Interested in learning about and contributing to environmental initiatives in Champlain Park? Meet with us on Thursday, January 17 from 7-9 PM at the Field House. We will discuss street trees, wooded areas in Champlain Park and along the edge of the community, the Park extension and other steps we can take together to foster sustainable living in a healthy urban environment.
Daniel Buckles and Adrian Bradley, Co-Chairs, Environment Committee of the Champlain Park Community Association.
Subject: K9: Bird count this Sunday
2018 marks the 100th annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC). The CBC is a census of birds in the Western Hemisphere, and is conducted by volunteers. This year’s count will be on Sunday, December 16. The count involves monitoring your bird feeder and counting the birds that come by. Participants will be given a checklist and are asked to report the numbers at noon and final numbers at the end of the day.
Gillian Koh, Hintonburg Community Association board member, will be administering the CBC for the Kitchissippi. If you would like to participate, please email her at gillian.a.koh@gmail.com.
Subject: Fwd: [CANUFNET] Short video about the importance of trees from Halifax, NS
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 21:48:55 -0500
From: Heather Pearl <hpearl2012@gmail.com>
Dare I say that this five minute video is worth a thousand words?
Heather
From: David Foster via CANUFNET <canufnet@list.web.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 at 15:19
Subject: [CANUFNET] Short video about the importance of trees from Halifax, NS
Hi CANUFNET folks,
A collaboration between the Halifax Regional Municipality and PLANifax, a local group of planning enthusiasts/students/videographers has produced a new video about the importance of trees to urban environments. Share widely to help spread the word about the unsung heroes of our cities! Thanks for your help getting it out.
YouTube: Trees of all Trades (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyXDjOamDj8)
Regards,
David Foster
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David E. Foster, BSc, MREM
PhD Student
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS
e: david.foster@dal.ca
t: 902-880-8712
Subject: Fwd: Significant Woodlands Guidelines — public consultation
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 19:36:29 -0500
From: Heather Pearl <hpearl2012@gmail.com>
Hi all. This is FYI, and to be posted on the web site.
The City is inviting comments on the Draft Significant Woodlands Guidelines, just posted on the City of Ottawa website. Here are the full links and the re-directs:
https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/public-engagement/projects/significant-woodlands or https://Ottawa.ca/woodlands
https://ottawa.ca/fr/hotel-de-ville/engagement-du-public/projets/boises-dimportance or https://Ottawa.ca/boisés
The deadline for public comment is December 17, 2018.
Continue reading “City Consulting on Significant Woodlands”
from Daniel Buckles…
Wonder what the blue flags near the Carleton/Pontiac entrance to the river are all about? To the west of the entrance, Catherine Shearer has been protecting a patch of the common milkweed, a plant critical to the Monarch Butterfly. This emblematic butterfly is making something of a come back this year (see here for details). In the same area she is also removing seeds of the Dog Strangling Vine, an invasive species that if left unchecked will form a dense mat that smothers trees, shrubs and everything else. Along the main trail to the river are flags showing where a house for Purple Martins will be installed next spring (rescued from the old Trailhead building by Adrian Bradley, and fixed up by Alan Ramunus and Catherine Shearer).
![[Catherine Shearer and a patch of Common Milkweed]](https://champlainpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/catherine.jpg)
Further west down the path into the woods Adrian Bradley has been continuing the effort to smother Japanese Knotweed, Continue reading “Champlain Park’s Intrepid Volunteers (Champlain Woods)”
Have you enjoyed the flowers, grasses and herbs in the 7 planters on Pontiac Street? They were established and cared for this summer by 8 local volunteers:
Daniel Buckles coordinated the activity and liaised with the City of Ottawa and Councillor Leiper’s office.
Thanks to you all!
![[Flowers 1]](https://champlainpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/flowers1.jpeg)
Continue reading “Champlain Park’s Intrepid Volunteers (Planters)”
Want to be a “Treeplanter” in Champlain Park? Volunteers are needed to prepare the ground for National Tree Day, and plans for Grade 3 students from St. George Elementary School to plant trees.
Contact Daniel Buckles (Daniel.buckles@gmail.com) to pitch in from 6:45 to 7:30 pm this week. We’ll start Monday evening, Sept 17 and continue each evening until it is done. We will dig holes for 8 trees to be planted in the NCC forest along Pontiac Ave. as part of the Champlain Park Community Association partnership with the NCC. If you don’t want to dig, you can help prepare the fences needed to protect the saplings.
Continue reading “Treeplanters Wanted – September 17”
Since they mentioned tree tours…
– Alex
Subject: Friends of the Farm Fall Events and Activities
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:15:15 -0400
From: Friends of the Farm <info@friendsofthefarm.ca>
Hello, here are the Friends of the Farm events and activities for Fall 2018. Please help us get the word out, thank you.
September 23rd– Friends of the Farm Tree Tour at 10am Blgd 72, Arboretum. Citizen Science: How to Document Trees. Tour leader Owen Clarkin will focus on how and why to document trees to the family, genus, and species levels for scientific/conservation databases, emphasizing techniques in photography. Free, public welcome. Register online http://friendsofthefarm.ca/arboretum-tree-tours/ or 613-230-3276
Continue reading “Friends of the Farm Fall Activities”
From: Debra Huron <debra@debrahuron.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 10:40:52 -0400
Ecology Ottawa is inviting YOU to create a tree-loving event for candidates in YOUR ward. It’s all about putting trees on the agenda for the Oct 22 municipal election. Get active now and make our voices heard during National Forest Week, Sept 23-29. https://ecologyottawa.ca/2018/08/24/this-national-forest-week-make-trees-an-election-issue/
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Debra Isabel Huron
http://www.debrahuron.com
Phone: 613 859-8049
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Subject: FW: Mapping Ottawa’s lost trees
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2018 08:26:10 -0400
From: DANIEL BUCKLES <dbuckles@sas2.net>
Residents of Ottawa have witnessed and lamented the loss of 50,000 ash trees on city property alone destroyed due to an impact of climate change: the steady northern advance of the Emerald Ash Borer. Untempered intensification in the urban core is destroying front and back yard trees and dramatically reducing space for new trees. Wind and ice storms have also taken their toll.
Now you can record the lost trees and your memories on our interactive map. It allows you to:
![[Logo as used in Home Page and Elsewhere]](https://champlainpark.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-champlain-park-logo-emily-2020.08.06.jpg?w=104){kind=logo}
Champlain Park Community 