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Keep up-to-date with all of the happenings at Kawartha Land Trust. We regularly share our conservation news, events you can attend, fieldwork updates, and much more.
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.
As the summer field season wraps up, Land Stewardship Technician Michaela Dupuis took some time out of her busy schedule to share about the work she has done with Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) and some of her favorite moments on the land she loves.
Fungi are everywhere – according to Kew Gardens State of the Worlds Plant and Fungi 2023, there are estimated to be 2.5 million species of fungi worldwide, of which only 155,000 species have been formally named. They can be found in nearly all environments – from soil and air to water and even within other organisms. Learn more in this article by volunteer Susan Scott.
After a months-long campaign, Kawartha Land Trust has reached its community fundraising goal and is moving forward to purchase this ecologically significant property.
“Legacy giving is the best way of knowing that what we have spent a lifetime of working for will actually make all of our efforts mean something in the end.” – Cedar Stand Society Members Robert Ertel and Ron Awde.
