the Caring for the Moraine project Norm Wagenaar, Landowner Contact Specialist Ganaraska Hills Area Contact – (905) or Website –

Who are the organizations working together on the Moraine?

Caring for the Moraine Project: Ganaraska Hills Area Letters to more than 1,000 landowners 100 site visits Referrals to partners resulting in:  Tree planting projects (25 hectares)  Riparian projects (1200 metres)  Tallgrass prairie projects (Eight hectares)  Securement through donations (40 hectares)  Woodlot management consultation

Caring for the Moraine Project: Ganaraska Hills Area  Workshops  Tree planting  Woodlot management  Invasive species  Rare species  The ORM and real estate  Rural Landowner Stewardship Guide Attendance: more than 250  Press  Farm and Rural Life  Watershed  Northumberland News  CHEX Television

Large Woodlands Conservation Cooperative: A model partnership

Tree planting: Long Sault

Woodlot management: Kendal

Woodlot workshop: Kendal

Invasive species: Orono Crown Lands

Advantages of partnerships Ability to focus existing resources Reduce redundancy Provide additional expertise, funding Benefits landowners on and off the moraine More bodies doing stewardship work Examples  Mailed Ontario Stewardship newsletters to more than 1100 Ganaraska landowners  Did legwork for major land donation to a conservation authority partner Coordination, cooperation among partners

Challenges Make inroads among farm landowners Develop ‘moraine community’ Maintain momentum, continuity Find a solution for dog strangling vine! Thank you!