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July 7, 2023

TIWLT’s 30th Anniversary Celebration

We are excited to announce that tickets for our 30th Anniversary Celebration are on sale now! The event is being…
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June 23, 2023

Mackintosh Property Walk

Join us for a walk around the Mackintosh Property on July 18th at 9:30am! We hope to spot some turtles…
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June 6, 2023

TED TALK

Earlier this year, our Executive Director Calder spoke about Climate Change at the Queens University Ted Talk. Calder spoke about "how land…
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May 15, 2023

TIWLT May Plant Sale

ATHENS, Ontario - The Thousand Islands Watershed Land Trust (TIWLT) will be hosting a plant sale on May 27th from…
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April 25, 2023

Science Café – Maggie Stevenson on Invasive Plants (VOD)

April's Science Café featured TIWLT's own Wildlife Biologist, Maggie Stevenson! Maggie talks about the ecology of some of Ontario's most…
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April 25, 2023

Science Café – Bryan Scholes on Bird Photography (VOD)

February's Science Café featured local wildlife photographer Bryan Scholes. He speaks on some of the tools and tricks of the…
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December 30, 2022

Thanking Conservation Heroes Dick and Bonnie Mabee

The first year of TIWLT's 5-year, $5 million conservation project in the Leeder's Creek area has been jump started by…
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September 2, 2022

Science Café – Paul Coté on the History of Glen Elbe (VOD)

Our August Science Café features local historian Paul Coté who took us on a deep dive of the Elbe area's…
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August 17, 2022

Science Café – Maggie and Fox on Summer Fieldwork (VOD)

In July of 2022, TIWLT Summer Staff Maggie Stevenson and Fox Creighton hosted a Science Café, outlining all of the…
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June 9, 2022

Science Café – Mathieu LeCompte on Turtles in the Thousand Islands (VOD)

On May 24, 2022, Mathieu LeCompte of Thousand Islands National Park joined us to give a talk on turtles in…
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April 29, 2022

Science Café – Calder Schweitzer on The Science of Species Interactions (VOD)

On April 22, 2022, Executive Director Calder Schweitzer hosted a talk discussing the science of species interactions and the concepts…
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April 8, 2022

The Species Balancing Act

One of the most common messages in conservation is that we need to protect species; from polar bears in Canada’s…
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February 17, 2022

Science Café – Chris Wooding on “The Backyard Planet” (VOD)

On February 15 2022, owner of Ironwood Organics Chris Wooding gave a talk on "The Backyard Planet", a deep dive…
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January 31, 2022

Science Café – Don Ross on Green Infrastructure (VOD)

On January 18, 2022, TIWLT President Don Ross gave a talk on Green Infrastructure as part of TIWLT's Science Café…
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October 1, 2021

Trevelyan Farm Project Update

The Thousand Islands Watershed Land Trust is happy to announce that the Trevelyan Farm Project is complete, adding more than…
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August 13, 2021

Global Crisis, Local Solution

On Monday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its sixth report on the state of the global climate, with…
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April 13, 2021

Thousand Acre Challenge: 2021 Update

Thanks to a great number of donors, and a grant from the ECHO Foundation, in 2020 the Thousand Acre Challenge…
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April 13, 2021

Spotlight On: Trevelyan Farm

Trevelyan Farm is TIWLT's newest conservation easement property. With nearly 200 acres of beautiful wilderness, it's easy to sing its…
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April 13, 2021

Your Present – Nature’s Future

Here we are in the midst of a pandemic that has not just locked us down, but locked us in.…
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April 13, 2021

Ballet in the Night Sky

After sunset, when the light falls so you can just barely make out the silhouette of trees against the sky,…
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April 13, 2021

A Volunteer’s Tour of Glen Elbe

The Farm at Glen Elbe is unlike any other TIWLT Property. With a historic house, 2 barns, a beautiful garden,…
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April 13, 2021

Antibodies – But Not Anti-Nature

A firefly’s night-time glow comes from a protein in its gut, called luciferase. Scientists from the Donnelly Centre lab at…
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April 13, 2021

How Much is Enough?

The “Thousand Acres” of the Challenge has a good start, even in a pandemic year. We’re working hard not just…
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December 15, 2020

Holiday Gift Guide

Give the gift of 4ever to future generations and save the land you love. Shop our Holiday Gift Guide.
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November 30, 2020

Digging Trenches, Building Bridges

How do you renovate an 1838 house, make it Green for our Climate Change needs, and keep history alive in…
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October 15, 2020

What a Year!

What a year, indeed.  At this time last year, the Thousand Islands Watershed Land Trust launched an ambitious project, the…
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October 15, 2020

What’s the Difference?

What’s the difference, we’re often asked, between the Thousand Islands Watershed Land Trust, and organizations such as the Nature Conservancy…
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October 15, 2020

Adopting 4ever

Would you consider adopting a conserved property, for all time? A one-time donation is a gift to the future, guaranteeing…
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October 15, 2020

Conservation Matters… But Why Here?

The Thousand Islands watershed is a natural treasure chest, overflowing with communities of plants and animals like no other place.…
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October 15, 2020

A Body of Concern

Over the past nine months, we’ve become ever so deeply concerned about the health of our bodies. The ‘body of…
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October 9, 2020

Announcing 2020 AGM

This year, the Thousand Islands Watershed Land Trust Annual General Meeting cannot be held in person. And so, the AGM…
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