Cultivating Change: Optimizing Farmers’ Markets in Ontario
Haliburton County Farmers' Market Association
NR-681 Submittal of Final Kushog Lake Ground Truthing Report 2014 Kushog Lake Identification and Inflow Analysis: Year 3
Prepared for the Kushog Lake Property Owners Association, in partnership with ULinks Centre for Community Based Research, this report is a summary of year three of a multi-year project ground truthing all inflows into Kushog Lake. As the third and final report in the ground truthing process, results of inflow verification along the eastern shore, south of Ox Narrows, are detailed to confirm locations as identified in the Glenside Ecological Services report, Kushog Lake Watershed: Wetland and Stream Desktop Analysis (Heaven, 2011). New inflows absent from the initial report are also mapped and analyzed, and locations and data for all inflows identified throughout the life of the project (2011-14) are compiled for review and comparison. Biomonitoring of benthic macroinvertebrates using the Ontario Benthos Biomonitoring Network (OBBN) protocol continues the monitoring of previous years, sampling three reference sites established in 2011-2012, and initiating sampling at three new reference sites.
Laura Gerencser Devon Hennessy Daphne Paszterko Reuben Van Zeumeren
Educational Garden Program for Preschoolers
Develop and design a 6-week educational gardening program for children ages 3-5 and their parents.
Abbey Gardens, Irene Heaven and Heather Reid
Environmental Studies Geography Recreation & Tourism
Lucas Beckering-Vinckers & Charlie Tremblay
Traffic Calming in Haliburton County; An Arts-Based Approach
Kurt McMurray Sydney Munshaw Tessa Pozzebon
Communities in Action Committee , Sue Shikaze
Haliburton Highlands Field Naturalists Education Programming
Rachel French, Meagan Sorley and Katarina Zlatanovic
Haliburton Highland Field Naturalists (HHFN), Gus Janca
Abbey Gardens Rehabilitation of Gravel Pit Site through Apple Crop Expansion Report
Ecological Restoration Environmental Science / Studies
Tom Whillans, Trent School of the Environment
BLOOMING BERRY EXPANSION: ABBEY GARDENS HALIBURTON
ABBEY GARDENS (H. REID, I. HEAVEN, C. STEEL)
Dead Trees Standing: A Landowners’ Guide to Beech Bark Disease
Environmental Science / Studies Forestry
Glebe Park and Museum Committee of the Municipality of Dysart et al
Tom Whilans - Environmental and Resource Science/Studies
Developing Sustainable Agri-Tourism: Native Shoreline Grasses, Sedges, and Forbs
Liam Cole, Gerrit Kremers, Leah Martin, & Victoria Saizew
Tom Whillans, Environmental and Resource Science/Studies
Interactive Learning Activities for the Water Heroes Website
Environmental Education Environmental Science / Studies
Chantal Ubbels Kassandra Merks Sunaina Aiyer
Haliburton-Muskoka-Kawartha Children's' Water Festival (HMKCWF), Irene Heaven
The Mapping and Analysis of Transportation Needs in Haliburton County Analytical Report
Haliburton County Transportation Taskforce
Bird community structure, abundance, and diversity at a property in Haliburton, Ontario.
Environmental Science / Studies Forestry Natural Resource Management
Haliburton Highlands Land Trust (HHLT), Greg Wickware
Shaun Watmough, Trent School of the Environment
Permanent Sample Plots for Vegetative Monitoring in Dahl Forest -Final Report 2017-2018
Haliburton Highalnds Land Trust - Greg Wickware
Smith Forest Permanent Sample Plot Establishment & Forest Health Data Final Report 2017-2018
THE HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS HABITATION IN HALIBURTON COUNTY
Haliburton Highlands Museum - Kate Butler
Horseshoe Lake Seasonal Water Fluctuation Effects on the Benthic Zone and Implications for the Fish Assemblage
Environmental Science Biology Fisheries Water Science
Horseshoe Lake Property Owners’ Association (HLPOA), Jeff Muirhead
Climate Change Opinion Survey Among Community Opinion Leaders in Haliburton County
Host Organizations: Environment Haliburton, Planet Haliburton, and Abbey Gardens Host Supervisors: Heather Ross, Terry Moore, Heather Reid
Hayley Goodchild, International Development Studies
Biological Productivity and Sustainability of Apex Predator Fish Species in Horseshoe Lake: Final Report
Environmental Science Biology Fisheries Natural Resource Management
Marcus Rice, Ajay Venkat, Lucas Young, Jack Moreau, Mac Marzolini, Beth Bekele
Horseshoe Lake Property Owners' Association (HLPOA), Jeff Muirhead
Green Cemeteries in the Municipality of Highlands East
Municipality of Highlands East - Robyn Rogers
Municipality of Dysart et al Plastic Reduction Challenge
Fleming College Sustainability Waste Management Program
Municipality of Dysart et al., Tamara Wilbee
Proposed Trail for Eastern Bluebird Nesting and Monitoring in Haliburton, Ontario
Haliburton Highlands Field Naturalists, Shirley Morden
Tree Sustainability at Head Lake and Rotary Park
Municipality of Dysart et al, Tamara Wilbee
Shaun Watmough - Environmental and Resource Science/Studies
Calcium Decline, Impacts and Potential Mitigation Efforts in Kawagama Lake
Roshelle Chan, Marissa Pucci, Ankit Tripathi
Kawagama Lake Cottagers Association, Adam Pifko
Shaun Watmough, Environmental and Resource Science/Studies
TP_4834 To Go or To Stay? Rural Impacts on the Perceptions of “Failure to Launch” Youth
Failure to launch is an increasingly significant issue youth are currently experiencing due to delays in economic independency. Failure to launch involves not being able to leave your community, or leaving and having to come back. The concept of failure to launch goes hand in hand with lifecycle milestones disruptions. Lifecycle milestones are important events in a youth’s life that impact their development, which can be disrupted due to a lack of resources. A review of the literature and re-analysis of a research study conducted in 2013 consisting of interviews with rural youth in the Haliburton County, City of Kawartha Lake, and Peterborough County about migration decisions was conducted. The current research project will determine how failure to launch and lifecycle milestone disruptions are impacting today’s youth, families, and communities. The impacts of failure to launch and lifecycle milestone disruptions are particularly relevant in a rural setting, and the current research project will look specifically at how these phenomena can be addressed in Haliburton County. The impacts found during the research consist of mental health issues, family strain, financial distress, long lasting effects on the economy, and diminishing rural youth population. All these impacts need to be addressed to mitigate the impact failure to launch is having on rural communities. The report will end with recommendations on how to mitigate failure to launch specifically in Haliburton County.
Social and Ecological Carrying Capacity of Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park
Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park
Surveying and Monitoring Tools for the HHLT
Abbey Krajc, Alison Gordon, Keeva Fitzpatrick
Haliburton Highlands Land Trust, Greg Wickware
The Barnum Creek, Dahl Forest and Barry Wetland properties of Haliburton Highlands Land Trust are valuable habitats for species that require wetlands, now more than ever due to the rapid decrease in wetlands in Canada over recent years, especially in Ontario (Eamer et al., 2010). The aim of this paper is to use a literature review to identify species-at-risk that could be found within these wetlands, describe their characteristics and habitat requirements, and to outline some recommendations for managing their habitat . It was found that there could possibly be 10 species-at-risk within these locations, those being: Bank Swallows (Riparia riparia), Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica), Blanding’s Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii), Golden-winged Warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera), Least Bitterns (Ixobrychus exilis), Little Brown Myotis’ (Myotis lucifigus), Rusty Blackbirds (Euphagus carolinus), Snapping Turtles (Chelydra serpentina), Spotted Turtles (Clemmys guttata), and Western Chorus Frogs (Pseudacris triseriata). The main management recommendations are to where possible, protect and maintain upland habitat surrounding wetlands from disturbance, especially clear-cut logging, and to carefully plan development so as to not degrade or fragment the wetland environments.
Kelton Adderley-Heron, Michael Duquette, Mikayla Young
Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve Parking Lot Revitalization