2008 Events |
| November 25, 2008 |
FoTW Board Meeting |
| November 4, 2008 |
Friends of the Tay Watershed seventh annual ‘Watershed Discovery Evening’, at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall, Perth, with a featured speaker on a current water-related issue – plus the popular watershed exhibition and presentation of annual environmental wards.
Details to be posted here later.
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September 24, 2008
7:00 pm |
Friends of the Tay Watershed ~ Perspectives on Water Series
The Council of Canadians' Perspective on Water
Featuring exciting guest speaker Maude Barlow!!!
Click here for information on Maude Barlow and the Council of Canadians
More information on this event available soon.
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| September 17, 2008 |
FoTW Board Meeting |
July 26, 2008
10:00am
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Bedford Mining Alert
9th Annual General Meeting
Bedford Town Hall
1381 Westport Road (approximately 8 km east of Godfrey)
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| July 12-13, 2008 |
FoTW Booth at Art of Being Green Festival
Lanark, Ontario
In cooperation with REAL |
June 17, 2008 |
FoTW Board Meeting |
June 4, 2008
4:00 to 8:00 pm |
Source Protection Committee
Open House to provide public consultation on the Terms of Reference (or Work Plan) that has been developed for submission to the Ministry of Environment
Perth Town Hall, 80 Gore St. East
Click here for more information and location of other Open Houses |
| May 6, 2008 |
Tay Watershed Managemnt Plan Stakeholder Meeting:
to review recent developments in the Tay watershed and progress on its management plan.
Click here for additional information.
Click here for Agenda.
Click here for Minutes of Stakeholder Meeting
Click here for revised Tay Watershed Gap Analysis
Click here for Groundwater Research Summary Presentation
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May 4, 2008
2:00 pm |
Rideau Valley Field Naturalists
Isabelle Nicol, well-known Ottawa-area natural history educator,
will be speaking about wildflowers
Perth and District Indoor Swimming Pool All-Purpose Room,
Wilson Street at Sunset Boulevard
Click here for more details. |
| April 26, 2008 |
FoTW Booth at Maplefest
Drop in to see what's new.
Gore Street on the Little Tay Bridge |
| April 22, 2008 |
Celebrate Earth Day
Click here for Earth Day Website ~ to find an event near you
Click here for Earth Day Event in Snow Road |
| April 19, 2008 |
Ottawa Eco-Stewardship Fair
RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive
Click here for more information |
| April 11 - 13, 2008 |
CSW presents the first Eastern Ontario public preview of
WATER CONNECTIONS
The Cottage Show
Lansdowne Park, Ottawa |
April 6, 2008
2:00pm |
Rideau Valley Field Naturalists
A presentation on canoe routes
by Cliff Bennett, well-known naturalist,
canoeist and member of
the Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists
Perth and District Indoor Swimming Pool All-Purpose Room,
Wilson Street at Sunset Boulevard
Click here for more details |
April 5th , 2008
1:00 to 3:30pm |
Shoreline residents are invited to a free Native Plant Workshop
“getting ready for spring”
Featuring Phillip Fry from the Old Field Garden and Wildflower Nursery
Burgess Hall, Narrows Lock Road (off County Road 10 south of Perth)
Click here for more details. |
| March 28 - 30, 2008 |
CSW presents the first public preview
WATER CONNECTIONS
Toronto Spring Cottage Life Show
Click here for more information |
| March 28 & 29, 2008 |
1st Annual Rideau Lumber
Green Build and Alternative Energy Show
Lombardy Agricultural Hall
In cooperation with REAL
Click here for more information
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| March 18, 2008 |
FoTW Board Meeting |
March 4, 2008
7 pm |
REAL presents ~ Species at Risk
by Heather Lunn of the Eastern Ontario Model Forest
Rideau Canal Museum, 34 Beckwith St., Smiths Falls
Click here for more information |
March 2, 2008
2pm |
Rideau Valley Field Naturalists
A discussion of butterflies
by Jeff Skevington, Research Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Perth and District Indoor Swimming Pool All-Purpose Room,
Wilson Street at Sunset Boulevard
Click here for more details |
February 21, 2008
7:00 to 9:00 pm |
OMYA Reports on Tay River Water Taking
As a condition of its Permit to Take Water from the Tay River, OMYA reports to the community about its water taking each year.
Glen Tay School, 155 Harper Road, Tay Valley Township
Click here for more details
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| February 13, 2008 |
Friends of the Tay Watershed ~ Perspectives on Water Series
The Ducks Unlimited Perspective on Water and Wetlands
Featuring guest speaker Jamie Fortune
Ducks Unlimited Director of Operations - Eastern Region
Come and find out why Ducks Unlimited has the most
water taking permits
on the Tay and why that is a good thing.
7:30pm, February 13th, PDCI Library, Perth
Click here for more information |
| Feb. 9, 2008 |
Greener Lifestyle Fair
South Grenville High School, Prescott, Ont
Click here for details |
February 3, 2008
2:00 pm |
Rideau Valley Field Naturalists
A discussion of North American Trees
by Diana Beresford-Kroeger
award winning author of "Arboretum America: A Philosophy of the Forest"
Perth and District Indoor Swimming Pool All-Purpose Room,
Wilson Street at Sunset Boulevard
Click here for more details
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January 29, 2008
2:30 pm for coffee
3:00 pm for AGM |
Friends of the Tay Watershed AGM
Dufferin Square Boardroom, Room 202
105 Dufferin Street, Perth
(located behind Wendy's and above Sears)
Click here for details |
January 26, 2008
9am - 3pm |
Home Energy Efficiency Seminar & Trade Fair
will be held in Kemptville in the W. B. George Centre at Kemptville College
Click here for more details |
January 10, 2008
7:00 pm |
"Preparing Your Household for Climate Change"
Co-hosted by The Rideau Canal Museum and REAL
at the Rideau Canal Museum, 34 Beckwith St. Smiths Falls.
Jeff Kohl, of the Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition (OHCC), will discuss what people can do as individuals to be ready for extreme weather events and the social, environmental, and economic consequences of climate change. |
January 6, 2008
2pm |
Rideau Valley Field Naturalists
Presentation on wolves and coyotes in Lanark County
by Glenn Desy, biologist with the Ministry of Natural Resources
Perth and District Indoor Swimming Pool All-Purpose Room,
Wilson Street at Sunset Boulevard
Click here for more details
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2007 Events
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| December 28, 2007 |
Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count
Click here for details (see bottom of press release) |
December 8, 2007
1:00 pm
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Action to Address Climate Change
Stop Climate Chaos – Ottawa, with ACT for the earth, CYCC, NUPGE (the National Union of Public and General Employees), the Students Federation of the University of Ottawa, and others are organizing a mass rally, march, and ecofair. 1pm on Parliament Hill.
Click here for more information. |
December 5, 2007
7 p.m. |
"Christmas on the Rideau" Concert
10th annual concert to benefit REAL at SFDCI
For tickets call Beth at (613) 283-0824 or see www.REALaction.ca. |
| December 2, 2007 |
Possible Species at Risk at Perth Wildlife Reserve
Rideau Valley Field Naturalist meeting, featuring well known biologist Dr. Fred Schueler
All-Purpose Room, Perth and District Indoor Swimming Pool on Wilson Street at Sunset Boulevard
Click here for details.
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| November 20, 2007 |
FoTW Board Meeting |
November 4, 2007
2 pm |
Rideau Valley Field Naturalist meeting in Perth will feature a presentation by John Kerr-Wilson on his recent trip to the Galapagos.
All-Purpose Room, Perth and District Indoor Swimming Pool on Wilson Street at Sunset Boulevard
Click here for details. |
October 20, 2007
9:00am to 3:30 pm |
Lake Links Workshop
Perth and District Collegiate Institute
13 Victoria St., Perth
For details click here.
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October 18, 2007
6:30 to 9:00 pm |
FoTW annual ‘Watershed Discovery Evening’, at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall, Perth featuring the theme "Perspectives on Water".
Click here for details
Click here for list of Exhibitors
Click here for poster
Click here for poster
Click here for celebrity auction details. |
October 2, 2007
12:30pm |
END OF SEASON GOLF TOURNAMENT!
A fundraiser co-hosted by Lanark Stewardship Council
and Ottawa Stewardship Council
Shotgun Start / Best Ball Format
Emerald Links Golf and Country Club, Manotick
(www.emeraldlinks.com)
Click here for details (PDF format)
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| September 18, 2007 |
FoTW Board Meeting |
| September 15 and 22, 2007 |
Weathering the Change: Adapting to Climate Change in the Mississippi Valley
Co-sponsored by Mississippi Valley Conservation and the Mississippi Valley Fields Naturalists.
The workshops will be held in Almonte on Saturday, September 15th and Saturday, September 22nd, 2007, with an exciting list of distinguished speakers.
Click here for details (on MVC website). |
September 9, 2007
2 PM |
Speaker Matt Saunders on Bald Eagles
Rideau Valley Field Naturalists meeting
Perth and District Indoor Swimming Pool All-Purpose Room,
Wilson Street at Sunset Boulevard
Click here for more details |
| August 1 , 2007 |
Radiant City Movie Invitation ~ click here for details |
| June 23, 2007 |
Native Plant Workshop ~ click here for details |
| June 19, 2007 |
FoTW Board Meeting |
| June 9, 2007 |
FoTW will host an information booth, with entertainment, at the Tay Basin in Perth, as part of ‘Doors Open Perth 2007’ ~ click here for details. |
May 12, 2007
1 p.m. |
Otty State of the Lake Report
Workshop for all members of Otty Lake community
North Elmsley Hall, 121 Station Road, Port Elmsley, Ontario
Click here for details
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| April 28, 2007 |
FoTW booth at Maplefest;
Last tickets sold on, and draw for, the ‘Wee Lassie’ cedar strip canoe.
Click here if you would like to purchase tickets now. |
| April 23-29, 2007 |
Pitch-In Week: support your community by participating in the annual spring clean up. Tay Valley Township residents can receive bag tags for this project. Call Tay Valley Township 613-267 5353
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April 21, 2007
6:15 pm |
An Evening With Ed Lawrence
Presented by Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists
Carleton Place Town Hall
Click here for details |
April 10, 2007
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. |
SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE FAMILY FARM
Legion Hall, Toledo
Click here for more details
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April 1, 2007
2:00 pm |
Speaker Matt Saunders on Bats, their lives, myths and realities
Rideau Valley Field Naturalists meeting
Perth and District Indoor Swimming Pool, Wilson Street at Sunset Boulevard
Click here for more details. |
March 28, 2007
Wednesday
7:00 pm |
"An Inconvenient Truth"
Screening of the Al Gore film, with a post-film discussion on climate change, led by climate change expert, Paul Egginton, former Executive Director of the Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Program of Natural Resources Canada. This evening is being organised and hosted by ecoPerth, Rideau Valley Field Naturalists and the Friends of the Tay Watershed.
Location: Council Chambers, Perth Town Hall, Gore Street.
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March 27, 2007
3:00 to 5:00 pm |
FoTW Board Meeting: Burgess Hall, Narrows Locks Road. |
February 15, 2007
Thursday
7:00 - 9:00 pm |
OMYA Reports on Tay River Water Taking
As a condition of its Permit to Take Water from the Tay River, OMYA reports to the community about its water taking each year.
Glen Tay Public School, 155 Harper Road, Tay Valley Township |
January 23, 2007
Tuesday
3:00 pm |
Friends of the Tay Watershed
Annual General Meeting
Perth Museum
11 Gore Street East
Members and the public welcome
Click here for details |
