By Stephen PetrickThere are surely environmental heroes walking among us in the community – and the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust wants to hear about them.The non-profit, environmental charity is calling for nominations for its annual…
Community climate action plan released
By Stephen PetrickSpecial to the Echo Warmer summers, milder winters, longer heat waves and increased risk for vulnerable populations, such as seniors, the poor and people without good housing.That’s what Haliburton County officials expect for…
The Land Between is moving
By Grace OborneOver the last year, the Land Between has advanced and grown, forcing them to move out of their current location.The Land Between “works to achieve bioregionalism; a sense of place and active broad…
Highlands is ‘frontline’ for invasive snails
By Darren Lum Earlier this month, a large find of 150 kilograms of dead banded mystery snails in Haliburton grabbed national headlines.The recent find didn’t make aquatic program specialist Brook Schryer with the Ontario Federation…
Haliburton youth grows organic foods for families
By Grace Oborne Evan Armstrong has a unique way of making sure that local families are eating healthy.At just 16 years old, Armstrong has created his own summer job - growing local organic foods for…
Play the Bay event raising funds to clean…
By Mike Baker Drag Lake resident Glen Bowker is hoping to bring people together and have a good time on July 31, all in the name of preserving the place he calls his home away…
Virtual open house on shoreline bylaw
By Chad Ingram There will be a virtual open house on the creation of a draft shoreline preservation bylaw for the County of Haliburton on the evening of Thursday, July 29 from 6 to 8…
New Green EDA hoping to inspire change ahead…
By Mike Baker Almost three decades after first fielding a candidate in the Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock riding, the Green Party of Canada now has an established local Electoral District Association [EDA].EDAs are sanctioned administrative organizations that…
Helping turtles is a ‘responsibility’
By Darren Lum You only need to have a heart to help.With Haliburton County being among the last strongholds for turtles in this province, there is responsibility to everyone in the Highlands to preserve the…
Award-winning piece a statement on climate change
By Darren Lum When Haliburton Highlands Secondary School Grade 9 art student Taylor Horsley won the secondary school poster contest Combat Climate Crisis Project, she felt a mix of emotions ranging from surprise to excitement.“There…
Haliburton Sculpture Forest offering free tours over the…
By Mike Baker Guided tours will be offered free of charge at the Haliburton Sculpture Forest all summer long.Every Tuesday in July and August, visitors will have the chance to learn about all that the…
U-Links embarks on a new environmental training program
By Grace Oborne The U-Links Centre for Community Based Research enjoyed a successful opening weekend of its new Woodland and Waterways EcoWatch program.There are two components to the training program. The first took place this…
HHLT hopes to maintain the Highlands Corridor
By Chad Ingram The Haliburton Highlands Land Trust has made an application to the Ontario government to have a swath of natural habitat it is referring to as the Highlands Corridor added to a list…
County’s shoreline bylaw to be prepared for fall
By Chad Ingram A new shoreline preservation bylaw for Haliburton County should be ready for final approval by council by October, county councillors heard during a June 23 online meeting.Council received an introductory presentation from…
Parents write letters to TLDSB advocating for forest…
By Sue Tiffin During this past school year, Declan Brown looked forward to Thursday every week.It’s the day of the week that he – a Grade 1 student – went to forest school.“Being outside helped…
Report highlights need for shoreline education
By Chad Ingram A report from Watersheds Canada highlights a perceived lack of shoreland stewardship education among waterfront property owners as one of the major barriers to achieving sustainably healthy shorelines.That report, entitled The Future…
Local municipalities and library honoured for exemplary environmental…
By Mike Baker Haliburton County’s four lower-tier municipalities have been recognized for their environmental outreach and programming throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.Dysart et al, Algonquin Highlands, Minden Hills and Highlands East were acknowledged at the 2021…
Welcoming the wolves: five pups born at Haliburton…
By Sue Tiffin At the beginning of the month, Luna, the alpha female at Haliburton Forest Wolf Centre began exhibiting denning behaviours – she wasn’t seen much when the rest of the pack was in…
County awards contract for creation of shoreline bylaw
By Chad Ingram The County of Haliburton has awarded a contract for the creation of a draft shoreline protection bylaw to Hutchinson Environmental Sciences Ltd., in partnership with J.J Richards and Associates.Councillors made that decision…
Mitigating mystery snails in county waters
By Chad Ingram The Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners’ Associations is launching a program aimed at decreasing the population of Chinese mystery snails, an invasive species, in the county’s lakes.County councillors heard a presentation about…
End-of-life doula speaks to choice at Green Burial…
By Sue Tiffin Adriane Weller’s curiosity in understanding better what the end-of-life time might be like has led to a passion to encourage others to become informed of their options and prepared to plan in…