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Welcome to York - Simcoe Naturalists Club
www.ysnaturalists.ca
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York-Simcoe Naturalists (YSN) is an independent club and a member of the Ontario Nature Network.
Aims and Objectives of YSN:
- To further public awareness of the natural environment of the area
- To identify and encourage the protection and preservation of environmentally significant habitat and species
- To establish and maintain a permanent record of environmental change in the area
- To institute and advance a co-operative working relationship with other conservation-minded organizations
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YSN Club - See Map to club-house
Up coming speakers, events and newsletter
articles regarding the York-Simcoe Naturalist
Club are now found on facebook.
Please vist facebook at:
http://www.facebook.com/YorkSimcoeNaturalists
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What's
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Date
Received
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Date
Posted
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Section
where found
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Subject
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Mar. 13, 2012
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Apr. 18, 2012
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Media-Envionmental Alerts
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Campaign to Save the North Gwillimbury Forest
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Apr. 10, 2012
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Apr. 14, 2012
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Newsletter-Apr. 2012
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April 2012 YSN Heron Newsletter
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Mar 13, 2012
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Apr. 14, 2012
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Speaker-Year 2012
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Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre
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Mar. 13, 2012
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Mar. 15, 2012
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Newsletter-Mar. 2012
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March 2012 YSN Heron Newsletter
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Feb. 14, 2012
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Mar. 9, 2012
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Speaker-Year 2012
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Life History Tradeoffs in Savannah Sparrows
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Jan. 10, 2012
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Mar. 9, 2012
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Speaker-Year 2012
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Protecting Ontario's Wild Species and Wild Spaces
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Feb. 18, 2012
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Feb. 23, 2012
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Link-Toronto Star
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Alert: Ontario snapping turtle endangered yet hunted
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Dec. 31, 2012
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Feb. 21, 2012
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Media-Clips 2012
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Melancthon mega-quarry: Anatomy of a quarry fight
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Feb. 14, 2012
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Feb. 21, 2012
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Newsletter-Feb. 2012
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February 2012 YSN Heron Newsletter
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Jan. 21, 2012
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Jan. 26, 2012
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Events-Sept. 2012
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Flyer-2012 Ontario Nature Youth Summit for Biodiversity
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Jan. 16, 2012
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Jan. 16, 2012
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Link to Community Organizations
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Lake Simcoe South Master Gardeners
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Jan. 10, 2012
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Jan. 16, 2012
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Link-Ontario Headwaters Institute
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Announcing OHMapping and the OHNetwork
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Jan. 10, 2012
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Jan. 11, 2012
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Newsletter-Jan. 2012
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January 2012 YSN Heron Newsletter
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Dec. 13, 2011
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Jan. 8, 2011
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Speaker-Year 2011
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The Cure for Nature Deficit Disorder
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Dec. 13, 2011
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Dec. 13, 2011
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Newsletter-Dec. 2011
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December 2011 YSN Heron Newsletter
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Nov. 8, 2011
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Dec. 10, 2011
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Speakers-Link to YREA for pdf
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Speaker - Gloria Marsh, Editor YREA: Shop Like The Planet's Watching
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Nov. 16, 2011
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Nov. 25, 2011
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Link to EMC St. Lawrence
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Link to article received from Caroline Schultz ON re: Lost Bay Nature Reserve expansion
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Oct. 11, 2011
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Nov. 2, 2011
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Speakers-Year 2011
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The 'Good', the 'Bad' and the 'Ugly' of Domestic Arthropods
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Sept.
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Oct. 13, 2011
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Media-Bulletin board
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VAP for Lake Simcoe - My Action; Fertilizer; Shoreline; Watershed; Entire Plan
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Aug. 11, 14; Oct. 9, 2011
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Oct. 13, 2011
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Media-Clips 2011
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Moraine_Region_111009; Moraine_ENVIRONMENT_110814; Moraine_111011
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Sept. 13, 2011
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Oct. 8, 2011
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Speakers - Year 2011
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Types of Trees, Management and Tree Replacement
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May 10, 2011
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May 29, 2011
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Speakers - Year 2011
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Earthwatch Expedition "Brown Hyenas and Cape Vultures" Feb. 2011, South Africa
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April 7, 2011
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April 10, 2011
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Media-news/Issues 2011
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Workshop handout: The Sweetwater Sea, Strategies for Conserving Lake Huron Biodiversity
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April 7, 2011
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April 10, 2011
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Media-News/Issues 2011
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Our Water Future
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March 8, 2011
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April 2, 2011
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Speakers-Year 2011
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Bird Migration: Orientation and Navigation |
Feb. 8, 2011
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Feb. 24, 2011
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Speakers-Year 2011
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Unique Native Plants and Plant Communities of the Bruce Peninsula
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Jan. 16, 2011
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Jan. 31, 2011
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Media-Newspaper Clips
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A Region's Rise and Sprawl - The future of the GTA, Ontario Canada
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Jan. 11, 2011
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Jan. 24, 2011
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Speakers-Year 2011
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Science-Based Monitoring of the Nearshore Zone: Lake Simcoe (ON., Canada)
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Identify
and encourage
preservation
of natural heritage
Official Plans
East Gwillimbury Official Plan Amendment
East Gwillimbury has now completed the Official Plan amendment process
and YSN participated to ensure that policies are adopted to protect
natural heritage features, water quality and promote sustainability.
Stewardship
YSN members engage in a variety of stewardship activities around York
and Simcoe Regions including tree planting, natural area
rehabilitation, plant rescue, bird counts, and shoreline clean-up.
Cawthra-Mulock
Nature Reserve
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YSN
is the stewardship organization for Ontario
Nature's Cawthra-Mulock Nature Reserve on Bathurst St. and Miller Sideroad in King
Township.
Identifying
areas of natural interest
Our
executive occasionally discusses properties in York
and Simcoe that
are of natural significance and assesses whether or not they can be
protected.
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YSN does not purchase any lands. For more information please
contact us.
Environmental
Assessments and other Public Consultations |
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YSN participates in
public consultations with significant impacts on the natural heritage
of the region, including:
Endangered
Species Act
Environmental Bill of Rights Postings
Big Pipe EA
Bathurst Street widening EA
Extension of the 404 to Ravenshoe Rd
Doane Rd interchange of the 404
York-Durham Municipal Waste Incineration
Holland Junction Transformer Station
Ontario Power Authority Peaker plant for York Region
Green Energy Act |
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Club Meetings
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Meetings
are held monthly
(September -
June) on the second Tuesday of the month at the River Drive Park
Community Centre. (20 Oak Ave.) from 7:30 to 9:30. Every meeting there
is some sort of business, an invited speaker and social time (see map
below for directions). Speakers' topics range from moose, cougar,
warblers,
swans, frogs, bears, trail maintenance, worm composting and regional
issues.
We
achieve our goals by and through
Activities, Meetings, Guest speakers, Projects, News Articles,
Environmental Alert Bulletins, Participation in Development Issues,
Members Comments, Links to other conservation groups and by our monthly
Publication entitled "The Heron". Occasionally Newspaper clips will
corroborate environmental issues.
YSN
serves Aurora, Bradford, East Gwillimbury and
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