Protect the land you love — volunteer as a Lead Property Steward with Kawartha Land Trust (KLT). KLT is seeking volunteer Lead Property Stewards or Additional Lead Property Stewards for several of our nature reserves.
Learn what being a volunteer Lead Property Steward at Kawartha Land Trust is like from Richard Raper’s first-hand account. Richard has been the volunteer Lead Property Steward of KLT’s Ingleton-Wells Property for four years.
On February 12, 2024, Kawartha Land Trust announced the protection of the Hammer Family Nature Preserve in the Municipality of Trent Lakes, the largest property the charitable organization has conserved in its 22-year history. KLT was also shared news of the $2.9-million investment made toward the purchase of the property through the Province of Ontario’s Greenlands Conservation Partnership program.
Kawartha Land Trust’s recent Thanks.Giving event was an opportunity to reflect upon the impact of volunteers on conservation in the Kawarthas and highlight the work of legacy volunteer Al Sippel.
From the prairies of Saskatchewan to the tallgrass prairie of Pontypool, Canadian Conservation Corps Intern Tanner Stevens took a brief break from the field to relay his experience interning with Kawartha Land Trust this fall.
Learn how Kawartha Land Trust is working with private landowners through our Partners in Conservation program to enhance wildlife habitat. This September, Rachel Barrington, KLT’s Partners in Conservation Coordinator, and a KLT volunteer installed a Wood Duck nesting box on land owned by one of our Partners in Conservation.
The Michael Young Family Foundation is investing $600K over four years in Kawartha Land Trust to help empower landowners and their communities to steward local farmlands, wetlands, grasslands, and forests as one thriving ecosystem.
Field season is in full swing! Three members of Kawartha Land Trust’s field team take a moment to provide us with updates on the 2023 field season.
Just in time for the peak of summer, Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) is proud to officially launch its inaugural Passport to Nature (P2N) program — a year-long series of free, guided adventures in nature. Consider this your passport to spend some quality time in nature with KLT this summer (and all year long)!
Kawartha Land Trust protects its new Forbes Lane Property and DeNure Conservation Easement Agreement.
