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Manulife Paddle the Don was a huge success with nearly 540 paddlers participating and over $85,000 raised. The 2011 event held on Sunday, May 1st, saw 259 canoes and kayaks travel down the Don, a great turn-out of paddlers despite the cold and wet weather.
Manulife Paddle the Don fundraising effort supports Toronto’s Biodiversity Booklet Series
Understanding and appreciating the natural environment in which we live is the first step to protecting our natural areas and the vast diversity of plants and wildlife that make their home in the Toronto region. The Biodiversity Booklet Series, a recent initiative by the City of Toronto’s Planning Division, is a great tool to help accomplish this objective and will offer an enjoyable way for people to learn about the local natural environment.
A huge SPLASH was made at this year’s Richmond Hill Mill Pond Splash! The 13th annual event, held on Sunday May 29th, was an overwhelming success, drawing nearly 2,000 people over the course of the afternoon. Families took advantage of the great weather and joined us in discovering the wonders of the Don watershed. From local community exhibits, to birdhouse building, to close encounters of the wild kind, there was something for everyone at Mill Pond Splash.
Canadian Geographic Magazine highlights the Don River
The June edition of Canadian Geographic features a lengthy but highly readable cover story entitled “Death and Rebirth on the Don River” written by frequent contributor Ray Ford with photography by Lorne Bridgman.
Valley Park Middle School Goes Green with the Valley Park Go Green Cricket Field
If you’ve driven down the Don Valley Parkway lately you may have noticed a large banner draped across the south wall of Valley Park Middle School asking passersbys to “Help Us Make the Dream Come True.” As North America’s largest middle school, Valley Park has a goal just as large – to build the ‘Valley Park Go Green Cricket Field.’ With a price tag of $1.7 million, it’s a major civic project which will revitalize the local community while helping to protect and restore the Don River watershed.
Dr. Andrew Kenney is awarded the Jorgensen-Morsink Award at LEAF’s ‘Night of the Forest’ fundraiser
On June 2nd, LEAF – Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests - held its 15th anniversary fundraiser, Night of the Forest. As part of the evening, a special presentation was given to Dr. Andrew W. Kenney, R.P.F., of Guelph, Ontario.
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On the Don is a newsletter about the Don River watershed and the efforts to rehabilitate its waters and lands. This newsletter is published by Toronto and Region Conservation in partnership with the Don Watershed Regeneration Council.
Toronto and Region Conservation
With over 50 years of experience, Toronto and Region Conservation (TRCA) helps people understand, enjoy and look after the natural environment, for a cleaner, greener, and healthier place to live, for you today and for your children tomorrow.
Don Watershed Regeneration Council
The Don Watershed Regeneration Council is a volunteer, watershed-wide advisory committee established by TRCA in 1995 to help restore the Don River watershed to a healthy, sustainable, natural environment.
