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Mystaya Touw, Shoreline Stewardship: Capacity Building through ENGO Programming and Local Partnerships, 2021

Tags: community-based social marketing, environmental stewardship, lake health, place-based conservation, pro-environmental behaviour, shoreline stewardship

Drechsler, Matthew, Settlement Patterns & Abandoned Settlements in the Gooderham Area, Trent University, 2004

Paper presents research which will provide background for a book about the heritage of the Gooderham area and its inhabitants.

Tags: Cultural Studies, Economic Studies, Gooderham, local history, settlement

Rob Williams, Jacob Reid, Arthur Hughes, James Bryan, Tom Thistle, Septic Systems: Inspection and Innovation, 2009

Tags: septic systems, waste

Daniel Radoslav and Courtney Mondoux, S.G. Nesbitt Memorial Arena Moving Towards Sustainable Consumption and Heating, Trent University, 2011

Hazel Cathcart, Rural Ride Share Toolkit, 2011

Tags: CBR, Haliburton, ride share, rural, toolkit, transportation, Trent University

Fahrun, Daniel, Rural Housing In Haliburton: A community-based qualitative case study, Trent University, 2011

Tags: community, housing, rural communities, Social and Health Studies

Cole Blair, Redstone Lake Benthic Invertebrate Bioassessment 2020, Trent University, 2021

The first year of a three year baseline study into the benthic macroinvertebrate communities of Redstone & Little Redstone Lakes.

Tags: benthic macroinvertebrates, benthos biomonitoring, environmental monitoring, Little Redstone Lake, Redstone Lake

Cammaert, Meghan; Mason, Adrienne; Roberts, Patrick, Recommendation for a Land Trust Development in Haliburton County, Trent University, 2005

Report discusses government policy concerning the establishment of Land Trusts in Ontario, and applies it to specific heritage features in Haliburton…

Tags: conservation, Environment Studies, land trusts, land use, natural heritage, policy

Jazlyn Burrell & Sarah Wray, QEII MOOSE SPECIES SUMMARY:
Examining the Natural and Cultural Significance of the Eastern Moose (Alces alces americana) in Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park
, 2020

Tags: biology, CBR, Management, moose, QEII, Trent University, wildlife

MacMillan, Kristy; Stathopoulos, Dimitri, Public Attitudes on Climate Change and GHG Emissions in Haliburton county, Trent University, 2007

This research project examines public attitudes on climate change and greenhouse gases in Haliburton County. Two students surveyed a variety of groups…

Tags: climate change, energy, Environment Studies, greenhouse gases, Social and Health Studies

Gilbert, Emma; Taylor, Lindsay; Tominaga, Koji, Protection of public acces to trails, Trent University, 2005

Paper discusses how to inventory a portage trail and maintain it; the ecological effects of motorized vehicles on portage routes; recommendations on…

Tags: canoeing, Environment Studies, environmental impacts, outdoors, private land, public access, recreation, trails

Murray, Chris; Robus, Jennifer, Protecting the Dark Skies: Night Lighting for Kennisis Lake, Trent University, 2007

Tags: Dysart Township, Environment Studies, environmental impacts, Haliburton County, lakes, light pollution, pollution, stewardship

Anna Robbins, Proposed Trail for Eastern Bluebird Nesting and Monitoring in Haliburton, Ontario, 2019

Tags: Anna Robbins, biology, Birdbox, Bluebird, Cheryl McKenna-Neuman, County Road 21, Eastern Bluebird, environmental, Gelert Road, GPS, Haliburton Highlands Field Naturalists, Minden Hills, Survey, Tom Whillans

Mazzocca, Stephanie, Problem Solving: Issue of ATV Use in the Haliburton Region, 2004

Tags: ATVs, economy, pollution, recreation, tourism

Page, Jennifer, Preserving the History of Ontario Hydro in Minden, Trent University, 2005

Documents the history of Ontario Hydro in Minden between 1946 and 1995, and the stories of the people who brought it to the county.

Tags: electricity, energy, Environment Studies, hydro, industry, local history

Johnston, Jeremy, Predicting the effects of snowmobile produced poly aromatic hydrocarbons on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, Trent University, 2003

Tags: aquatic habitat, ecology, Environment Studies, Haliburton Forest, pollution, snowmobiling

Yeaman, Sam, Pre-feasibility study for the proposed Emmerson Hydropower Development Project, Trent University, 2003

Tags: electricity, Environment Studies, environmental impacts, hydropower, industry, micro-hydro

Mike Francis and Dan Miller, Potential Restoration and Management Strategies for Lake Trout in Kushog Lake, 2011

Tags: CBR, ecology, erosion, Kushog, lake trout, resource management, restoration, sedimentations, Trent University

Dillon, Adam; Kloosterman, Amy, Potential for Haliburton County: A Research Paper on Establishing a Successful Mountain Bicycling Community and Trail System, Trent University, 2005

Presents the benefits of establishing mountain bicycling trails in Haliburton County, and develops a plan of action regarding its promotion.

Tags: Cultural Studies, cycling, economy, Environment Studies, outdoors, recreation, tourism, trails

Brenneman, Becky, Planning for Palliative Care Supports in Haliburton County, Trent University, 2002

Tags: cancer, palliative care, retirement, Seniors, Social and Health Studies

Rachel Harris, Planning for Housing in Haliburton County, 2012

Tags: CBR, development, Haliburton, housing, Minden Hills, rural, Survey, Trent University

Diana Myre, Planet Haliburton Radio Show Research Assistance, Trent University, 2021

Tags: communication, environmental issues, environmental justice, radio

Lashbrook, Ross, Phosphates and Automatic Dishwashing Detergents, Trent University, 2001

Tags: brands, environment, Environment Studies, lakes, regulations, septic systems, water

Jenna Kentel, Permanent Sample Plots for Vegetative Monitoring in Dahl Forest -Final Report 2017-2018, 2018

Tags: CBR, dahl forest, EMAN, forest health, HHLT, monitoring, PSPs, Trent University

Michelle Simone, Partners in the Community: The Legacy of Windy Pine 1941-2001, U-Links, 2001

Tags: camping, Kushog Lake, local history, windy pine

Workman, Cheryl, Over a Century of Hospitality: the Settlement History of Willow Beach Cottages, Trent University, 2003

This paper follows a small plot of land in the Haliburton Highlands from its use as a camping site for Algonquin Indians in the years prior to 1850,…

Tags: cottages, Cultural Studies, local history, settlement, tourism

Caitlin Perry, Options for Composting at Abbey Gardens - An analysis of backyard composting systems and project plan for a compost, 2013

Tags: browns, CBR, Compost, gardening, greens, Trent University, worms

Emily Stratford, Optimizing Spent Brewer’s Grain as an Effective Soil Amendment, 2019

Tags: Abbey Gardens, agriculture, Brewer's Grain, Compost, Emily Startford, environmental, Karen Thompson, organic waste, Soil Amendment, soil health

Murphy, Ashley, Opportunities for youth to apprentice in the trades, Trent University, 2004

Tags: apprenticeship, Economic Studies, employment, Social and Health Studies, social determinants, youth

Gourlie, Sarah, Ontario Early Years Centre, 2005

Tags: amalgamation, CBR, children, community, daycare, donations, funding, Ontario Early Year's Children's Learning Centre, Ontario Early Years Centre, S.I.R.C.H., sustainability, Trent University