Saturday May 30th
10am-3pm
The Bonnechere River Watershed Project (BRWP) is offering this workshop as part of their “Riverwatch” program (launched at the BRWP AGM on May 6th) which will focus on the ecological health of the Bonnechere River and its tributaries.
This hands on workshop will take participants through the steps to complete a Stream Assessment to determine the health of Streams/Creeks surrounding them. Using the Citizens’ Environment Watch (CEW) Protocol we will be looking at Benthic Macro Invertebrates (Insects living at the bottom of waterways) and determining how their presence and their numbers lets us understand the health of the water they live in. You can view some of the insects that we will be looking at here.
From 10am until noon we will be learning about the assessments, how to choose streams, insect identification and how to complete the protocol. We will break for lunch at noon which will be provided. After lunch we will be travelling to a local stream and as a group complete an entire assessment from beginning to end.
If you are interested in attending or learning more about this workshop please email Amanda at info. Participants are encouraged to bring their own rubber boots (hip or chest waiters are better) and hand lens’ or magnifying glasses limited quantities of these will be available.
BRWP launches Riverwatch program with funding from Ontario Trillium Foundation
Late in 2007, the Bonnechere River Watershed Project (BRWP) received $21,000 from the Ontario Trillium Fund (OTF) for a pilot project to develop a website that would focus on issues and information of greatest interest to residents (www.mybonnechere.ca). Based on a workshop held in Renfrew in early 2008, it became evident that water levels, flows and quality, and the health of wildlife populations were of most concern. The report of the BRWP workshop was included in an international symposium held at Carleton in the fall of 2008.
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May 6th at the Eganville Legion from 7pm-9pm
9th Annual General Meeting of the BRWP
With Keven Callan:
From cool camp gadgets to skinny dipping etiquette to cooking s’mores to making the perfect bush martini, Kevin will share his philosophical views on why we like to go camping and how to make it more enjoyable and stay out longer. Callan is definitely as entertaining as he is informative and this is a show you definitely don’t want to miss.
Definitely.
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The Third Annual Earthday Fundraising Walk/Run will be taking place on April 18th at Stewart Park in Renfrew. The walk will be running rain or shine and will start at 10am. In addition to the Walk there will be activties for the entire family at the end of the walk. Refreshments will be provided!
Pledge Forms
The 2009 tree planting season starts early. To ensure that tree orders can be filled Ferguson Forest Center likes to have are orders in the fall. The BRWP runs a 50/50 cost incentive program for qualified participants. Information on our program can be found at /category/programs/tree-planting/. Over the past couple years the BRWP has help many Bonnechere River Land owners plant thousands of trees! Our main goal is to “Green Up the Bonnechere” and keep it green for generations to come! If you are interested in applying to take part in this program please contact us.
You will notice in the side bar to the left that there is a new section with called Related Links. Val one of our Watershed residents has posted a couple pictures on the Rural Ramble website of the shores of the Bonnechere take a moment to check out these beautiful pictures! Thanks Val!
If any of you are Facebook users, the BRWP has a facebook group ‘Bonnechere River Watershed Project’. Everyone is welcome to join, add pictures, share stories, dicsuss issues or connect with others who are live in or are interested in the watershed. I’m still working on the site more info will be added.
-Amanda
The busy summer kept me from posting but I hope to be back posting regularly.
This week I will be focusing on tying up loose ends from the summer including writing up reports, applying for funding that I had trouble finding time for and catching up with some reading.
On Thursday I will be attending a session for Algonquin College which links local environmental organizations with groups of students who are looking to do group projects for credit. I hope to have a group work with the BRWP on either developing a landowner workshop series or looking more in depth into one of the projects we currently run to develop it more.
I’m looking for help with completing a couple stream assessments one specifically in Renfrew if anyone is willing to help out just let me know.
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Its been a busy week and next week seems even busier. On Monday and Tuesday I will be in Renfrew with the Earth Walkers. Monday we will be completing a stream clean up starting behind St. Joe’s High School. On Tuesday we will be working in the Nature Garden near M&R feeds and hopefully completing a stream assessment on Smith’s Creek.
Wednesday and Thursday I will be building Bat Boxes with the Stewardship Rangers (Wed) and the Earth Walkers (Thurs). This should be an adventure if anyone would like to help out let me know.
All Next week is Renfrew’s Old Home Week celebrating their 150th anniversary! Congrats Renfrew!
On Friday this week I will be heading out with the Stewardship Rangers to either complete some stream assessments or servicing some Bird Nest Boxes. It will be great to work with a small group as it will be easier to make sure everyone is completing the assessments properly.
Good news from last week is that I believe we have a guest speaker for the Naturalizing Shoreline Workshop. The speaker is either from Cambium Environmental Inc. or Green-Up Peterborough. This isn’t as local as I would have liked it but Cambium who I contacted directly does advertise for completing Environmental Engineering in the area. There is still some decision as to who it will be but they have guaranteed a speaker.
This week I plan on printing posters and starting to advertise for the event as well as possibly send out a email to our membership regarding the workshop. I will send the board a copy of the poster to share with others.
I hope everyone is enjoying a safe and happy holiday!
This week is odd due to some people taking the extra long weekend so correspondence is slower than normal. Last week I met with the crew leaders for the Stewardship Rangers and the Earth Walkers, to go over what we will be doing this summer. I wish I had known about programs like these when I was 17, they get to do such cool things. We will be completing various stream assessments, tending bird nest boxes, gardening, building beaver bafflers, building bat boxes among other fun things. If you are interested in coming out and helping out with any of these events please leave a comment below or email me.
I am organizing the workshop on Naturalizing Your Shoreline that will be held in August. I’m still looking for a guest speaker but have been given some great contacts, but due to the holiday I can’t contact them until Wednesday. If you have any idea’s for the workshop let me know.
