Sunday May 05, 2013
2:00pm – 4:00pm
Timmins Public Library - Tembec Room
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2:00 – 2:10 Welcome – Mark Joron (gofor at nt.net)
Goal : How can we participate in Citizen Science. What data can we collect (collectively) that will advance the data collection efforts in the area. We would like to ask the public to participate in making observations of our natural environment, something many of us do each and every day. Our workshop will cover the opportunities and tools available to us in our data collection efforts. Observations are easy, providing the information to the right person in a timely manner is not always as easy. We will cover the tools you will need and give you specific directions about who wants to hear about what.
How can we in Timmins Help efforts across the Province, Country and World.
Timmins Naturalists read more
Oxygen Grows On Trees read more
Wintergreen Fund for Conservation read more
Timmins Honour Roll of Trees read more
The Citizen Scientists Amoung Us by : David Suzuki read more
Science Timmins read more
2:10 – 2:25 Sturgeon restoration
Introduction by Larry Robichaud (lal at nt.net), Presentation by Derric Romain (Derrick.Romain at ontario.ca)
Larry will start us off with a little history of how the project got started, who are involved, and what it has grown to.
Derrick will give a shortened version of his presentation. Key message: when you catch a sturgeon this is what we would like you to do.
Club Navigateur La Ronde - Great Lakes, Lake Sturgeon read more
Kidd Operations support of the sturgeon initiative read more
Local News Timmins Press read more
CBC News Rare sturgeon's spawning grounds sought read more
OMNR What the Public Can Do to Help read more
2:25 – 2:40 Trail systems and Canoe Routes
Kees Pols (Kees.Pols at timmins.ca) local trails and updated canoe routes,
Tom Dolanski to follow up with the importance of the canoe routes.
Take picture leave only footprints. What is the difference between garbage and an artifact?
Friends of High Falls read more
City of Timmins Recreational Trails read more
Timmins Outdoors Walking Trails read more
Ontario Trails Council - Timmins Recreation Trails Network read more
Timmins Economic Development Committee - Parks and Recreation read more
2:40 – 2:55 Duck Boxes.
Larry Labelle (llsurvey at ntl.sympatico.ca) What are those things we see. Work with GoldCorp
Build a duck nest box read more
The Timmins Fur Council read more
2:55 – 3:00 Break, stand up turn around, sit back down.
Meet your neighbour. How did you hear about this? Are you coming to the spring hike? Have you ever been to High Falls?
3:00 – 3:15 Turtles. Snapping, Painted, Blanding's, Turtle tally.
Todd Copland (todd.copland at ontario.ca or todd.e.copeland at gmail.com)
Ontario Turtle Tally – Information for the area and present what has been discovered to date.
The blanding's turtle project presentation. What do you want to know from the public. How can we help? Is there a snapping turtle or a Blanding's turtle in Gillies Lake, both have been reported?
Toronto Zoo - Ontario Turtle Tally read more
OMNR- Species at Risk read more
Nature Conservancy Canada - Turtles of Ontario read more
Ontario Nature - Snapping Turtle read more
Ontario Nature - Painted Turtle read more
Ontario Nature - Blanding's Turtle read more
3:15 – 3:30 Bats, and their future
Todd Copland
How does this effect human health, how to handle a bat. Where to send a dead bat?
How can we help?
OMNR- Status of White Nose Syndrome in Ontario read more
OMNR- Living with Bats read more
Ontario Nature- Creatures of the Night read more
3:30 – 3:45 Citizen Science
Stan Vasiliauskas
Timmins Daily Press story includes Stans' comments participating in the 2012 Christmas Bird Count read more
CBC, Canadian Lakes Loon Survey, etc. -
What other projects can people get involved in. The CLLS is a great one!. CBC goes every year.
Bird Studies Canada read more
Breeding Bird Surveys read more
National Nocturnal Owl Surveys read more
Project NestWatch read more
Project Feeder Watch read more
Candian Lakes Loon Survey read more
Christmas Bird Count read more
e-bird read more
Forest Bird Monitoring Program read more
Nature Watch - Frog Watch - Ice Watch - Plant Watch - Worm Watch read more
Monarch Watch read more
3:45 – 4:00 Wrap up. Thank you.
Next steps. Do we do this again? When? - Mark Joron
Poster photo submissions. Wildflowers and orchids. Wildlife.
Everyone is a photographer, everyone can email or phone me.
Talk to your friends about this meeting and the information.
It is hard to ask what you want to have on the next agenda when many of these projects you did not even know where in the works.
Library Closes at 5:00, so we can not go too much over time. I expect 30 members of the public, but the room will hold 80 with standing room. I have 2 worries, no one will show, 100 will show.
Resources to have on hand :
The sportsman show will have been the week before, but we will still have all the maps and posters available,
or at least an example of each. I will make sure I have some posters from the Toronto Zoo Turtle Tally people.
What else? What have you got?
I have also booked the Library display case from April 29th – May 26th.
Mark Joron
Timmins Naturalists,
Wintergreen Fund for Conservation
705.268.5891 (h)
705.266.4593 (c)
gofor at nt.net |