A volunteer-led and community-supported effort to protect an extension to KLT’s Jeffrey-Cowan Forest Preserve on Ston(e)y Lake reaches fundraising goal just days before the September 6th deadline.
A group of local cottagers donated a co-owned forested lot and a Selwyn couple partnered with KLT on an easement to preserve the natural and working lands on their property in perpetuity.
Learn more about Lara Mrosovsky, the facilitator for KLT’s upcoming Grow Without a Garden event at the Peterborough Public LIbrary.
Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) is thrilled to head into spring with more positive conservation news for the Kawarthas. We’re pleased to share with you that through the support of individual donors like you and funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Wildlife Habitat Canada (WHC), KLT has protected protect an additional five properties: Roussel-Steffler Memorial Sanctuary, O’Leary Family Wetland, Wittek Property, Found Property, and Roscarrock Conservation Easement.
Kawartha Land Trust and Anam Cara Farms bring an Irish conservation initiative (and 150 Tamarack and White Spruce Trees) to Millbrook, Ontario, to enhance nature in “The Hare’s Corner.”
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.
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.
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.
In advance of Kawartha Land Trust’s (KLT) forest bathing event in Woodview, Ontario, on November 18th, KLT volunteer Susan Scott spoke with event facilitator Kristina Domsic to learn more about the concept and practice of forest bathing.
