Ottawa Stewardship Council

What's Happening
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Local Nut Tree Planting Project at Dolman Ridge

OSC in partnership with NCC, the Eastern Chapter of the Society of Ontario Nut Growers and with assistance from Richard Pfaff Secondary Alternate School’s Earth Care Group have expanded the Dolman Ridge Nut Grove Agro-Forestry Demonstration Site.

Carp River Green Banks!

Enhanced Carp River Shoreline Tree Planting Program

• Carp River Green Banks Shoreline Restoration Program Brochure

Petrie Island Turtle Nesting Survey

For the past two years, the Friends of Petrie Island (FOPI) and the Ottawa Stewardship Council (OSC) have conducted surveys of turtle nesting sites on Petrie Island. The objectives of the survey were to learn more about nesting turtles species on the Islands, with a view to protecting both the turtle species and their habitat.

In 2008, FOPI and the OSC will build upon the successes of the earlier surveys, with an increased focus on species at risk turtles. Six of Ontario’s eight turtle species are at risk, and at least two of these – the Northern Map and the Blanding’s – have been seen on the Petrie Island.

From May to mid-July, the Friends of Petrie Island and the Ottawa Stewardship Council are conducting a survey of species at risk turtles in and around Petrie Island. For more information or to report observations: www.fallingbrook.com/petrieisland/

Local Butternut Recovery Program Landowner Representative

The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority and the Ferguson Forest Centre have partnered with the Ottawa Stewardship Council to engage landowners and partners in the Ottawa Area to assist with a targeted Butternut Recovery Program.

Eastern Ontario Children's Water Festival

(Ottawa — Baxter Conservation Area, May 14-15^th, 2008) The Eastern Ontario Children's Festival is an Environmental Education Program that teaches youth about the importance and fragility of our water resources. http://www.riverinstitute.ca/festival.htm

The Ottawa Stewardship Council is one of 42 Councils established and funded through the Ontario Stewardship Program. It's a unique program in which a volunteer, community-based Stewardship Council works on projects and provides direction to a full-time Stewardship Coordinator, an employee of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR). The OMNR also provides annual seed money for the Councils' community based projects. The Council is a credible forum and resource for the many community-based stewardship/environmental groups in our unique community, the City of Ottawa — the Capital of Canada and Ontario's second largest city. Click here for more information About Ottawa.

Formed in March, 2001, the Ottawa Stewardship Council is an amalgamation of two previous stewardship councils representing the rural and urban parts of the City. The two previous councils were in existance since January 1996.The Ottawa Stewardship Council is composed of up to 15 individuals, from farmers to urban residents who are committed to the stewardship ethic of: advancing knowledge, learning through demonstration projects and accessing community resources so that the land is passed along to future generations in a better state than it was before.

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Ottawa Stewardship Council 3889 Rideau Valley Drive Box 599 Manotick, Ontario K4M 1A5 Canada	(613) 692-0014 (800) 267-3504 ext.1119 (for area code 613 only) (613) 692-0831 (fax) joff.cote@ontario.ca www.easternontariostewardship.org/ottawa

Stewardship Coordinator:
Joffre Cote

Office Administrator:
Rosalind Kee

2008 Chair:
Robin Wentzel