With your help we are understanding, celebrating, and conserving all facets of the region.
Keeping the Water Healthy
For the first time, across this region, community groups and scientists can assess impacts on lake health.
The Blue Lakes has been built over the past 8 years, housing foundational information on our 30,000 lakes, and 2000 lake trout fisheries.
We have been able to highlight lakes in need of restoration, and estimate the impacts on fisheries.
We look forward to a partnership with UOIT, Carleton and Trent Universities to begin a greater assessment of how to keep our lakes clean and fisheries thriving.
Lakes incorporated into the database
Lake trout lakes analyzed
Lake associations participating in the Blue Lakes project
Previously uncharted wetlands identified and mapped
Recovering Wildlife
- Our Turtle Guardians program is a game changer! Turtles are disappearing at irreplaceable rates, yet are vital to so many species and habitats. With volunteers like you, we have been able to provide direct preventative measures across North America! We have become one of Ontario's largest incubators, and a leader in designing and installing ecopassage solutions.
- With your help we also launched a holistic regional strategy to sustain 59 federally listed Species at Risk and common but declining species like the loon, black bear, and moose.
- A newly emerging Bird Buddies program has inspired landowners across the highlands to lend a hand in monitoring our feathered friends- and bats too! This will allow us to assess populations and prioritize actions.
At-risk turtle eggs rescued, incubated, and hatchlings released
Community Science programs engaging and training hundreds of community members
Properties involved in bird and bat tracking programs
Connecting Kids to Nature
High amounts of times spent on screens often means less time outdoors. Meanwhile connecting to nature translates into improved mental wellbeing, reduced stress, and increased curiosity. So we introduced Turtle Camps, Fish and Wildlife Camps, and have been creating curriculums for kids in all elementary grades and across most subjects- that use turtles and nature as teaching ambassadors.
The number of kids we have educated through classes, events, through our Turtle and Snake summer camp programs
The number of nature and wildlife-focused curriculum we’ve designed for Ontario schools
The number of presentations we’ve given across the bioregion at schools, libraries, and more
Supporting Sustainable Development and Balanced Decisions
- Gone are the days of the community meetings- and with this loss is a loss of community voices. TLB's Knowledge Circles uses ancient models and wisdom to gather community voices and share insights, that inform solutions.
- We are working to launch our Working Watersheds Program- Here you can learn about the policies and processes that guide municipal planning, check our our case studies and access ecosystem function and hydrological mapping.
- Landowners have had "Habitat Health Check-ups" to empower them to make choices that benefit the wildlife that depend on their properties.
- The chasm in understanding the difference between wolves and coyotes has implications for wildlife management across central Ontario. We are exploring cascades.
People accessing our Green & Alternative Building Options guide
People contributing to our Knowledge Circles and providing insight into local conditions
Hectares of land using guidance for long-term wildlife management
Learning resources created for councils and communities on the Planning Act
Hectares of land and water identified in geographic science models that support our ecosystem health
Community Culture and Indigenous Knowledge
- TLB is an inherent partner helping grow the Curve Lake Cultural Centre from 2006 to 2018.
- The American Eel is a majestic manna that is now exterpated from the region; but who was this animal and what was it's impact. We uncovered this heritage with the help of Indigenous elders and knowledge.
- We are founding and incubation of an Anishinaabeg Land Trust for Canada, where lands that are free and clear of the Indian Act can support restoration of identity.
- My First Shot is an exploration of hunting heritage in TLB; as part of the cultural and economic fabric of the region, it underpins relationships.
Incorporating Indigenous Traditional Knowledge (ITK) is a key focus area for The Land Between and its projects. Most, if not all, of our projects weave in ITK, utilize talking circles or other Indigenous methods of cooperation, and more!
Annual reports and financial statements
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