$2.65 million bequest boosts Land Trust’s conservation plans

Port Rowan, ON (June 27, 2023)
Thanks to a $2.65 million bequest, the Long Point Basin
Land Trust (LPBLT) is launching a major conservation campaign to
significantly increase and enhance protected lands in its catchment
area. This seven-year effort is aligned with the Canadian Government’s
goal of conserving 30 percent

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Land Trust recruits new fundraising manager – June 2023

Norfolk County, ON (June, 2023)
Jackie Ellefsen is joining the Long Point Basin Land Trust (LPBLT) as Senior Development Manager in June
after a vacation hiking in Spain. Her principal role will be raising funds to support the organization’s
mission to protect and preserve areas of ecological value and high

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Levick to lead local Land Trust – January 2023

Norfolk County, ON (January 12, 2023)

Rick Levick of Long Point is the new Executive Director of the Long Point Basin Land
Trust following the resignation of Kristyn Richardson, who will be joining the Nature
Conservancy of Canada as the Program Director for Southwestern Ontario.
Rick is well known

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Forest invasive species management planned for November 2022

Norfolk County, ON (November 17, 2022)

This fall, Long Point Basin Land Trust (LPBLT) and local contractors will be working to thin conifer plantations at the Trout Creek Nature Reserve property to encourage the regeneration of natural oak woodland habitat. Trees being removed include invasive Scots Pine as

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Delhi Students Protect Local Wetland

(Port Rowan, ON) – On Monday October 16th, grade 9 students from Delhi District Secondary School visited Long Point Basin Land Trust’s Delhi Wetland Nature Reserve for an outdoor class trip to see interactions in nature first-hand. Nearing the end of their time at the property, Ms. Sawyer’s class held

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