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Volunteer Rylee Goerlitz at KLT office

Volunteer Spotlight: New Conservation Data & GIS Technician Volunteers Rylee Goerlitz and Katherine McEwan

Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) recently welcomed two new volunteers to the organization. Students Rylee Goerlitz and Katherine McEwan are KLT’s Conservation Data & GIS Technician team's newest volunteer members.Rylee and Katherine will use their GIS and data management skills to organize and incorporate spatial data into digital maps, perform some analysis, [...]

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Happy Holidays from Kawartha Land Trust staff. Staff group shot outside on winter solstice.

Thank you & Happy Holidays from Kawartha Land Trust

Thank you for making 2022 a special year for the Kawartha Land Trust community. Your support ensured that an additional 500 acres of land in the Kawarthas is protected forever. KLT now protects over 5,250 acres of sensitive ecosystems and working land in our region. Throughout the year, your support meant that habitats [...]

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Gary Pritchard of 4 Directions Conservation Consulting Services leading an Indigenous Bioblitz at Dance Nature Sanctuary

Moving Beyond Species at Risk Conservation — Linking Settler & Indigenous Perspectives on Conservation

Kawartha Land Trust staff and volunteers learn Indigenous perspectives on conservation through four-part workshop with 4 Directions’ Gary PritchardThroughout October, Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) staff and over 45 volunteers participated in a learning journey to learn more about Indigenous science and conservation through a workshop series titled “All Our Relations: [...]

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Ontario Land Trust Alliance & Kawartha Land Trust: A 20-Year Partnership

KLT 20th Anniversary Series Marnie Clement, KLT Volunteer Just after Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) was created 20 years ago it became one of the founding members of Ontario Land Trust Alliance (OLTA). OLTA connects the land conservation community by sharing knowledge and best practices, reducing financial barriers to land conservation, promoting organizational excellence, sharing [...]

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Ballyduff Trails landscape view in summer

Exciting Announcement: Ballyduff Trails!

Ralph McKim and Jean Garsonnin have witnessed the beauty of nature being renewed as landowners and stewards of their land on the Oak Ridges Moraine. They own 240-acres of land, known as the McKim-Garsonnin property, which they protected through a Conservation Easement Agreement (CEA) with Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) in 2011. [...]

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