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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Exciting news. The Ontario Headwaters Institute received word yesterday that their project, which we supported and will be part of, was approved by the Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation.<BR>
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This is the summary of their project:<BR>
The Ontario Headwaters Institute, a registered charity focused on research, education, and best<BR>
practices, seeks to develop a series of ten headwater hikes, in collaboration with local partners, to<BR>
enhance public understanding of the important role that headwaters perform in the health of the<BR>
Greenbelt’s biodiversity, downstream watersheds, and socio-economic fabric.<BR>
The hikes will be designed in partnership with regional partners, and will represent a cross-section<BR>
of different types of headwater areas across the Greenbelt. Once the hikes and their supporting<BR>
materials are developed, individuals will be able to experience headwater areas on their own, such<BR>
as from seeing the information on the Friends of the Greenbelt website or through on-going<BR>
activities delivered by the OHI or our project partners.<BR>
Headwater Hikes will help increase overall appreciation of headwater areas, the Greenbelt, and the<BR>
need to safeguard and strengthen the implementation of the Greenbelt initiative.<BR>
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I have attached the whole application for your information.<BR>
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I don’t know if they got all of the funding the asked for. By mid-July they will have worked out their contract with the Foundation so I expect to get more details during July about the project and about timing.<BR>
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This will be a fine piece of work for our community and will also help raise the profile of GREN. The hike descriptions will be put on our website.<BR>
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John<BR>
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John Jackson<BR>
17 Major Street<BR>
Kitchener, Ontario N2H 4R1<BR>
519-744-7503<BR>
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