
ALTO high-speed rail project
Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) has been closely monitoring information regarding the ALTO high-speed rail project, including possible routes and related ecological impacts in the Kawarthas.
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Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) has been closely monitoring information regarding the ALTO high-speed rail project, including possible routes and related ecological impacts in the Kawarthas.

The gift of time is not a gift given lightly, and Kawartha Land Trust is thankful for every hour, minute, and second that has been gifted to KLT for the conservation and care of nature in the Kawarthas throughout the organization’s 25 years.

Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) has an ever-growing community of volunteers, donors, staff and supporters that make conservation on the lands you love possible. Protecting natural and working lands in the Kawarthas requires a community of people who are devoted and passionate about nature.

Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) takes on one of Canada’s most aggressive invasive plant species — invasive Phragmites — with the support from the Ontario Phragmites Action program.

In 2026, Kawartha Land Trust celebrates its 25th anniversary of conserving and caring for nature in the Kawarthas for future generations.

KLT’s Annual Thanks.Giving event was held at Forgotten Lane Farm in beautiful Bethany Hills in the City of Kawartha Lakes, bringing together over 70 volunteers to celebrate a year of protecting and caring for the land we love.

In October, KLT celebrated six new Legacy Volunteers for their contributions to KLT, nature, and the community.

Volunteer Lead Property Steward Richard Raper, shares some of his favourite things about KLT’s Ingleton-Wells nature reserve in North Kawartha.

Aaron Pinfold, KLT’s Conservation Data & GIS Technician, is helping KLT turn complex data and information into tools we can use to guide our conservation strategies. This data creates a story that drives the positive action KLT takes on the land through its various projects.

Funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the Province of Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) helps protect a new nature reserve in the Kawarthas and create public access opportunities.
Thanks to forward-thinking, nature-minded landowners, Kawartha Land Trust protects 147 acres of nature and agricultural lands in the City of Kawartha Lakes.

“Every day we are reminded of the interconnectedness of everything on this Earth, and how fragile the health of the land, the water, the air and all of us who share the planet are.”
Read our interview with Mark Maitman and Dale Sutton about the Maitman-Sutton CEA.