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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Windy Pine Woodlot Research and Management]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Environmental Studies]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The Windy Pine property is a very uneven 25 acre plot with two large hills and most plants separated into species communities based on niche partitioning. Management of this forest is thus a challenge because most machines will have trouble on the hills and profitable trees are surrounded by trees of less value. To manage the forest while keeping to the goals of the project, it will be necessary to monitor the land for diseases, invasive plants and trees that may pose a safety hazard to visitors. To do this, the authors of the paper propose to build a trail network in the forest to help researchers keep the forest healthy and allow guests from either the cottages or surrounding areas to explore and learn from the land. We propose that to keep with the goals of the project, the land should be logged only to promote health of the forest and carried out with animals such as horses to minimize impact on soil and plants. Trails would be developed by a summer student technician who would follow the Haliburton Highlands Trails and Tour Network trail making outline. As well, interpretive and informative signs and bird lookout areas can be created to educate visitors about Windy Pine and the way the forest is managed. The report also contains information on identification and removal of invasive species in the Haliburton region.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Kasia Janik, Charlie Phillips, Greg Stones, Jessica Swan]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Online]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[Tom Whillans, Trent School of the Environment]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[TP-633]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:spatial><![CDATA[Township of Minden Hills<br />
Haliburton County <br />
]]></dcterms:spatial>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Importance of Wetlands in Ecosystem Services: with Special Attention on Flood Attenuation, Carbon Sequestration, Hydrogeology, Water Quality, Biodiversity, and Social and Local Values]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Environmental Science<br />Hydrology<br />Wetlands]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This paper is designed to value wetland ecosystem services in Eco Region 5e. The basic geography of this region is fairly clustered around Georgian Bay, and includes the following major areas: Sault Ste Marie, Sudbury, North Bay, Parry Sound, Algonquin Park, Pembroke, Bancroft, and Manitoulin Island (Chambers et al, 1997). This entire area is predominantly considered the southern part of the Canadian Shield. However due to the constraints of time the focus is on the Muskoka Area. Some ecosystem services provided by wetlands that are considered to be valuable include: gas regulation; climate regulations; disturbance regulation; and water filtration. Recommendations for further study include having accurate mapping of the wetlands, by type and area; creating a wetland valuation system like the one created for Southern Ontario, that gives a value to each process; and, finally, to address how different wetlands function in regard to each of the processes. This will reduce the variability seen in ecosystem valuation.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Christie Vandervlist Daigneault, Mitchell Hall, Kaileigh Nichols]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[TP-644]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[The Muskoka Watershed Council]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[Tom Whillans, Trent School of the Environment]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:spatial><![CDATA[Muskoka]]></dcterms:spatial>
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