Woodlands & Waterways Ecowatch

Monitoring the Lakes and Forests of Haliburton County

Woodlands & Waterways EcoWatch (WWEW) is a community based environmental monitoring program coordinated by the U-Links Centre for Community Based research in conjunction with a number of volunteer and not-for-profit organizations in the Haliburton Region. The program utilizes the resources and knowledge of Trent University and Fleming College in order to assist community organizations monitor the long-term health of the forests and lakes of Haliburton County and the surrounding region.

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Our Goal

Our goal is simple: provide planning, logistics, and technical know-how to grassroots environmental monitoring initiatives in the Haliburton region. We achieve this by being led by the people who have the most to gain from the collection of this data, the citizens of cottage country. WWEW is made up of a coalition of lake, cottage, and property owners’ associations; the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust; Trent University and Fleming College faculty; and the staff and management committee members of the U-Links Centre for Community Based Research. This unique mix gives us the enthusiasm for ensuring our common resources are maintained into the future as well as the knowledge and technical skills provided by our post-secondary partners.

Environmental Program Coordinator, Sadie Fischer working with a Trent University Student. (Joshua Solti, 2021)

Woodlands and Waterways Ecowatch Partners

Woodlands & Waterways Ecowatch is made possible through the efforts of the staff at the U-Links Centre for Community Based Research, the faculty of Trent University and Fleming College, and most importantly the community partners who volunteer days of their free time to help monitor the amazing ecosystems of the Haliburton region. The day to day operations of WWEW are the responsibility of the Environmental Program Coordinator at U-Links.

Phone (705) 286-2411
ADDRESS 93 BOBCAYGEON RD, P.O. BOX 655, MINDEN, ONTARIO K0M 2K0
Dr. Andrew Gordon - Director - [email protected]
Daniela Pagliaro - Administrative and Logistics Coordinator - [email protected]
Frank Figuli - Program Coordinator - [email protected]

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Land Acknowledgement

U-Links Centre for Community Based Research operates within the Williams Treaty First Nations Michi Saagiig territory as well as the unceded territories of the Algonquin Nation.
We respectfully acknowledge that the Williams Treaty First Nations and Algonquin Nation are the stewards and caretakers of these lands and waters in perpetuity, and that they continue to maintain this responsibility to ensure their health for generations to come..