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ontario heritage trust
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Mission Statement
The objects of the Trust as defined under Section 7 of the Ontario Heritage Act are:
(a) to advise and make recommendations to the Minister on any matter relating to the conservation, protection and preservation of the heritage of Ontario;
(b) to receive, acquire and hold property in trust for the people of Ontario;
(c) to support, encourage and facilitate the conservation, protection and preservation of the heritage of Ontario;
(d) to preserve, maintain, reconstruct, restore and manage property of historical, architectural, archaeological, recreational, aesthetic, natural and scenic interest;
(e) to conduct research, educational and communications programs necessary for heritage conservation, protection and preservation. R.S.O. 1990, c. O.18, s. 7; 2005, c. 6, ss. 1, 5.
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Contact information
Address: 10 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, ON M5C 1J3
Phone: 416-325-5000
E-mail:
Website: http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca
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demographics
Year Founded: 1967
Adopted S&P*: N/A
Full-time Staff: 4.5
Number of Members: N/A
Primary Land Types: provincial and regionally significant environmentally sensitive areas; earth and life science Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest; PSW; habitat for nationally and provincially vulnerable species;
*indicates adoption of the 2005 Canadian Land Trust Standards and Practices |
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CONSERVATION LAND TRUST PARTNERS:
Province-Wide: MNR, NCC, DUC
Regional: OLTA members
Watershed: conservation authorities
Local: local field naturalists club |
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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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13,110
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5,884
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2,937
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4,289 |
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| 1) |
Kentucky Coffee-tree
Gymnocladus dioicus
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Photo: Courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum, ©ROM
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Large Whorled Pogonia
Isotria verticillata
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Photo: Courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum, ©ROM
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Redside dace
Clinostomus elongatus
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Photo: Erling Holm, Courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum, ©ROM
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West Virginia White
Artogeia virginiensis
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Photo: Brian Boyle, Courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum, ©ROM
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Eastern Fox Snake
Eliaphe vulpina gloydi
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Photo: John Mitchell, Courtesy of the Royal Ontario Museum, ©ROM
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