Volunteers and staff made excellent headway on a new, sustainable trail in the southern end of Durham East Cross Forest
Conservation Area on June 24. We are planning to complete the 4 km trail later this year, which will be opened to low-impact uses such as hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, and cross-country skiing.
Credit Valley Conservation Authority will be hosting a Beech Bark Disease Workshop led by OMNR forest pathologists Richard Wilson and John McLaughlin. The workshop is designed for forest managers, tree markers and other specialists interested in learning how to identify and reduce the impacts of Beech Bark Disease. In addition to learning how to identify the disease the workshop aims. August 30, 2011 Contact: Kata Bavrlic, M.Sc. Terrestrial Monitoring Specialist kbavrlic@creditvalleyca.ca
Savour an abundance of fresh farm products from across the Frontenac Arch Biosphere landscape with this Local Flavours guide. Indulge your passion for taste and flavour - succulent produce, zesty preserves, delectable meats, carefully aged cheeses, mouth-watering baked goods, delicious honey, gourmet maple products, epicurean delights prepared by local chefs and the exciting discoveries at
Farmers' Markets, farm stores and farmgate stands.
Outreach Volunteer Training
September 11, 2011 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM Orangeville
Share your passion: BTC Outreach Volunteer Training Join us for a special training session for volunteers interested in representing the BTC on the Trail, at community events, or at a BTC or Club booth.
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Are you a big picture thinker? Do you enjoy working collaboratively with others? Are you interested in community planning?
APPLY NOW to be a member of the
Task Group that will design and implement a
community engagement strategy for the Haliburton County Rail Trail!
County of Haliburton Box 399 Minden, Ontario K0M 2K0 Fax: (705) 286-4829 rsmith@county.haliburton.on.ca
2011 Ontario Provincial Track Championships | Ontario Cycling ...
On the line were
Ontario Championship medals in 5
events covering 7 age
... were many outstanding performances including Conner Byway (Ottawa
Bicycle Club)
...
www.ontariocycling.org/2011-ontario-provincial-track-champ...
Brothers on top of bike world
The Barrie Advance
Brothers on top of bike world. Peter (left) and Quinton Disera are each ranked first in their age divisions on the
Ontario Mountain Biking circuit with
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Local Organizations Benefit From Latest Round of Trillium Grants
CD98.9
$40000 over one year to provide safe linkage to the
trail system in Lions Park.
... volunteer recruitment, additional
events and increased fundraising.
...
Gananoque Canoe Club takes Eastern Ontario by storm - Gananoque ... The
Canoe club traveled to Ottawa this weekend to attend the Eastern
Ontario Championship
Event. In race after race the athletes from Gananoque...
Gananoque Reporter
Kayaking for Cancer
Kingston This Week
An armada of
kayaks will launch into Lake
Ontario from Kingston on a 202 km, eight day - seven night expedition to conquer the historic Rideau Canal at 9 am
...
Fly Fishing from a Kayak
Kayak Angler - The Kayak Fishing Magazine
... took a fly fishing lesson and plan on trying some fly fishing from my
kayak.
... as we have been having a brutally hot summer in
Ontario Canada this year.
Police promise a crackdown on boat-launch boneheads
Timmins Times
By Len Gillis
lgillis@timminstimes.com The
Ontario Provincial Police is
... He added there is a canoe and
kayak school which operates nearby and many of the
...
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| From Rescue Associates |
Melanie Price's Lake Ontario Crossing and other adventures: It's a ...
We met at Lake
Ontario but the conditions were not favourable for
kayaking (or swimming) The white caps went way out there for awhile, strong winds and the
...
melaniepriceadventures.blogspot.com/.../its-small-world-after-...
Fantastic people, food, river and kayaking - Review of Wilderness ...
Wilderness Tours: Fantastic people, food, river and
kayaking - See traveler reviews, 28 candid photos, and great deals for
Ontario, Canada, at TripAdvisor.
www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g154979-d1127197-...
Lessons in water survival London Free Press
Six of the 23 boating-related deaths involved
canoes. Most concerning to the coroner's office were the number of young children whose deaths could have been prevented, said Lauwers. Last year in
Ontario, 13 children youner than age five drowned,
...
See all stories on this topic »
Maintenance labourer - public works, Longwoods Road Conservation ...
Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority is looking for 3 Maintenance labourer - public works in Longwoods Road
Conservation,
Ontario.
ontario.jobs-open.ca/.../on-longwoods-road-conservation-onta...
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| From A. Marahraj |
PHOTO OP: Day campers welcome retired RCMP horse to the Canada ... CNW Group
... Ontario to Rockcliffe Stables in Ottawa for his equitation training.
... used as a training
horse for the young members to learn their equitation
riding ...
$2000 Donated to the Uxbridge Horsemen's Association
HORSEJournals.com
The UHA is a non-profit group whose goal is to support the local horse community in Durham,
Ontario. According to UHA president, Margaret Langlands, the money is to be put toward updating existing signs on local
trails and improving the main parking
...
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| From OCTRA |
On July 30, the duo trecked across rocks, water and mud in Flesherton, Ont. during the
Ontario Competitive
Trail Riding Association's Provincial Compeititive
Trail Riding Championship. "It was a challenging course," said Grundmann of the two-day
...
New paddock for horses in Ganaraska Forest
Northumberland News
... 4 pm in the summer and during
cross country ski season, said Linda Givelas,
... The
Ontario Equine Federation, which encourages riding in the province,
...
Man arrested for ATV theft - The Sarnia Observer - Ontario, CA
A 26-year-old Sarnia man has been arrested after Lambton OPP responded to a report of an
ATV theft in Plympton-Wyoming on Tuesday night in the...
The Sarnia Observer
From Elsewhere:
Ontario Trails Council Launches Comprehensive Trails Education Program
With financial assistance of the Ontario Trillium Foundation the OTC has retained the services of a full time education program coordinator to seek out individuals and organizations willing to volunteer their time to first develop curriculum in the thirteen areas of study, and secondly to offer the curriculum to volunteers and professionals involved in the field of trail design, construction, and maintenance.
