Participants place themselves along a sketch of our watershed, in a place of personal significance
On Saturday November 21st 2009 at the Legion in Eganville, the BRWP Riverwatch Program hosted its second Future Scenarios Workshop. Participants of this event were those who make a living directly from the land and its natural resources. Interests represented here included those of forestry, agriculture, first nations, trapping and power generation throughout the Bonneche Valley. The event proved to be quite thought provoking for both BRWP facilitators and attendees.
Lunch at this event featured food that was grown and produced locally. Hot beverages were available all day which consisted of coffee from the Neat Coffee shop located in Burnstown (who also provided fresh bread), as well as Sacred Blend Tea from The Algonquin Tea Co. A stew was put together by the Legion ladies. Ingredients included beef from Stone Farms, and potatoes, carrots, and turnip from the gardens of the legion ladies themselves. An apple crisp was made from apples donated by Dobson Farm outside Cobden, and served with real whipped cream from Brums Dairy. The Dairy also provided milk, coffee cream, and butter as well. Needless to say, everything was delicious! Read more…
Workshop participants learn about the scenario process from presenter Allyson Quinlan.
On August 15th 2009, the BRWP’s Riverwatch program held the first of what is to be a series of community engagement workshops focused on drafting up scenarios that represent possible futures of the Bonnechere River Watershed may face. The event took place at the Sands on Golden Lake and featured guests who reside on or near water throughout the Bonnechere River watershed. Read more…
On Wednesday August 13th at the Eganville Legion, the BRWP hosted an evening of learning about the benefits of Naturalized Shorelines. Suzanne McFarlane the Community Relations Coordinator at
Mississippi Valley Conservation presented on the specific benefits of a natural shoreline focusing on keeping the enjoyment in your shoreline while increasing the shoreline health. The presentation given on species that could be used is posted below as is a list of fairly local nurseries where you could purchase the plants needed to complete your shoreline transformation.
Thanks given to Erin Gallagher This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it from the Gamiing Center for Sustainable Lakeshore Living (Lindsay, ON) as she provided the pictures included in attached presentation.
Native Plants Presentation
Native Plant Nurseries
Moonlight Crofters – North of Dacre
Connaught Nursery and Garden Center – Coben
Fieldstone Nursery – Foymount
Make it Green – Stittsville
Ferguson Forest Center – Kemptville
To increase public understanding of resource management issues and to develop an appreciation of our environmental heritage, the Bonnechere River Watershed Project sponsors workshops.
Potential topics for 2007 include, Healthy Shorelines and a Tour of Farm Water Quality improvement projects.
Information on our events will be posted on the Meetings page when available.
Agricultural Bus Tour (PDF) October 15, 2005
Healthy Shorelines (PDF) July 16, 2005
Coexisting with Wildlife: Bears, Wolves and Coyotes (PDF) November 27, 2004
2004 Wetland Bus Tour (PDF) July 17, 2004
Are Wetlands of Value? August 13, 2003
Bonnechere River Discovery Tour July 26, 2003
Alternatives to Pesticides Workshop Agenda June 25th, 2003
Sustainable Agriculture in Renfrew County October 19th, 2002
Green Waterfront Living August 14th, 2002
Coexisting With Wildlife: Fur Bearers July 20th, 2002
