Our Annual General Meeting- April 14, 2pm

Post date: Apr 3, 2012 3:14:35 PM

Come hear about the health of the Bonnechere watershed at the Annual General Meeting of the Bonnechere River Watershed Project, on Saturday April 14th from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the Sands on Golden Lake. Our guest speakers will be Dr. Murray Richardson and Sarah Anderson, from Carleton University.

You will also learn about some of our activities including:

  • Our third year of assessing stream conditions in collaboration with Carleton University with Dr. Murray Richardson and his research assistant, Sarah Anderson

  • Field days with the Golden Lake, Hurd's Lake and Lake Clear property owners

  • Our shoreline rendevous with Ottawa River Keeper at the mouth of the Bonnechere as her Great River project expedition paddled by en route to Ottawa

  • Watershed art exhibitions and the virtual art gallery on our website

  • Our participation in Waterlution youth leaders workshop with Ottawa River Keeper, Expo 150 and Algonquin Pow Wow at Pikwakanagan

  • The BRWP RiverWatch Report 2011

  • Our collaborative Nature in Your Neighbourhood (NYN) initiative including our NYN on-line mapping tool, our NYN Library series including presentations by the Ottawa River Keeper in Renfrew on her Great River project and the BRWP chair on climate change at Elders Lodge at Algonquin First Nation at Pikwakangan on Golden Lake.

  • NYN videos on our website including Homescape Watershed, Renfrew County Stewardship Rangers and Pikwakanagan EarthWalkers field day, water conservation activity with Pikwakanagan youth day camp, Hoch farm, and Ottawa River Keeper

Everyone is welcome. Light refreshments will be served.