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…
Rock our World fundraiser is about paying it…
By Darren Lum Getting through the pandemic has been a lesson on how working together helps everyone.It’s that kind of approach that is at the heart of this year’s Rock our World, a major fundraiser…
U-Links launches new Woodlands and Waterways EcoWatch program
By Mike Baker U-Links Centre for Community Based Research is launching a new collaborative program to analyze the health of waterways and woodlands across Haliburton County.Launched in conjunction with Trent University, Fleming College and local…
Saving Grace and researching roads to help area…
By Sue Tiffin The first time Leora Berman was called to rescue Grace, one of Haliburton County’s oldest snapping turtles, was last year toward the end of the summer. Grace was crossing the street in…
Zygoptera aiming to be ‘environmental voice’ for Haliburton…
By Mike Baker While their company name may translate directly as damselfly, the trio of women who have recently come together to form Zygoptera Consulting are anything but your stereotypical damsels in distress.Launching a new…
Haliburton’s Cockwell hopes to use new role to…
By Mike Baker Having recently taken on a leading role with provincial non-profit Forests Ontario, Haliburton’s Malcolm Cockwell is committed to protecting what he believes is Canada’s greatest natural resource.The long-time managing director of the…
Be prepared when venturing out in the woods
By Darren Lum Last month two lost hikers needed to be rescued by the OPP in the Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park. It was a reminder of the dangers related to venturing into the…
Community celebrates research at virtual U-Links gathering
By Sue Tiffin Each March, the annual U-Links Celebration of Research event fills a room with unadulterated excitement from a community joining to share in the research findings of the year.A collective hubbub created by…
PhD student launches farming survey on cover crops
By Mike Baker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A PhD student from the University of Manitoba wants to engage with farmers from Haliburton County to gather information for a study he’s working on focusing on the…
Citizen scientists find common goal against Eurasian watermilfoil
By Sue Tiffin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Eurasian Watermilfoil Working Group is hoping that in spreading awareness of the invasive species, the spreading of the aquatic plant itself can be reduced.The group, a sub-committee…
Recent provincial legislation narrows the scope for environmental…
By William Chapple In December 2020, the Ontario government passed Bill 229 titled the Protect, Support and Recover from COVID-19 Act [Budget Measures]. Contained within this Bill is Schedule 6, which outlines significant amendments to…
Roadside moose put down by MNRF
By Sue Tiffin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A moose making frequent visits to the side of Hwy. 118 was put down by Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry after staff determined the animal likely had…
Public invited to first virtual Celebration of Research
By Darren Lum U-Links is inviting the public to its first ever virtual Celebration of Research, featuring 30 community-based research projects including the topics of biodiversity protection, shoreline stewardship and biomonitoring from 1 to 3…
Presentation on blue-green algae blooms draws huge audience
By Sue Tiffin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Cyanobacteria are one of the oldest organisms on the planet, evolving about three billion years ago, but there is still much for us to learn about cyanobacteria and…
Haliburton County to post shoreline FAQs for public
By Chad Ingram The County of Haliburton will create and post answers to frequently asked questions regarding a shoreline preservation bylaw, to be housed on the county’s website.As previously reported, during a Jan. 27 meeting,…
County to hire consultant to garner feedback and…
By Mike Baker The County of Haliburton will put out a request for proposals “to retain consulting services to lead the development of a draft shoreline preservation bylaw, including a review of the related science,…
County addresses ‘misinformation’ on shoreline bylaw
By Chad Ingram Haliburton County councillors are calling another special meeting to further discuss the county’s controversial draft shoreline preservation bylaw, after a discussion during a Jan. 13 council meeting that addressed misinformation about the…
Report on blue-green algae says ‘there is no…
By Mike Baker A scientist hired by the Haliburton County Home Builders’ Association [HCHBA] to put together a report on the status of algal blooms across the county’s lakes says “there is no simple fix”…