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thousand islands watershed land trust
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Mission Statement
To permanently protect the land and its assets in the northern watershed of the St. Lawrence River around the Thousand Islands through land acquisition and conservation easements and to promote good land management through stewardship agreements and education
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Contact information
Address: Dann M. Michols (President)
19 Reynolds Road, Lansdowne, ON K0E 1L0
Phone: 613-359-9972
E-mail: dannmichols@ripnet.com
Website: http://www.tiwlt.ca
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demographics
Year Founded: as Cdn Thousand Islands Heritage Conservancy (1993); as Thousand Islands Watershed Land Trust (2006)
Adopted S&P*: Yes
Full-time Staff: 0
Number of Members: 81
Primary Land Types:
*indicates adoption of the 2005 Canadian Land Trust Standards and Practices |
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CONSERVATION LAND TRUST PARTNERS:
Province-Wide: MNR, Ontario Parks, Ontario Heritage Foundation
Regional: County of Leeds-Grenville, Athens, Brockville, Elizabethtown-Kitley, Front of Young, Gananoque, Leeds & Thousand Islands, Rideau Lakes
Watershed: Catarqui River CA, Rideau Valley CA, Charleston Lake Provincial Park, St. Lawrence Parks Commission
Local: Charleston Lake Association, Gananoque River Waterways Assoication, Lower Beverley Lake Association (LBLA), Thousand Islands Area Residents Association (TIARA), Thousand Islands Association (TIA), Friends of Charleston Lake |
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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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2712
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3
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149
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2560 |
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| 1) |
Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus
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Photo: © Jim Richards
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American Ginseng
Panax quinquefolius
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Blunt-lobed Woodsia
Woodsia obtuse
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Eastern Ratsnake
Elaphe obsoleta
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Photo: Simon Lunn
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Deerberry
Vaccinium stamineum
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