[GREN-Exec] contact for Six Nations

Wed Dec 30 17:59:33 EST 2009

I agree with Theo.

Susan B. 

From: executive-bounces at gren.ca [mailto:executive-bounces at gren.ca] On Behalf Of Theo Negoita
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:04 AM
To: 'GREN Executive'
Subject: Re: [GREN-Exec] contact for Six Nations

Susan,

I think it's a very good idea to contact them and see if we can have a GREN meeting there.

Theo

--- On Wed, 12/30/09, Susan Koswan <dandelion at gto..net> wrote:

From: Susan Koswan <dandelion at gto.net>
Subject: [GREN-Exec] contact for Six Nations
To: "'GREN Executive'" <executive at gren.ca>
Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 9:34 AM

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> 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  <http://www.nanps.org/> 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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