A few thousand trees(18,560 to be more exact): Private landowners caring for and protecting the land they love! Over 85% percent of the land in the Kawartha Region is owned by private landowners. Passionate rural landowners, farmers and woodlot managers use their own time and resources to care and protect the land [...]
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Thorny Thieves: The fight against Invasive Buckthorn on KLT’s Dance Nature Sanctuary By: Patricia Wilson, Volunteer European or Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) is a non-native invasive small tree species that was introduced into North America in the 1880s as an attractive shrub that was planted on people’s properties to be used as [...]
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Volunteer Spotlight: Al Sippel By: Marnie Clement, Volunteer on KLT's Development Committee Al Sippel is passionate about land. His dedication may have started on the small farm he grew up on in the Woodstock area that had been in his mother’s family since before Confederation. It is demonstrated today through his work [...]
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A Special KLT Thanks.Giving & New Board Chair Announcement Just as the September heat wave broke, perfect fall weather greeted more than 130 donors and volunteers for our Annual Thanks.Giving event held at the spectacular Ballyduff Trails winding through the 260 acres of the McKim-Garsonnin property on the Oak Ridges Moraine. In [...]
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Kawartha Land Trust Vision Song "If we had a million acres..." Music by Bare Naked Ladies & Lyrics adapted by Ian Deslauriers Our Thanks.Giving event ended with 'The Ians', Ian Attridge and Ian Deslauriers leading us in their vision song for KLT, watch below and sing along. Sing along with us! Lyrics: 1. If we had [...]
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