Scugog Connections
About SCUGOG CONNECTIONS in Port Perry
Volunteer Opportunities
News and Events
About SCUGOG CONNECTIONS in Port Perry
SCUGOG CONNECTIONS
Carlie McDonald, Program Coordinator
126 Water Street, Unit 3, Port Perry, On. L9L 1B9
Tel. 905.985-3279 Fax 905.985.5651
carlie@sustain-ability.ca www.scugogconnections.ca
SCUGOG CONNECTIONS is your local education and awareness office for the Lake Scugog Environmental Management Plan (LSEMP). We are working towards a healthy watershed and improved water quality to ensure long term environmental, economic and social sustainability of the Lake and its resources.
We offer information materials and workshops to help you ensure that actions that affect the environment are sustainable such as reducing the impact of your rural property or how to incorporate natural gardening practices for your urban home -- we can help.
Scugog Connections is encouraging everyone in the community to play an active role in the health of our environment and promote responsible water stewardship.
Educate
Our information centre is located in downtown Port Perry. Resources are available to educate you on the changes that you can make in your daily activities to reduce the impacts on the natural environment and the Lake Scugog watershed.
Engage
Hands on educational workshops to support both rural and urban landowners. Workshops include:
- Water runoff management
- Well and septic system maintenance
- Water and energy efficiencies
- Environmental landscaping and more.
Act
Scugog Connections assists community organizations, landowners and other partners with stewardship initiatives that demonstrate best management practices such as tree planting, buffer strip improvement and enhancing urban green spaces.
Please call ahead for hours of operation, 905.985-3279
Partners:
Lead partner, Durham Sustain Ability, with collaborative partners, Kawartha Conservation, Scugog Lake Stewards Inc., and the Durham Land Stewardship Council
Scugog Connections is made possible through funding from Ontario Trillium Foundation, an agency of the Government of Ontario.
Volunteer Opportunities
Currently Scugog Connections is seeking a Community Outreach volunteer, for full volunteer description and application form please click on the links below.
Volunteer Opportunity - Urban Outreach.pdf
SC Volunteer Application - form fill.doc
News and Events
UPDATE : Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
Scugog Connections would like to extend a big THANK YOU to participants who came out on Saturday Sept. 18, 2010 for the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup! It was a very successful day, along one kilometer of shoreline in downtown Port Perry we picked up 10 bags of garbage, 1 tire, and a total weight of 170 lbs of waste. Without you, this would not have been possible.
Trash is one of the most widespread pollution problems threatening out waterways – yet it is entirely preventable. Cleanups such as this help to bring communities together to achieve positive impacts on the environment both here in Port Perry, and around the world. With community participation in the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, we have helped to make a difference. See the summary form below to see the total amount of garbage that was collected, take a look and be proud of what your community accomplished!
Keep your eye on www.shorelinecleanup.ca in October for updated results on the Cleanups that happened across the shorelines of Canada this week!
Kawartha Conservation
Living in Town: How you can help protect Lake Scugog
Did you know that water runoff from towns in the Lake Scugog watershed is a major source of nutrients in Lake Scugog?
Download Kawartha Conservations new booklet to find out the simple steps you can take to help protect local lakes and rivers.
http://www.kawarthaconservation.com/pdf/LivingInTown.pdf