Camp Kawartha
Talk & Tour
Learn from an environmental specialist how to naturalize your own shoreline at our Camp Kawartha Restoration Talk & Tour.When: Saturday, July 26th, 2 - 4 pm. For more details, and to sign up for the tour, contact Lois Wallace at tina.warren@mac.com. Camp Kawartha is located at 1010 Birchview Road on the southeast shore of Clear Lake.​​
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In 2024, our Camp Kawartha Talk & Tour was led by Christina Rennich, a native plant consultant.
Natural Edge
Once again this season Environment Council is assisting the Kawartha Lake Stewards Association (KLSA) to deliver the amazing Natural Edge shoreline restoration program to our lakes, and we are looking for homeowners hoping to naturalize their waterfront area and volunteers to help with the planting. Beautiful naturalized shorelines have so many benefits — for participating landowners and the health of lakes. To get involved, contact Kim Ong at kim.ong@klsa.info. For more information about what we mean by "healthy shorelines" and how they benefit our lakes, click here.
Supporting Healthy Shorelines in 2025
Learn more about the ecology of your land and
how it contributes to landscape resilience.
For decades, Kawartha Land Trust (KLT) and the Environment Council for Clear, Ston(e)y and White Lakes have worked together to conserve natural shorelines for their beauty, biodiversity, and the positive impact they have on water quality. Kawatha Land Trust supports the Environment Council’s ongoing Healthy Shorelines Initiative through its private landowner program, Partners in Conservation. KLT’s Partners in Conservation program helps landowners understand and conserve native species and habitats, fostering strong local ecosystems.
The Environment Council and KLT want to thank and celebrate landowners who have maintained their natural shorelines.
If you are a resident of Clear, Ston(e)y, or White Lakes, and you are interested in learning more about the ecology of your land and how it contributes to landscape resilience, you can sign up with the Environment Council to have an ecological survey completed on your property, followed up with a booklet showcasing the results.
KLT will complete up to five surveys per year with a focus on plants, birdlife, and wildlife habitat. Eligible properties must be five acres (two hectares) or more with at least 150m of natural shoreline, OR a group of adjacent properties with the same combined acreage and shoreline requirements. Surveys must be arranged with the Environment Council by June 15th each year. Surveys are carried out by teams of qualified KLT volunteers who are educated and experienced in ecology. Team members have completed training developed specifically for this work and are insured through KLT.
The volunteer crew will visit each site, with landowner permission, once or twice for several hours to gather and record data. Landowners may choose to join the team or not. Printed copies of finished booklets will be available a month or two after survey completion.
If you’re interested, please reach out to: John Huycke (johnhuycke@icloud.com) or Roz Moore (roslyn.moore@rogers.com).
Essential Water Monitoring Program Needs Your Help
The Lake Partner Program (LPP) is Ontario’s largest volunteer-based water quality monitoring initiative, coordinated by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) in partnership with the Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations (FOCA).
Since 1996, over 600 volunteers across more than 500 lake associations have been monitoring upwards of 550 inland lakes (800 sampling sites).
This valuable program is now under threat, as the provincial government may not continue to fund it.
