Videos of Big Cedar Lake
E-cottage Films sent us an email saying they had filmed Big Cedar Lake and that the videos are on their website. For those that are interested here’s the link. ecottagefilms.com
Wild Parsnip | Ontario’s Invading Species Awareness Program
http://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/plants-terrestrial/wild-parsnip/
This plant is not to be messed with. It is all over the Ottawa area and
probably every where in Ontario and Quebec.
The Coalition to Save ELA (Canada’s Experimental Lakes Area)
A national, public petition was launched May 17th 2012 to officially oppose the federal decision to close the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), a Canadian freshwater research facility unlike any other in the world.
Please see the Press Release for more information. A a Petition for your personal use is available if you would like to support the Coalition to Save the ELA.
Canadian Loon Survey
Canadian Lakes Loon Survey Celebrates more than 30 Years of Volunteer Action. Common Loons have returned to Canadian lakes for another nesting season. Hundreds of volunteers for Bird Studies Canada’s Canadian Lakes Loon Survey are also returning to their lakes – to monitor Common Loons, and to educate lake users on loon and lake conservation.
With more than 80% of the world’s Common Loon population breeding in our country, Canadians have a critical role to play in conserving and monitoring loons. Each summer, volunteers participate in the Canadian Lakes Loon Survey. See www.birdscanada.org/volunteer/clls/ for more information.
Ontario Whip-poor-will Project
Bird Studies Canada is trying to gain better information on where Eastern Whip-poor-wills are breeding in Ontario. As the range often coincides with rural landscapes as well as favourite lake and cottage areas I feel that lake and property owners can greatly help us meet this goal. If you have the opportunity to send the following information out to your members this week (ideally) or anytime in July I would appreciate you letting them know about our project.
Eastern Whip-poor-will calling activity is expected to be increase over the long weekend and next week as there is a full moon on Tuesday July 3rd.
Bird Studies Canada is asking birders, cottagers, and rural landowners across central Ontario to spend a few minutes at twilight (ideally about 30 minutes after sunset or 30 minutes before sunrise on a calm, clear, moonlit night) to listen for whip-poor-wills calling near your home, cottage or lake. If you are fortunate enough to hear the unmistakable call of a whip-poor-will, please report your observation to us using our Online reporting form
More information about the Ontario Whip-poor-will Project is available at www.birdscanada.org/research/speciesatrisk/wpwi
Kathy Jones, Ontario Volunteer Coordinator
Volunteer positions available
Historian: This would ideal for someone with a keen interest in local history and who would be able to do some research on Big Cedar Lake and the surrounding area. Please email webmaster@bclsa.ca with any questions or if you have some local history you would like to share.