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Caring for the Moraine Project: Environmental Conservation Initiatives in Ganaraska Hills Area

The Caring for the Moraine Project in Ganaraska Hills Area is a collaborative effort involving letters to landowners, site visits, and referrals leading to various conservation projects like tree planting, riparian restoration, and tallgrass prairie preservation. This initiative also offers workshops, woodlot management, tackles invasive and rare species, and provides stewardship guidance to rural landowners. Partner organizations strive for large-scale woodland conservation through effective partnerships and initiatives. Attendees benefit from press coverage, educational resources, and networking opportunities provided by this project.

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Caring for the Moraine Project: Environmental Conservation Initiatives in Ganaraska Hills Area

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  1. the Caring for the Moraineproject Norm Wagenaar, Landowner Contact Specialist Ganaraska Hills Area Contact – (905) 376-4461 or email: norm@eagle.ca Website – www.moraineforlife.org

  2. Who are the organizations working together on the Moraine?

  3. Caring for the Moraine Project: Ganaraska Hills Area • Letters to more than 1,000 landowners • 100 site visits • Referrals to partners resulting in: • Tree planting projects (25 hectares) • Riparian projects (1200 metres) • Tallgrass prairie projects (Eight hectares) • Securement through donations (40 hectares) • Woodlot management consultation

  4. Caring for the Moraine Project:Ganaraska Hills Area • Workshops • Tree planting • Woodlot management • Invasive species • Rare species • The ORM and real estate • Rural Landowner Stewardship Guide Attendance: more than 250 • Press • Farm and Rural Life • Watershed • Northumberland News • CHEX Television

  5. Large Woodlands Conservation Cooperative: A model partnership

  6. Tree planting: Long Sault

  7. Woodlot management: Kendal

  8. Woodlot management: Kendal

  9. Woodlot workshop: Kendal

  10. Woodlot workshop: Kendal

  11. Invasive species: Orono Crown Lands

  12. Advantages of partnerships • Ability to focus existing resources • Reduce redundancy • Provide additional expertise, funding • Benefits landowners on and off the moraine • More bodies doing stewardship work Examples • Mailed Ontario Stewardship newsletters to more than 1100 Ganaraska landowners • Did legwork for major land donation to a conservation authority partner • Coordination, cooperation among partners

  13. Challenges • Make inroads among farm landowners • Develop ‘moraine community’ • Maintain momentum, continuity • Find a solution for dog strangling vine! Thank you!

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