A few weeks ago, a Cavan resident advised that there were snapping turtle hatchlings on the road near a creek by her home. She reported having rescued more than 100 of the endangered creatures. There were more to come – many more, as I would discover. Our Ontario turtles are… Continue reading
The Baxter Creek Watershed Alliance (BCWA) (baxtercreekwatershed.org) will be hosting a public forum and everyone is invited! Learn more about community involvement in local water protection, environmental conservation and land stewardship on Monday September 26th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Millbrook Legion located at 9 King Street in… Continue reading
After a five-year hiatus, the ever popular Millbrook Children’s Fishing Derby made a spectacular return last Saturday at the Millpond. Child registrations reached 274, most of them coming from within the township but a few came from as far away as Toronto. It was definitely worth the trip! The event… Continue reading
One year after publishing their Climate Change Strategy, Otonabee Conservation has released their first Climate Change Report Card summarizing their progress of implementing the Strategy in 2021. The Otonabee Conservation Climate Change Strategy includes four goals: Educate, Adapt, Mitigate, and Implement. Each goal identifies objectives and a series of specific… Continue reading
A polite queue formed beside the bridge at the Mill Pond on Friday evening as members of the Millbrook Trout Unlimited organization handed out seedlings to eager residents. There were four species available: Willow, Dogwood, Eastern white Cedar and Sugar Maple. The four hundred saplings were purchased from Otonabee Conservation… Continue reading
I’m not much good at keeping records even though I’d very much like to be. My so-called garden diary is a hit-and-miss affair and not really useful when consulted to see how things in the garden were in a certain year. But at the front of this garden diary (a… Continue reading
It’s nice to have it confirmed by the experts, but we suspected that our local creeks were top notch. In a presentation to Council last month, experts from the Millbrook Chapter of Trout Unlimited Canada provided evidence indicating the uniqueness of our local waterways. Trout Unlimited is a volunteer organization,… Continue reading
The community non-profit group the Baxter Creek Watershed Alliance is excited to announce, that an in-kind research project proposal submitted to Fleming College has been accepted! This month BCWA will be kicking off this community-based watershed mapping project through the Geomatics capstone project in the School of Environmental & Natural… Continue reading
Otonabee Regional Conservation Authority (ORCA) has undertaken extensive floodplain mapping projects in seven high priority areas within the Otonabee Region watershed. Floodplain mapping has been created in study areas within Meade, Curtis, Jackson, and Baxter Creeks, North and South Kawartha Lakes, Ouse River in Norwood and for several tributaries around… Continue reading
