canada Tree Plant

International Plowing Match: Rural Expo 2003

Highlights of Past Projects

Ontario Stewardship Rangers

Since 1999, our Stewardship Council has sponsored the Ontario Stewardship Ranger (OSR) Youth Employment Program. This is an excellent program that provides four young people with community-based work experience, personal development, skills, and training in natural resource stewardship.

For the past nine years, we have partnered with the Leeds and Grenville Stewardship Councils to provide a varied work and learning experience for the crew. Key to this experience is our selection of Crew Leader. Jane McCann is an experienced team leader who has led our OSR crews since the beginning of this project. Jane's primary experience is as a Forestry and Fishery Technician, and she manages her own environmental consulting company. With many years of working in the local area, Jane brings a wide variety of expertise to benefit this program. Jane possesses a remarkable ability to relate to youth. She has strong motivational skills, and she knows how to challenge the Rangers' understanding of the natural environment around them. Jane is the cornerstone of our combined program.

We will continue to emphasize the educational component of the program for the Rangers. For the past programs we have obtained exceptional support from MNR district staff, Conservation Authority staff, as well as community associations and interest groups. Our program's training opportunities will include first-aid and CPR, WHMIS, WDHP, boating safety and certification, species identification (trees, shrubs, fish, fur-bearers, amphibians, wild flowers), fish hatchery operations, forest inventory and management techniques, wetlands (protection, evaluation, function) and rare and endangered species awareness and habitat improvement.

For this project our council takes an organizational and supportive role. Funding for the crew and coordinator is received through MNR youth programs provincial funding.

Our Stewardship Council is very proud of this project and the opportunities that it has offered to young people. For more information on locations and how to apply to the Ontario Stewardship Ranger program, see www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/youthprograms.

Lanark County Stewardship Rangers Report 2007