News Updates - 2007
September 2007
The environment movement in Haliburton County lost a great friend when Lorraine Smith died in Ottawa on Sept. 10. Ms. Smith was a member of the search committee for the HHLT’s first board of directors.
Lorraine and Donald Smith had a cottage on Lake Kashagawigamog. "She was a greet supporter of the Land Trust," said HHLT chair Ian Daniel. "She will be missed."
She was a scientific editor for The Canadian Field Naturalist and Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.
In her obituary in the Ottawa Citizen, the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust is the top of the list of organizations to which donations might be made in her memory.
At its August meeting, the board authorized production of extra copies of Paul Heaven’s Natural Heritage Mapping report for distribution to key local stakeholders and to members of the board.
A natural heritage planning document, being prepared by Brent Wootton, will be aimed at a more general readership and include elements of Heaven’s report, which is fairly technical.
July 2007
Sheila Ziman, Barrie Martin and Brent Wootton will represent the Land Trust on the new Norah’s Island Management Committee (NIMC). Ziman is secretary of the Land Trust and Martin, a new director, was long associated with the Frost Centre and Haliburton’s Trails & Tours Network. Wootton, a former director still working on special projects for the Land Trust, did much of the legwork that led to the Trust’s acquisition of the island. The three were appointed at the Trust’s July meeting.
Representing the Kennisis Lake Cottage Owners’ Association (KLCOA) will be members of its lands committee – Andi Rodgers, Shirlee Weeks and chair Jeff Pinkney.
The NIMC will be dealing with such things as signage and guidelines for the island. It will also be responsible for managing an endowment fund for the island raised by the KLCOA. By the end of July, the cottagers were close to reaching their $50,000 goal for that fund.
The Ontario Geographic Names Board is considering a request that the island be formally named Norah’s. Until now, it has had no name on maps. Haliburton-Victoria-Brock MPP Laurie Scott is keeping an eye on the process.
As for the Trust itself, Resource Development Coordinator Michael Fay is working on a PowerPoint Presentation that will assist Board members in giving talks to local community groups. Photographer for the presentation is Minden’s Lyn Winans.
June 2007
Using funds from an Ontario Trillium Foundation grant, the Trust retained Fay and Associates of Minden as resource development coordinator. Partners Michael Fay and Fay Martin are to develop fund-raising plans, identify possible supporters and volunteers, and plan a major fund-raising event. Michael Fay turned to consultancy four years ago when he retired to Haliburton after a 20-year career with the Toronto public health department and is active in the local arts community. Fay Martin was executive director of Haliburton’s Family Services.
Another Martin, former Highlander (Citizen) of the Year Barrie Martin of West Guilford, became the Trust’s newest director at its June 9 annual meeting. Martin, an education services specialist at the Frost Centre from 1980 until it closed in 2004, is a past president of the Haliburton Highlands Trails and Tours Network. Lon Duncombe of Haliburton takes over as treasurer, replacing Mary Anne Barkhouse of Gelert, who remains a director. Returning to the board are chair Ian Daniel of Toronto and Mountain Lake, vice-chair Jeanne Anthon of Minden, secretary Sheila Ziman of West Guilford, and director Neil Campbell of Minden. Brent Wootton of Gooderham and Stephen Foster of Toronto left the board but will continue to take on special projects for the Trust.
May 2007
The final, bound copy of Paul Heaven’s mapping study of Haliburton County’s ecological features was received by the board. Heaven’s report, funded by a grant from the Metcalf Foundation through The Land Between, is called County of Haliburton Natural Heritage Mapping: A Compilation and Preliminary Assessment. The study, along with other research funded by the Haliburton County Development Corporation, is to be the basis of a publication on the county’s natural heritage being put together by Heaven and Brent Wootton for general consumption.
This 20-minute painting by a group of enthusiastic amateurs was a big money-maker for the Norah’s Island endowment fund at an art show and sale organized by the Kennisis Lake Cottage Owners’ Association. The show was part of the KLCOA’s annual spring meeting on May 19. The five-by-four-foot acrylic on canvas called Fall Spendour brought $350 to the fund. It was painted last September by 22 Kennisis Lake Elderberries under the supervision of professional artist Wilf McOstrich, who armed the amateur artists with ordinary household paint brushes. They took 20 minutes to finish the job. Additional sales by individual artists raised $600 for the fund. The island is to be managed jointly by the KLCOA and the Land Trust, which received the island from Bruce Carruthers in March.
March 2007
On March 23, the Land Trust celebrated the second anniversary of its incorporation by formally receiving title to a property that is to be known as Norah’s Island. Bruce Carruthers and his late wife owned the 22-acre Kennisis Lake Island for 32 years; the donation honours her name. The Kennisis Lake Cottage Owners’ Association made it possible for the Trust to accept the island by agreeing to bankroll an endowment fund that will cover the maintenance costs of the island in perpetuity. It will be kept forever wild by a joint committee representing the Trust and the KLCOA. The island’s new name still needs provincial approval. More information on the island is elsewhere on this website.
Last Updated: Jun 29 2010 12:10:27 am.
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As of August 2009, 7 new species that have been identified in Haliburton County have been added to the Ontario government's Species at Risk list. Chimney Swift and Whip-poor-will are now listed as Threatened. Snapping Turtle, Common Nighthawk, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Canada Warbler and Bald Eagle are listed as Special Concern. Read the full article.
