Meet the Properties We Need Your Help to Protect
We’re trying to protect TWO new nature reserves in Norfolk county this spring – and we want you to get acquainted! Learn all about these beautiful properties and donate to help protect them if you can.
Hemlock Slough Forest
The first
ViewPoint – Fall Winter 2020 – The healthier our ecosystems are, the healthier the planet – and its people.
The season is changing, and we’ve been up to a lot lately! Learn what’s been going on in the world of LPBLT, including reptiles in the Carolinan region, exploring the virtual outdoors, and ecological services. We also feature reflections on approaching our 25th anniversary, land stewardship, and questioning if society
ViewPoint – Summer 2020 – A summer of change
COVID-19 has given us a new normal here at the LPBLT. Learn about what we’ve been up to, including with virtual Explore the Outdoors events, our new Development Coordinator, and some of the land stewardship we’ve done. Also, the miracle of oaks, birdathon, and our history of financial management.
ViewPoint – Fall 2019 – Event participants have fun exploring the outdoors
The first year of Explore the Outdoors was a success – LPBLT held seven events and more than 200 individuals participated. The 2019 fall issue of LPBLT’s ViewPoint provides an overview of some of the events. As well, the unveiling of Spring Arbour Farm Nature Reserve and Trout Creek Nature
ViewPoint – Spring 2019 – Spring is a time for growing and celebrating
Spring is a time for growing and celebrating and Long Point Basin Land Trust has been doing both this spring. With our most recent acquisition, the Land Trust hits many milestones: 10th nature reserve; adding an impressive 39% to our protected network of areas overnight; and, surpassing a square mile
ViewPoint – Winter 2018 – LPBLT embodies what we hold near and dear
What do you buy for someone who has everything and pleads they receive nothing more? A donation to a charity at the holidays is actually the gift that keeps on giving throughout the year, and even for years to come. The 2018 Winter issue of LPBLT’s ViewPoint discusses how charitable donations
ViewPoint – Spring & Summer 2018 – Winter monitoring of a Gray Ratsnake Hibernaculum
Have you ever wondered what a Gray Ratsnake, or any other snake, requires in habitat for overwintering? The 2018 Spring & Summer issue of LPBLT’s ViewPoint provides an overview of research that we are undertaking in partnership with other organizations to answer this question, as well as an unveiling of
ViewPoint – Fall 2017 – Three Years of Nurturing Nature
This edition brings you a look back at the Nurturing Nature in the Neighbourhood program, a new Focus on Wildlife in Norfolk County, information on the Venison Creek Watershed Reserve campaign along with a congratulations to LPBLT’s President Peter Carson who won the Ontario Land Trust Alliance Vision Award for
ViewPoint – Spring 2017 – New Nature Reserve Dedications
Long Point Basin Land Trust’s newsletter, ViewPoint, was first published in 2008 as an occasional publication. Now we find ourselves busy enough to have two editions a year! Our spring newsletter has updates on our newest nature reserves, LPBLT events taking place in 2017 and a Focus on Wildlife for
Viewpoint – Fall 2016 – LPBLT celebrates 20 years!
Long Point Basin Land Trust was founded in 1996, and 2016 rings in 20 years of protecting and restoring functioning ecosystems in a region that harbours one of the highest levels of biodiversity in Canada. The past year has been big for LPBLT; read all about the accomplishments in the […]