[GREN-Exec] contact for Six Nations

[Susan Koswan]

Happy (almost) New Year GREN Exec!

We had been looking for a contact for Six Nations/Brantford area - I had
forgotten about the Six Nations Eco-Centre.
http://www.sixnations.ca/LRWLOffice.htm until I got the email below. Don't
think I want to go trotting down there in the winter, but it might be good
in the spring. Let me know if you want me to contact them. If nothing else,
it would be an interesting educational experience. 8-)

 

Susan K

 

 

From: Harold Smith [mailto:harbersmith at sympatico.ca] 
Sent: December-29-09 7:04 PM
To: Harold Smith
Subject: NANPS Speakers Series

 

Hello Everyone,

 

Could you please help us publicize the NANPS Speakers Series at the Toronto
Botanical Garden by forwarding this email, poster and flyer to your members?


We have an excellent group of speakers and very interesting topics that
should be of interest to your members.

NANPS is a volunteer-based non-profit, registered charitable organization
dedicated to the study, conservation, cultivation and restoration of native
plants.

 

Thank you very much,

 

 

Harold Smith, Director, NANPS www.nanps.org <http://www.nanps.org/>  

 

 

     NANPS SPEAKERS SERIES 2010 

  Garden Hall, Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence Ave. E., Toronto, 

  $8.00 Members, $12.00 non-members

 


DATE

SPEAKER

TOPIC


Wed.  January 20, 2010

7:30 to 9:30  p.m. 

 

Paul General is the general manager of the Six Nations Eco-Centre. 

The Eco-Centre is a leading aboriginal centre for ecological sustainability
located in Ontario, Canada. The Centre's mission focuses not only on the
preservation and protection of the natural environment, but also on the
opening of communications between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities.

"Allies in Protecting the Environment: First Nations and the Land".   First
Nations are an important ally and key player in protecting the native plant
species and habitat from urban sprawl and poor planning and the consequences
of short-sighted political and development decisions.  


Wed. 

February 17, 2010

7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

 

Janine McLeod is the Natural Heritage Coordinator of the Alderville Black
Oak Savanna and Tallgrass Prairie.  She has an  Hon. B.Sc. in Conservation
Biology from Trent University. 

Tallgrass Prairie: One of Canada's Most Threatened Native Habitats - the
Alderville Savanna.  The site is on the Rice Lakes Plains, with the largest
remnant of Tallgrass Prairie in Eastern Ontario. Janine explores the use of
prescribed burns and illustrates the spectacular results of this aggressive
and effective process to restore nature back to its former glory and promise
for a balanced and expanding ecological marvel. 


Wed. 

April 7, 2010

7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

 

Jane Bowles Jane grew up and discovered her passion for nature in Kenya. She
entered Canada to do her PhD at Western Ontario. For almost 30 years she has
worked as a freelance ecologist mainly in southwestern Ontario. She is on
the Vascular Plant Sub-committee of COSEWIC and COSSARO (Committee on the
Status of Species at Risk in Ontario as well as being on several recovery
teams. Since 2003, she has worked with Walpole Island First Nation on their
species at risk and habitat stewardship programs. She is Adjunct Professor
in Biology and Geography at Western and Director of the UWO Herbarium and
Sherwood Fox Arboretum. 

"Rare Native Plant Gems" or Species at Risk 

What makes species rare and how they are evaluated as species-at-risk?  Jane
will share some of her experiences studying the ecology, monitoring and
working on recovery of endangered plant species from Wood Poppy in London to
rare gems of the tallgrass prairies on Walpole Island.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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