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"Frog Monitoring in the Haliburton Highlands","Abbey Struyk, Emma Phillips, and Matt Susac","Haliburton Highlands Land Trust, Greg Wickware","Tom Whillans",,2021,on-line,"Haliburton County","Environmental Studies, Monitoring","The Haliburton Highlands Land Trust (HHLT) is a nonprofit organization that owns and protects approximately 1300 acres of land in Haliburton County, Ontario. Five separate properties constitute the land trust, including the Dahl Forest, Smith Forest, Norah’s Island, Fred & Pearl Barry Wetland Reserve, and Barnum Creek Nature Reserve. Land trusts are instrumental in the conservation of native flora and fauna, and are often focused on the protection of a specific type of habitat (Brewer, 2003). The HHLT is unique in that all four types of wetlands (marsh, bog, fen, and swamp) are found on the properties (Haliburton Highlands Land Trust – 2020 Climate Change Project, 2021). Natural wetlands are crucial as they act as sinks for carbon sequestration (Mitsch, 2013), and play an active role in the cycling of important nutrients like nitrogen (Fennessy, Rokosch & Mack, 2008). Wetlands also provide habitats for a variety of animals including mammals like beavers and minks, rare bird species, and a range of amphibians (Gibbs, 2000). Knowing this, the HHLT has made great strides in the conservation of many animals that call their property home. From bats to turtles, the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust has orchestrated many projects focused on the monitoring and protection of Ontario’s native species.",,"Trent University",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"conservation,environmental monitoring,frog,Haliburton Highlands Land Trust,monitoring",https://database.ulinks.ca/files/original/440ce57d5ffe11a1ef9b18647923079a.pdf,,"Trent University - Community Based Research",1,0
"GIS Database Migration and Development for the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust","Roshelle Chan","Haliburton Highlands Land Trust, Greg Wickware & Ralph Baehre","Dr. Tom Whillans, Environment and Resource Studies/Sciences",,2021,on-line,"Haliburton County","Geographic Information Systems",,"The Haliburton Highlands Land Trust (HHLT) is a non-profit organization that aims to protect the natural
landscape and cultural heritage of the Haliburton Highlands through acquiring and conserving lands of
ecological significance. After reviewing their current database, the land trust has expressed their desire to further develop their spatial data management system to more effectively integrate knowledge of their properties into their stewardship, management, and land acquisition decisions. Open source GIS database software, specifically PostgreSQL with the PostGIS extension, can improve the HHLT’s access to, and use of, existing research and management data. The objective of this project was to migrate the HHLT’s database in Microsoft Access to PostgreSQL, an open source database management system that can help the HHLT eliminate the annual cost of an Access subscription while providing greater flexibility for spatial applications in the future.
A requirements analysis was first conducted through stakeholder meetings, discussions with the HHLT, and a comprehensive review of existing documents. After acquiring a copy of the current database and other relevant files, a conceptual database design was produced to provide a description of the database and identify the main database entities along with their relationships. The next step was the translation of the conceptual database design into a logical and physical database design, which contained more detailed information of database elements (e.g., cardinality, data types, constraints). After the final database design was approved by the HHLT, the database was constructed then tested in PostgreSQL and is now ready for deployment.
The final database has 24 tables storing a range of data from property details, bird surveys, member contact information, reports, permanent sample plot surveys to species. Relationships between tables were defined and previous survey data were used to populate the database. For rapid access to summary information, queries were created and stored as database views. Three main recommendations for continuing this project in the future include: (a) further refining database tables and definitions with the input of more data collected from the field; (b) developing open source web applications to synchronize data collection with the database; and (c) exploring remote sensing and image analysis for monitoring biophysical and temporal changes in the region.","Trent University",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"database migraton,GIS,Haliburton Highlands Land Trust,HHLT,PostGIS,PostgreSQL",https://database.ulinks.ca/files/original/f14828228e4010b1f2d54d9219e3ff31.pdf,,"Trent University - Community Based Research",1,1
"Best Management Practice Guidelines for Protecting Wetlands","Tamara Balmaceda, Cerise Dowson, Brittany Semmler, Joshua Wyard","Haliburton Highlands Land Trust, Sheila Ziman","Tom Whillans, Environment and Resource Science/Studies",TP-4851,2019,,"Haliburton County",,,"Wetlands are a vital part of Canada's, especially Haliburton County's local natural heritage, thus The Haliburton Highlands Land Trust is working to maintain these important habitats. The purpose of this report is to identify five main types of wetlands in this geography and demonstrate how important they are to wildlife and humans alike. Management strategies are explored for each specific type of wetland and recommendations as to how the Land Trust can protect these areas while utilizing there natural beauty is explored.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Brittany Semmler,Cerise Dowson,conservation,environment,Haliburton Highlands Land Trust,Joshua Wyard,Management,Tamara Balmaceda,Tom Whillans,water quality,watersheds,wetlands",https://database.ulinks.ca/files/original/ac68721d41a3b546d9efe575bf7ae1f4.pdf,,"Trent University - Community Based Research",1,0
"HHLT Species at Risk","Kelton Adderley-Heron, Michael Duquette, Mikayla Young","Haliburton Highlands Land Trust, Greg Wickware","Tom Whillans, Environmental and Resource Science/Studies",TP-4864,2019,Online,"Haliburton County","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.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"bank swallow,barn swallow,barnum creek,barry wetland,blanding's turtles,dahl forest,environmental,golden-winged warbler,Haliburton Highlands Land Trust,HHLT,Kelton Adderley-Heron,least bittern,little brown myotis,Michael Duquette,Mikayla Young,rusty blackbird,snapping turtles,species at risk,spotted turtles,Tom Whillans,western chorus frog,wetlands",https://database.ulinks.ca/files/original/f0c4935662c7aad2b80f458e6ae65e44.pdf,,"Trent University - Community Based Research",1,0
"Surveying and Monitoring Tools for the HHLT","Abbey Krajc, Alison Gordon, Keeva Fitzpatrick","Haliburton Highlands Land Trust, Greg Wickware",,TP_4865,2019,Online,"Haliburton County",,,"This report will provide information and guidance to the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust (HHLT) on determining which surveying tools are most suitable for long-term monitoring of biodiversity within the 5 listed nature reserves. The following will be identified for each nature reserve:
◊ Background
◊ Ecology
◊ Significant Identified Species
◊ Species at Risk
◊ Identified Eco-sites
◊ Bio-indicators
◊ Surveying & Monitoring Tools
◊ Resources
This report will aid in fulfilling the following goals as stated by the HHLT:
◊ Understand the range of possibilities for surveying and monitoring natural areas and the extent of such experiences in Ontario
◊ Identify the information available and needed to design surveys and monitoring programs using permanent sample plots for Ontario natural areas
◊ Explore options for a long-term partnership between Trent",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Abbey Krajc,Alison Gordon,biodiversity,eco-sites,Haliburton Highlands Land Trust,HHLT,Keeva Fitzpatrick,monitoring,nature reserves,species at risk,surveying,Tom Whillans",https://database.ulinks.ca/files/original/199d92bd83ef10c771cd797a39c43273.pdf,,"Trent University - Community Based Research",1,0