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mississippi madawaska land trust conservancy
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Mission Statement
To protect and conserve areas of land having ecological, scientific, natural, historic or aesthetic value through stewardship, purchase, lease, gift, easement and other similar mean, and which lands are located in the general region of the drainage basin of the Mississippi River and of the adjoining lands northward to the Madawaska River.
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Contact information
Address: P.O. Box 160, Lanark, ON K0G 1K0
Phone: 613-267-4899
E-mail: ssentesy@mmltc.ca
Website:http://www.mmltc.ca
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demographics
Year Founded: 2003
Adopted S&P*: Yes
Full-time Staff: 0
Number of Members: 30
Primary Land Types: Forest, wetlands, uplands
*indicates adoption of the 2005 Canadian Land Trust Standards and Practices |
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CONSERVATION LAND TRUST PARTNERS:
Province-Wide: HIVA Foundation
Regional: Community Stewardship Council of Lanark County, Community Foundation of Ottawa
Watershed: Mississippi Valley Conservation, Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists
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Acres Conserved
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Province
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Total
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Owned
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Under Easement
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Other
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Ontario
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1250
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1250
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| 1) |
American Ginseng
Panax quinquefolius
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Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus
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Photo: Rachel Powless
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River Redhorse Moxostoma carinatum |
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Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle
Apalone spinifera spinifera
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Photo: John Mitchell, Courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum, ©ROM
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Five-lined Skink
Eumeces fasciatus
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Photo: Courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum, ©ROM
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