We are open this spring!
We are excited to offer you services, welcome you to our store, and provide tours too!
2021 was a year of growth for The Land Between Charity! After years of having a small team we were finally able to grow our staff and expand our projects!
Over 270,000 datapoints amassed to analyze lake health in cottage country
As part of our efforts to create incentives for recipients of the Blue Lakes eco-label, we are continuing work to build the Blue Lakes database – a comprehensive and accessible resource for water quality, fish populations and development data within The Land Between. While much of the data it comprises is openly available online from …
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Our Major Accomplishments of 2021
2021 was a year of growth for The Land Between Charity! After years of hard work as small team we were finally able to grow our staff and expand our projects! As a result, we were able to make undeniable progress towards preserving this globally unique landscape! All of our successes have been made possible …
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Our Shoreland Naturalization Program Review 2021 is now available
With the support of TD Friends of the Environment Foundation in 2021, The Land Between charity and partners, including Watersheds Canada and Botanigals Ecological Consulting, were able to develop tools to support landowners in designing customized native shoreland gardens that are aesthetically-pleasing, functional and support lake health for future generations. We have created a Shoreland …
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Our first turtle underpass jump-out fencing as been installed!
Road shoulders are very attractive nesting sites for turtles because they have the perfect mixture of sand/gravel for turtles to lay eggs while also providing excellent sun exposure. This, in combination with the fact that turtles have territories with multiple habitat sites that are kilometers large, means that turtles (in particular blanding’s, snapping and painted …
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The Turtle Guardians Blockbuster Movie Calendar
It is that time of the year again…Turtle Guardian calendar time! This year is a blockbuster themed calendar, featuring movies such as Frozen, Star Wars, the Lord of the Rings and more….Meet the team of turtles, in their star performances. These are super-fun and cherished stocking stuffers. All proceeds from sales support: Turtle tunnel installations, …
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A New Bird Tracking Station in the Highlands
After many months of planning and partnership-building the time was finally here! We have installed our first Motus Tower in Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve to support bird research in the Highlands, which contributes to tri-national effort! We will now be able to track some bird species that arrive in Haliburton County, and who have …
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A New Partnership to Support Restoration and Reconciliation
We are very grateful to receive a grant from the Johansen-Larsen Foundation to support the creation of an Anishinaabek Land Trust for Ontario. The Land Between is an organization that is formed with 60% Indigenous leadership and where we honour Indigenous Knowledge equal to western science in our programming, research and outreach. We are working …
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In Pursuit of TLB’s Agricultural Roots and Resourcefulness
Hello Friends of the Land Between! My name is Joel Sloggett, and I have taken on the Agricultural Heritage research portfolio. Following an undergraduate degree in business administration (with a specialization in ethics and sustainability), I am a recent graduate of the Sustainability Studies Masters program at Trent University, where I was also board facilitator …
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