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Dear
OLTA Supporter,
Our Gross
Domestic Product still measures everything except that which makes life
worthwhile ...click on the link to listen to RFK's speech
delivered 40 years ago.
And if you
haven't already, please visit the new OLTA website at www.olta.ca. Let us know what you think; what we're
missing; what you love; what still needs to be done. We're listening!
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LONG POINT BASIN LAND TRUST
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Langford Campaign reaches 90%
The Long Point Basin Land Trust announced recently that
it has reached the 90% mark in its campaign to protect forever a
180-acre property in western Norfolk County. This important habitat is
being named in honour of the Land Trust's founding president, the late
Dr. Arthur Langford.
"The
Long Point Basin Land Trust has now raised sufficient funds to complete
the purchase of the property and take title." stated Peter Carson.
The
Land Trust still needs to raise $40,000 to complete the
Langford campaign and undertake essential stewardship activities, such
as development of interpretive signage and enhancement of wildlife
habitat. "We are excited that people rallied behind this important
cause so enthusiastically," concluded gregor Beck. "With
strong community support, we will protect this nature reserve and its
rare flora and fauna."
Long
Point Basin Land Trust protects and restores functioning ecosystems in
the heart of the Carolinian Region. The region contains among the
highest diversity of flora and fauna in Canada. The Land Trust owns two
nature reserves and works with landowners and conservation
organizations to steward natural areas.
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CCRA and TAX rules
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New CRA Fundraising Policy
As a general
rule, on their T3010A return, charities are to report as fundraising
expenditures all costs related to any activity that includes a solicitation of support
or is undertaken as part of the planning and preparation for future
solicitations of support, unless it can be demonstrated that the
activity would have been undertaken without the solicitation of
support. Solicitations
of support do not include asking for funding from government or other
registered charities. Read more
New checklists for charities - On March 26, 2008, CRA
released a number of new checklists
including a Basic Guidelines Checklist, Activities Checklist, Books and
Records; Receipting Checklist, Spending Requirement Checklist,
T3010 Checklist, Legal Status Checklist, and Change Checklist. Useful
links to other policies and information on CRA's websites are also
provided. Read More
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BLUE MOUNTAIN WATERSHED LAND TRUST
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Silver Creek Wetland Complex - Has
you land trust experience with the OMB and municipal expropriations?
We are faced with a unique situation. The Town of
Collingwood has taken the first step (appraisal) in the initiation of
expropriation of the Silver Creek Complex Provincially Significant
Wetland. The landowner has, so far been challenging the Town's Official
Plan and Zoning By-law through the OMB. The BMWTF continues to support
the Town at the OMB and also has undertaken to raise funds to assist
with the expropriation costs. Please share your lessons and experience
with us, contact Vice-President BMWLT, Norman.Wingrove@sympatico.ca
Background:
The
Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation is concerned with the
watersheds that originate in the Niagara Escarpment and
drain directly into Georgian Bay. Major watersheds include
Beaver River, Silver Creek, Black Ash Creek, Pretty
River and Batteaux River - an area totalling approximately
50,000 hectares.
The
166 hectare Silver Creek Wetland Complex has been under
development pressure for decades. Also referred to as the
"Collingwood Shores Wetland Complex", it is the last
remaining coastal wetland on the southern shore of Georgian Bay from
Midland to Tobermory.
The
Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation (BMWTF) successfully lobbied
for the Town to pass a by-law prohibiting golf courses on such lands,
however, the developer appealed to the OMB to amend the Town's Official
Plan and c
urrently a residential
development of 320 units is expected with another 40-unit high-rise on
Highway 26 on the east portion of the proerty.
The
OMB hearing on the West Lands will resume in late summer of 2008. This
is the area through which the Silver Creek flows and is also the home
of an endangered species. The Town has stated publicly their opposition
to any residential development in the West Lands.
In
late February 2008, the Town of
Collingwood passed a motion to authorize a) obtaining an updated
appraisal of all the West Lands and b) declaring an "Intent to
Expropriate" these lands. The Town will not serve the intent to
expropriate until the Council has reviewed the appraisal which is not
expected to occur until summer.
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OAK RIDGES MORAINE ART BOOK
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Preserving the Moraine with Paint
The Oak Ridges
Moraine Land Trust (ORMLT), together with York Region artists, will be
creating an art book to promote awareness of the moraine and showcase
outstanding work by local artists. The book will be released in October
2008, chosen to coincide with the Richmond Hill Studio Tour and Art
Sale.
Artists may
submit photographs of up to three paintings of the moraine completed
this summer. ORTML will arrange visits to secluded land trust
properties for artists who wish to submit an entry. A jury of knowledgeable
members of the arts community will determine which entries will be
professionally photographed for publication in the book.
For more
information, contact organizer Herbert Pryke at hpryke@sympatico.ca.
For more
information on the ORMLT, email landtrust@bellnet.ca
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Kingston, Frotenac, Lennox, Addington
Conservancy AGM
Admission Free All are welcome
Wednesday
April 30, 2008
6:30 pm at theKingston Public Library Wilson Room, 130 Johnson
Street
Speaker: Wayne Grady, Author of "The Great
Lakes: The Natural History of a Changing Region"; Co-author with
David Suzuki -"Tree: A Life Story"
For more information contact Bud Rowe (613) 545-0720 or budrowe@kos.net
THE 21st ANNUAL IMAGES
FESTIVAL Toronto's
2nd Oldest Film Festival April 3
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13, 2008 www.imagesfestival.com
Premiere of B.H. Yael's "TRADING THE FUTURE" Sunday April 13, 7 PM
Joseph Workman Theatre, 1001 Queen Street West, at Ossington. Trading
the Future is a video essay that questions the inevitability of
apocalypse and its repercussions on environmental urgencies. TICKETS:
15$ general, 12$ students/seniors/members ADVANCE TICKETS: Available at
Pages Books & Magazines, Soundscapes and on the Images Festival
website (no service charges)
Ontario Farmland Trust
Thursday April 17th, 2008 University
of Guelph Arboretum Centre Auditorium. Maps and directions
will be posted soon.
The $65
fee includes a gourmet breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack. After you
pre-register online you will receive a confirmation email with
information about how to pay your $65. A limited number of travel
scholarships are available to organizations or individuals travelling
from elsewhere in the province. Please pre-register for more
information.
Program: Representatives from
the farm community, the nonprofit sector, and government are invited to
participate in identifying strategic directions on the issue of access
to land for a new generation of farmers. Several exciting speakers will
open our morning session and ignite our discussion with a review of
their own paths to success on this issue. We will devote the best part
of the day to building a shared vision for the future, and developing a
strategic means of pursuing that goal together. For more information on
the forum program click here.
CELEBRATION OF EARTH
Alba Wilderness School and the Mississippi Madawaska
Land Trust Conservancy.
Sunday, April
20, 2008 1p.m.
Alba Wilderness School, Hills of Peace Rd, Flower
Station
For further
information contact Alba Wilderness School at (613) 259-3412 or
hclifford@xplornet.com
A new NATURE
CONSERVANCY OF CANADA website features events across the
province. Once on the site, click the 'volunteer' tab, then
'Ontario' for a full list of our events. Visit www.conservationvolunteers.ca
April events include Crowning The Forest Capital Sunday, April 20, 2008
at 9:30 a.m. in Simcoe, ON
Celebrate Earth Day by planting trees in the 2008 Forest
Capital of Canada - Norfolk County.
Sunday, 13th April at 2.00p.m.
The Nature Conservancy of Canada and Northumberland Land Trust invite
you to join us at the McEwen Property in the Ganaraska Hills as we
celebrate its donation to conservation and its transfer from NCC to
NLT. The property was generously donated by the McEwen family in 2007
for the benefit of nature and for future generations of Canadians. NCC
Program Manager, Mark Stabb, will lead a guided tour of the property's
prairie remnants, Oak Pine Forest and wetland areas. Light refreshments
will be provided. Please RSVP to Elisabeth La Fontaine at operations@northumberlandlandtrust.ca
and she will send you directions. Or by telephone 905.349.9990.
Join the Family Day celebration at Laurie Lawson Outdoor
Education Centre
8000
Telephone Road, Cobourg
Saturday,
10th May, 2008
9.30a.m.-2.30p.m.
Come and explore
the Outdoor Education Centre and learn about the work of the
Northumberland Land Trust.
· Guided Spring Walks, · "Green" Scavenger Hunt,
· Pond Life through the Computer Microscope, · Refreshments, · Draws
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JOB POSTINGS
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Ontario
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR. Green
Communities Canada seeks an Associate Director as a senior member
of the management team. Requires project management and program
development skills. See Good
Work listing.
AutoShare, Senior Manager, Member
Services, Toronto, due
11 April
KAWARTHA HERITAGE CONSERVANCY
Summer Employment
in Peterborough and surrounding rural area - $12/hr. 35 hours/week for
16 weeks, May 12th to August 29th 2008, or as negotiated (and subject
to final funding approval). Valid General Drivers Licence, a clean
driving record and use of vehicle required. Closing Date: April 28th, 2008
The Heritage Specialist will have completed at least 2
years of post secondary education, with a focus on cultural heritage,
conservation, archaeology, geography, history, Indigenous Studies, land
use planning, environmental studies, eco/agritourism, sustainable
agriculture, natural heritage, cultural studies, GIS or related fields.
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