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Ontario Stewardship - North Zone Highlights for 2010/11...
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Total Projects |
Biodiversity, Fish & Wildlife |
Forest |
Species at Risk |
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Climate Change: 33,600 trees planted
Shoreline/Riparian Enhancement and Exclusion Fencing: 7.3 km enhanced / 5.1 km fenced
Natural Heritage Enhancement: 49.5 hectares
Includes the following activities: tree plant,
lake stewardship, source water protection,
wetland enhancement, prairie and savanah
enhancement.
Total Education & Extension Services: 149 Events / 5,954 attendees
Youth Experience and Engagement: 13 projects / 258 individuals
Laurier Woods is Growing!
The Laurier Woods is Growing campaign is well on its way to raising $100,000 to pay for the purchase of 100 additional acres - making Laurier Woods a 240 acre Conservation Area in the heart of North Bay.
The Greater Nipissing Stewardship Council provide a $1,000 donation and was recognized, along with over 33 other organizations and individuals who have become stewards of 1 acre parcels, at a special event held on November 3rd.
Donations of $100 to $1,000 can be made online at www.laurierwoods.com
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c/o Ken Peake, 222 McIntyre St. W., Suite 204, North Bay [Kennedy Bldg.]
July 6, 2011
2011 - 10th ANNUAL USED HOUSEHOLD BATTERY COLLECTION COMPETITION
...and the winners are...
Over 5,500 high school students from 10 area high schools took part in this year’s collection competition. A grand total of 5,239 kg (over 11,549 lbs) of all types of household batteries were collected over an 8-week period in April and May. A few elementary schools also participated and provided what they collected to neighboring high schools.
The standard prizes of $400 each were up for grabs – to the school that collected the most batteries and the school that collected the most batteries per student. In celebration of the 10th anniversary, 2 additional prizes of $250 were included this year that resulted in the greatest improvement over 2010.
This year’s winners are…
Greatest Total Weight St. Joseph-Scollard Hall Catholic Secondary School 1,844 kg
Greatest Total Weight/Student F.J. McElligott Secondary School 8.3 kg
Greatest % Improvement - Total Weight F.J. McElligott Secondary School 1.30%
Greatest % Improvement -Total Weight/Student F.J. McElligott Secondary School 1.5%
The other participating schools included: Algonquin, Chippewa, Franco-Cite, Nbissing, Northern, Odyssée, West Ferris and Widdifield.
The competition was co-organized by the Stewardship Council and Nipissing Environmental Watch and was once again generously funded by TD Friends of the Environment Foundation.
Over the past 10 years over 39,000 kg of dead batteries have been diverted from local landfill sites. Batteries are a key source of hazardous waste that contain heavy metals and other chemicals such as acid, cadmium, mercury, copper, zinc, lead, manganese, nickel and lithium – all of which are very harmful to the environment.
Plans are already underway for next year’s competition and the possible expansion to the senior elementary schools.
For further information, please contact Vijanti Ramlogan-Murphy at 705-472-7601.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - 2011
The Council's AGM was held on April 20th at the West Nipissing Public Library's main branch in Sturgeon Falls. Chair, John Thornton, presented an overview (click to read more) of the projects and activities undertaken in 2010 and outlined the plans for 2011. Guest Speaker, Richard Rowe, former Natural Resources Biologist with Nipissing First Nation (NFN) discussed their "Natural Resources Management Plan". Read more... NFN Biologist, Niki Commanda, spoke about a species at risk - Lake Sturgeon. Read more...
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