Leeds-Grenville Stewardship Council

Bellamy to Irish Lake Connectivity Project

Promoting sustainable landscape management

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      • Partnership with DU to Monitor Marshes
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        • Nesting Box Plans
        • Gray Ratsnake - A Landowner's Guide to Helping it Recover
        • Gray Ratsnake Nesting Box Program Protocol
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  • Past Projects
    • Croskery Woodlot – 2007 - Revisited – 2018
    • Leeds Community Pasture - West Pasture
    • Leeds Community Pasture
    • Leeds Community Pasture - East Pasture
    • Bald Eagles
    • Duck Box Construction for Friends of Limerick Forest
    • Water Monitoring on Chippenhook Creek
    • Bellamy To Irish Lake Connectivity Project (Lake to Lake)
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The Bellamy to Irish Lake corridor is a watershed which connects these two provincially significant wetlands in north Leeds. LGSC councillors Dwayne Struthers and Garnet Baker contacted the local landowners to promote the sustainable landscape concept and arrange for the preparation of Management Plans for their properties. Plans were prepared for landowners covering a total of 2915 hectares (7200 acres) using the principles of sustainable land-use.

The Stewardship Council continues to partner with the Rideau Valley Conservation  Authority (RVCA), Eastern Ontario Model Forest and Trees Ontario to implement tree planting projects identified in the plans. 2,500 trees were planted by RVCA in 2011; 167,360 trees have been planted to-date.

The pictures below show preparation for planting and demonstrate the value of the trees as they provide an area for ski trails 
 protected from Winter winds.  The trees will slow Spring snow melt and result in  a stream running most of the year.


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