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the Caring for the Moraine project. Norm Wagenaar, Landowner Contact Specialist Ganaraska Hills Area Contact – (905) 376-4461 or email: norm@eagle.ca Website – www.moraineforlife.org. Who are the organizations working together on the Moraine?.
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the Caring for the Moraineproject Norm Wagenaar, Landowner Contact Specialist Ganaraska Hills Area Contact – (905) 376-4461 or email: norm@eagle.ca Website – www.moraineforlife.org
Caring for the Moraine Project: Ganaraska Hills Area • Letters to more than 1,000 landowners • 100 site visits • Referrals to partners resulting in: • Tree planting projects (25 hectares) • Riparian projects (1200 metres) • Tallgrass prairie projects (Eight hectares) • Securement through donations (40 hectares) • Woodlot management consultation
Caring for the Moraine Project:Ganaraska Hills Area • Workshops • Tree planting • Woodlot management • Invasive species • Rare species • The ORM and real estate • Rural Landowner Stewardship Guide Attendance: more than 250 • Press • Farm and Rural Life • Watershed • Northumberland News • CHEX Television
Large Woodlands Conservation Cooperative: A model partnership
Advantages of partnerships • Ability to focus existing resources • Reduce redundancy • Provide additional expertise, funding • Benefits landowners on and off the moraine • More bodies doing stewardship work Examples • Mailed Ontario Stewardship newsletters to more than 1100 Ganaraska landowners • Did legwork for major land donation to a conservation authority partner • Coordination, cooperation among partners
Challenges • Make inroads among farm landowners • Develop ‘moraine community’ • Maintain momentum, continuity • Find a solution for dog strangling vine! Thank you!