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https://starrystonewort.org/ Summer Webinar Series is back! The Starry Stonewort Collaborative is excited to announce that we are bringing back our Summer Webinar Series with another four webinars!... The first one (May 19) will Be discussing starry Stonewort in Ontario. Check out the website to check out and register. All are free!

Summer Webinar Series is back! We are excited to announce that we are bringing back our Summer Webinar Series with another four webinars! Like last year, we will be hosting one webinar each month starting in May. Our guest presenters are a diverse group this year, representing different facets of researching and controlling starry stonewort.... All webinars are free, but please register beforehand using the blue buttons below! We'll provide further details about each webinar as we get closer. If you'd like to view last year's webinars, they can all be found on our YouTube channel, along with other informative videos. May (5/19/21, 10:00am) - Tyler Harrow-Lyle, PhD Candidate, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada Topic: Research on starry stonewort in Ontario Province, CA. Tyler Harrow-Lyle's Presentation June (6/9/21, 10:00am) - Don Fisher, Little York Lake Preservation Society Topic: A lake association's experiences in controlling starry stonewort with algaecide. Don Fisher's Presentation July (7/14/21, 10:00am) - Dr. Douglas Pullman, Aquest Corporation Topic: Researching and applying control methods for starry stonewort. Doug Pullman's Presentation August - To be announced soon! Don't Forget to Check Out Our Website! www.starrystonewort.org Go to the Volunteer and Outreach and Education pages to see how the Collaborative can help you get involved monitoring for Nitellopsis obtusa this field season by doing simple and fun rake toss surveys. The Library is growing with lots of interesting presentations, fact sheets and other information from across the region. Help this resource continue to expand by sharing information you have about Starry Stonewort or projects you've done. Got a question to ask or something interesting to share? Add it to the Forum and let's get the conversations going about this invader! Questions? Please contact: David Carr, Project Manager, Starry Stonewort Collaborative [email protected] 315-781-4389 The Starry Stonewort Collaborative is based at the Finger Lakes Institute at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY, and is funded by a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Additional support is provided by the Finger Lakes Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management Connect with us Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Finger Lakes Institute 601 S. Main St. Geneva, NY 14456 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Customer Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Trusted Email from Constant Contact - Try it FREE today. Try email marketing for free today!

KPCA members, this is a great way to learn about Starry Stonewort and how to reduce the spread in the lake we all love.

Kawartha Land Trust is hosting an online Open House for the Christie Bentham Wetland on Tuesday April 27. They will give us a virtual tour and discuss their plans for the property. Please attend! Use the link below to register. https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_bbZ_YaKeRtaNYSpR0TgufA

Update from our wonderful KP Marina: Good Morning, On Friday, April 16th, a new round of ‘recommendations and instructions’ were announced by the Ontario government and at first it seemed that we would not be impacted but I’m afraid there will be a required change to our services. Below is an excerpt from the amended regulation:...Continue reading

Braydon from Sandy Point Road tries some luck in Cassidy Bay. Here Perchy, Perchy, Perchy!

Looking at the Marina from the top of Cassidy Bay December 14. Ice just starting to take hold.

Looking for something to do? Check out the webinar series Troubled Waters offered by FOCA starting in February. http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render

Incredible generosity by a Stoney Lake family.

Starry Stonewort has finally made it on to Ontario’s Invading Species List. It’s a step in the right direction. http://www.invadingspecies.com/starry-stonewort/

The sisters in their winter gowns.

https://kawarthanow.com//the-many-gifts-we-receive-from-/

http://globalnews.ca//proposed-legislation-has-conservatio So, very unfortunately, this legislation has already passed but here is Selwyn’s mayor, Andy Mitchell, (who is also the Chair of ORCA) explaining what the provincial government has done.

https://www.northkawartha.ca/modules/news/index.aspx# Our membership should be aware that Apsley’s one and only food store burnt to the ground early Saturday morning. Efforts are being organized for volunteers and donations. Stay tuned!

October sky from Cassidy Bay.

https://kawarthalandtrust.org/ Please join Martha and Rachel for a 1 1/2 - 2 hour hike in the Clear Lake North Wetland. This beautiful property is located behind Cassidy and Mackenzie Bay. It includes hardwood forests, hemlock forests, wetlands, a limestone escarpment and an oak/juniper meadow. We are currently raising awareness and funds to purchase these 175 acres (approx) for the Kawartha Land Trust to protect it from further development. Please meet at the parking lot behind the KP beach (at the bottom of Kawartha Park Road) on Saturday Oct 10 at 10 am. Questions? Email Martha at [email protected]

Beautiful fall morning in Kawartha Park.

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Sonny (Townsend) Cook, last evening at Belleville General Hospital. Sonny was a life-long Stoney Laker and member of the KPCA, staying for extended summers on the family island Majestic. Sonny was a free spirit and friend to all. She will be missed by all who knew her.

Here’s a chance to naturalize your shoreline and help improve the health of our lake. This program will provide you with grant money for your project.

How lovely is this? https://kawarthanow.com//a-love-letter-to-the-kawarthas-/

Citizen scientists, like those at Stoney Lake in the Kawartha Lakes region, are critical to tracking the spread of starry stonewort. Their rake tosses and reports allow for quick detection of new infestations. You can sign up to help out here: https://starrystonewort.org/volunteer/

Just in case.....the drive through centre has moved.

The Environment Council's Summer Newsletter - good information! Please read! http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render

An hour before these photos were taken, this patch of the Heber Rogers trails was covered in Buckthorn saplings. A small but mighty team of Buckthorn Busters made a small dent in a very large problem. Thank you Judy, Marten, Alessandra, Joe and Grace (and Ranger) for your time and energy this morning. The KPCA is made up of wonderful people! We will do this again later in the fall. Stay tuned.

REMINDER - all you Buckthorn Busters out there. We meet tomorrow (Thursday Aug 20) at 9 am at the KP marina to fight back the infestation (physically distancingnof course) that is happening along the trails in Heber Rogers. Bring garden shears and any Weed Out, Round-Up that you may have. Apparently, just snipping doesn’t kill the plant and it will simply grow new shoots - kind of like Medusa! We snip than spray. And alternative to this is bringing a spade and digging the pla...nts right up. Wear long pants, gloves, closed-toed shoes, hat etc. We shall see what we can do! Thank you!

Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you!

Natural shorelines are essential to healthy lakes! Thank you to the amazing team who showed up yesterday for the final planting in the Camp Kawartha shoreline r...estoration project. (EC volunteers, CK workers, and Lake Guardians.) A huge thank you to landscape geniuses Helen Batten and Doug Kennedy. We couldn't have done it without you. And of course, last but not least, an EC shoutout to Lois, who steered this exciting project for two years! Go to our website to read about the role of naturalized shorelines in lake water quality. See more

Another Invasive Species to add to the list.

This is becoming the era of invasive species on our lake. Most of us have spent a lot of energy and conversation this summer around Gypsy Moth and Starry Stonewort. I’d like to introduce you to another baddie: European Buckthorn. This plant was purposely planted by settlers as it makes good hedgerow. Unfortunately, like most invasive species, it also out-competes the native flora and fauna. Buckthorn spreads by birds eating its yummy berries (yummy to birds at least) and then... pooping out the seeds all over the neighbourhood. We have the beginnings of a nasty infestation of Buckthorn in the Heber Rogers Trails on the west side of Hiawatha Lane. If left untouched, these plants will fill the meadow, eliminating junipers, wild flowers and young hardwoods. I would like to organize a Pruning Party! Let’s get together and start eliminating these plants. They are all very small at this point, so gardening shears and pruning shears should do the job. Please be at the KP Marina at 9am on Thursday August 20. Bring your shears and water bottle. Long pants, closed shoes and gloves are recommended. Please contact me if you have any questions. Martha Hunt

Jumping off The Sister Islands continue to be a wonderful tradition!

Friendly bear still making the rounds in our neighbourhood today. Be bear aware!