2010-2011 President's Report
Some of The Friends' Achievements:
A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Salmon River Watershed - A Work in Progress
Many thanks to Dora Hunter for compiling and sharing the following Plant Check list explanation and the actual list. FSR is very grateful for this contribution.
Plant check list explanation
Plant Checklist
Education
- Signs of the Salmon Project - also see photos
- Lessons in a box for teaching unit on water (New for grade 8 students)
- 2008: Now Available: Get Your informative copy of CD book version of
The Salmon River Watershed: Jewel of Eastern Ontario, for $10.00 Inquire at:
any Director of FSR;
Robert Wright Books, Bridge St. East in Tamworth 613-379-2108; or
Novel Idea, 156 Princess St. in Kingston 613-546-9799
look at CD Book Cover and TOC
- CD's have been distributed at no charge to libraries and schools in the watershed as part of our ongoing education program.
- SR Habitat Strategy Assessment: Salmon River Habitat Strategy
- 2006: published The Salmon River Watershed: Jewel of Eastern Ontario
Read the book promo and read the book review
Copies of The Salmon River Watershed: Jewel of Eastern Ontario are available at all libraries in:
North and Central Frontenac
Lennox & Addington County
Kingston
Deseronto
Tyendinaga
Belleville
Stirling
Tweed
Bus Tours
- We had a sold-out, full-day, watershed bus tour that provided expert-based education to the public for the past five years.
Public Presentations
- Never Cry Wolf, in Tamworth, August 2006
- Turtles, Frogs & Skinks, in Arden, April 2007
- The Power of Volunteer Groups, Rick Lindgren, in Roblin, August, 2007
- The Fabled Fisher, in Verona, February 2008
- Wonders of Wetlands, in Napanee & Cloyne, May 2008
- What is Nature Worth? Nature Conservancy of Canada, Roblin, Oct, 2008
- Coyotes & Wolves, in Roblin, February, 2009
- Black Rat Snake, in Verona, April, 2009
- Loon Workshop, in Sharbot Lake, June, 2009
- Effects of Dams, in Roblin, October, 2009
- For the Birds, in Tamworth, October, 2010
River and Lake Use
Tree Planting & Stewardship Planning
- Native Seedlings available for FSR members – we annually provide from 500 – 2,000 seedlings for watershed residents to help improve our shorelines and the health of our watershed. See one happy response: Kind Response from Our Members re Seedling Trees
- Stewardship Plans – more than 30 have been provided to private land owners in the watershed
In Concert with Frontenac County
Input to Frontenac County Integrated Community Sustainability Plan –see County of Frontenac |
