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Augusta Council Meeting

August 24th, 6:30pm

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Cheyene Ramsey, Forestry Technician

South Nation Jurisdiction

• 4, 382 square

kilometers of complex ecosystems

• 16 municipalities
• River flows 175 km from

Brockville into the Ottawa River near Plantagenet

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Cheyene Ramsey, Forestry Technician

Red – Augusta Boundary Green Outline – Jurisdiction Purple Outline – Watershed

Augusta

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Cheyene Ramsey, Forestry Technician

Forest Cover Analysis

Augusta Forest Cover. Drape 2008

• 47.8% forest cover in

2008

• 39% forest cover at

county level

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Cheyene Ramsey, Forestry Technician

Over the Counter Program

• Over counter sales of 100
• r more seedlings in

increasing increments of 50

• $0.54 to $1.15/seedling

5 year old White Pine plantation

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Cheyene Ramsey, Forestry Technician

50 Million Tree Program

• Free site visit
• Minimum site size of

1 hectare (2.5 acres)

• 1500 trees for

windbreaks, 2000 trees for plantations

• $0.20/conifers and

$0.50 for deciduous

5 year old white Spruce plantation

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Cheyene Ramsey, Forestry Technician

Survival Assessments

• Assessments in years

1, 2 and 5

• 60% survival and higher

Tamarack after first growing season

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Cheyene Ramsey, Forestry Technician

Woodlot Advisory Service (WAS)

• Free year round site visits
• Must own at least 4 hectares

(9.88 acres) of woodland

• Must reside in the United

Counties of Prescott and Russell or SNC jurisdiction

• Promote sustainable

management of privately

• wned woodlot

WAS Site visit 2014

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Managed Forest Plan (MFTIP)

Cheyene Ramsey, Forestry Technician

• Grant available in the

amount of up to $500 for the completion of a management plan

• Sponsored by OPG,

Ontario Woodlot Association, UCPR

• Up to 75% tax savings on

woodlots

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Cheyene Ramsey, Forestry Technician

• SNC helps manage

more than 40, 000 acres for the United Counties of Stormont Dundas Glengarry, & SNC properties

• Recreational
• pportunities

Community Forests and Recreation

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Natasha Machado, Communications Specialist

• Tree risk

assessments and digital data collection

• 8 parks
• Thousands of

Trees

SLPC Tree Risk Evaluations

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Natasha Machado, Communications Specialist

• Tasks include
• bservations,

reporting issues for resolution, limited trail maintenance and species identification

• New recruits

are always welcome

Forest Stewards Program

Forest Stewards training session at South Nation office – 2015

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Land Donation Program

Natasha Machado, Communications Specialist

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Lorie Henderson, Administrative Assistant II

Clean Water Program

• Cost-share grants for

water quality improvement projects:

• Buffers
• Well decommissioning
• Manure storage and milk

house wastewater

• Plus many more categories
• Up to $8,000, grant rates

and maximums vary

• Program info now

available

Manure storage application – before photo

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Natasha Machado, Communications Specialist

Community Environmental Grants

• Eligible Applicants:
• Municipalities
• Community groups
• Up to $300
• Eligible Categories:
• River Grant
• Community Environmental

Outreach Grant

• Agri-Environmental Grant
• Heritage Grant

Local Bassholes fishing derby, Casselman – 2015 grant recipient

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Natasha Machado, Communications Specialist

Stream Watch Program

• Collect

information on physical and biological characteristics

• f the stream
• Encourages

community involvement to conduct stream assessments and volunteer events

Tree Planting in Embrun with local students, May 2014

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Natasha Machado, Communications Specialist

Stream Watch Program

• Garbage clean-ups
• Invasive species

removal

• Fish Sampling
• Habitat

Enhancement

• Tree Planting

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Natasha Machado, Communications Specialist

• SNC partnered with

RBC to celebrate Blue water Day

• SNC donated 20

White Pines between Iroquois, Prescott and Spencerville branches

RBC Blue Water Day

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SNC Website and Geoportal

Natasha Machado, Communications Specialist

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Our Local Environment, We’re in it Together.

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