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Welcome to York - Simcoe Naturalists Club  www.ysnaturalists.ca



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
YSN Club - See Map to club-house

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Mar. 13, 2012
Apr. 18, 2012
Media-Envionmental Alerts
Campaign to Save the North Gwillimbury Forest
Apr. 10, 2012
Apr. 14, 2012
Newsletter-Apr. 2012
April 2012 YSN Heron Newsletter
Mar 13, 2012
Apr. 14, 2012
Speaker-Year 2012
Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre
Mar. 13, 2012
Mar. 15, 2012
Newsletter-Mar. 2012
March 2012 YSN Heron Newsletter
Feb. 14, 2012
Mar. 9, 2012
Speaker-Year 2012
Life History Tradeoffs in Savannah Sparrows
Jan. 10, 2012
Mar. 9, 2012
Speaker-Year 2012
Protecting Ontario's Wild Species and Wild Spaces
Feb. 18, 2012
Feb. 23, 2012
Link-Toronto Star
Alert: Ontario snapping turtle endangered yet hunted
Dec. 31, 2012
Feb. 21, 2012
Media-Clips 2012
Melancthon mega-quarry: Anatomy of a quarry fight
Feb. 14, 2012
Feb. 21, 2012
Newsletter-Feb. 2012
February 2012 YSN Heron Newsletter
Jan. 21, 2012
Jan. 26, 2012
Events-Sept. 2012
Flyer-2012 Ontario Nature Youth Summit for Biodiversity
Jan. 16, 2012
Jan. 16, 2012
Link to Community Organizations
Lake Simcoe South Master Gardeners
Jan. 10, 2012
Jan. 16, 2012
Link-Ontario Headwaters Institute
Announcing OHMapping and the OHNetwork
Jan. 10, 2012
Jan. 11, 2012
Newsletter-Jan. 2012
January 2012 YSN Heron Newsletter
Dec. 13, 2011
Jan. 8, 2011
Speaker-Year 2011
The Cure for Nature Deficit Disorder
Dec. 13, 2011
Dec. 13, 2011
Newsletter-Dec. 2011
December 2011 YSN Heron Newsletter
Nov. 8, 2011
Dec. 10, 2011
Speakers-Link to YREA for pdf
Speaker - Gloria Marsh, Editor YREA: Shop Like The Planet's Watching
Nov. 16, 2011
Nov. 25, 2011
Link to EMC St. Lawrence
Link to article received from Caroline Schultz ON re: Lost Bay Nature Reserve expansion
Oct. 11, 2011
Nov. 2, 2011
Speakers-Year 2011
The 'Good', the 'Bad' and the 'Ugly' of Domestic Arthropods
Sept.
Oct. 13, 2011
Media-Bulletin board
VAP for Lake Simcoe - My Action;   Fertilizer;   Shoreline;   Watershed;   Entire Plan
Aug. 11, 14; Oct. 9, 2011
Oct. 13, 2011
Media-Clips 2011
Moraine_Region_111009;   Moraine_ENVIRONMENT_110814;   Moraine_111011
Sept. 13, 2011
Oct. 8, 2011
Speakers - Year 2011
Types of Trees, Management and Tree Replacement
May 10, 2011
May 29, 2011
Speakers - Year 2011
Earthwatch Expedition "Brown Hyenas and Cape Vultures" Feb. 2011, South Africa
April 7, 2011
April 10, 2011
Media-news/Issues 2011
Workshop handout: The Sweetwater Sea, Strategies for Conserving Lake Huron Biodiversity
April 7, 2011
April 10, 2011
Media-News/Issues 2011
Our Water Future
March 8, 2011
April 2, 2011
Speakers-Year 2011
Bird Migration: Orientation and Navigation
Feb. 8, 2011
Feb. 24, 2011
Speakers-Year 2011
Unique Native Plants and Plant Communities of the Bruce Peninsula
Jan. 16, 2011
Jan. 31, 2011
Media-Newspaper Clips
A Region's Rise and Sprawl - The future of the GTA, Ontario Canada
Jan. 11, 2011
Jan. 24, 2011
Speakers-Year 2011
Science-Based Monitoring of the Nearshore Zone: Lake Simcoe (ON., Canada)



Club speakers, events and newsletters articles regarding the York-Simcoe Naturalists Club are now found on facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/YorkSimcoeNaturalists



    Ontario Nature link:

    http://www.ontarionature.org
    Ontario Nature logo



    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


    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.
    Ontario Nature's Cawthra-Mulock Reserve


    YSN does not purchase any lands. For more information please contact us.

    Environmental Assessments and other Public Consultations



    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



    Club Meetings





    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 Newmarket.



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    Map - YSN monthly meeting location


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    Contact us: mailto:ysnclub@yahoo.ca