About the Land Trust
Directors
- Sheila Ziman (Chair)
- Ian Daniel (Past Chair)
- Jeanne Anthon (Vice-Chair)
- Shirley McCormick (Secretary)
- Alan King (Treasurer)
- Neil Campbell
- Thom Lambert
- Barrie Martin
Sheila Ziman (Chair)
... is a retired English As a Second Language teacher. She is also a basket maker and quillwork artist and teaches basketry at Fleming College. As an active member of the Haliburton Highlands Field Naturalists, Sheila was instrumental in establishing a Junior Naturalists summer program. Sheila brings her love of nature and her passion for studying and protecting the environment to the Land Trust.
Ian Daniel (Past Chair)
... has enjoyed spring, summer and fall cottaging on Mountain Lake for almost 70 years. He had an active career as a teacher of English and French and as a curriculum co-ordinator in North York and with the Ontario Ministry of Education. He was president of the Ontario Modern Language Teachers' Association in 1983-84. Post retirement he served as president of the Mountain Lake Property Owners and as chair of the Coalition of Minden Hills Ratepayers' Associations. Membership in the Haliburton County Advisory Committtee for the Environment and Environment Haliburton (EH!) led to an interest in land trusts and the formation of the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust in 2005.
Jeanne Anthon (Vice-Chair)
... is currently Chair of Haliburton Highlands Health Services Board and is a past Reeve of Anson, Hindon & Minden Township and Warden of Haliburton County. She is appointed to the Ontario Trillium Foundation Grant Review Team for the Durham, Haliburton, Kawartha & Pine Ridge Review Team and previously served as President of the Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations. She is a Board member of Community Care, Past Chair of the Haliburton Concert Series, Past President of the Minden Rotary Club and a member of the Agnes Jamieson Art Gallery Committee. Jeanne Anthon lives in Haliburton County.
Shirley McCormick (Secretary)
... has been a resident of the Haliburton Highlands for more than 25 years. With a background in environmental sciences, she was Chair of the U-Links Management Committee, a founding member and long-time newsletter Editor of the Haliburton Highlands Field Naturalists, and a member of the Haliburton County Economic Development Task Force in the early 1990s, later participating in community steering groups and workshops regarding the local economy. Past President of The Ontario Poetry Society, Shirley is a novelist, freelance journalist and housing administrator.
Alan King (Treasurer)
bio to follow
Neil Campbell
... lives off the power grid amidst 50 acres of hardwoods not far from Bob Lake, just outside Minden. Neil first came to Haliburton more than 50 years ago to stay with his grandmother at her summer place near Ingoldsby and has owned the land he calls Sapsucker Ridge for more than 30 years. Retired from a career with The Globe and Mail, he writes a weekly column for the Minden Times in which his trees often play major roles. Neil is past president of his road association, a director of the local chapter of the Ontario Maple Syrup Producers' Association and a member of the Ontario Woodlot Association. He became a director of the Land Trust in October, 2006.
Thom Lambert
bio to follow
Barrie Martin
... has 30 years of experience in natural resource education and training. As Education Specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources he led the planning, development and delivery of the education programs at the Leslie M. Frost Natural Resources Centre. He has extensive experience working for government and with non-government organizations in curriculum and course development, strategic planning, event and workshop planning, facilitation, community development, and outdoor recreation. He currently own and operates Yours Outdoors, a company specializing in outdoor tourism and education. He is an active community volunteer as co-founder and Past President of the Haliburton Highlands Trails and Tours Network, Director of the Haliburton Highlands Community Cooperative, Chair of the Friends of the Frost Centre, member of the Communities in Action Committee and the Haliburton County Folk Society.
Last Updated: May 23 2009 2:38:41 am.
Photo: Lyn Winans
Did You Know...
that the Dahl Family has planted over 100,000 trees on their 500-acre property. For over 50 years, they have spent their time on tree planting, conservation and preserving the property. Find out more about The Dahl's Forest.
