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Ausable Bayfield Conservatlon's Tom Prout has done everything from
attending camp, to cutting grass, to serving as General Manager
After more than three decades in the top job, Tom Prout
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announces his retirement from local conservation authority;
calls his career 'satisfying'
Lakeshore Advance
t3 yearbook actually said he was "most likely
to he manager" of the conservation author -
The general manager and secretary trews- Ry. Ile attended one of the very first conser-
urer of Ausable Hayfield Conservation vation programs at Camp Sylvan as a young
announced on Thursday that he will be camper and he would later coordinate the
retiring at the end of the year, after more program there. Ile planted trees over the
than three decades at the top job of the local years, cut grass and worked at conservation
conservation authority. "1 give credit to eve- area gatehouses and was part of the writing
rybody I've met along the way," Tom Prout of the first report for the Hayfield River
said in an interview, outside the office at Watershed.
Morrison Dam Conservation Area, east of The Chairman of the Ausable Bayfield
Exeter. "I've learned something from all of Conservation Authority (AICA) Hoard of
them." Prout looked back on his career and Directors, Dave Frayne, said the board
called it satisfying and he said he "owes a accepted Prom's resignation "with regret"
debt of gratitude" to the people he has met Ile said one of Prom's many strengths as a
and with whom he has worked. manager is hiring people who combine pos-
Prout has devoted forty years to work in itive attitude with job skills. "Tom has
the conservation field and 32 of those years helped to build an organization where staff
have been spent as General Manager at Aus- members work effectively together and with
able Bayfield Conservation Authority. "1 the community," Rayne said. "Ile will be
have had the pleasure of working with very retiring with the knowledge that there is a
supportive board members, very committed strong and experienced staff in place, clear
and passionate staff, and very interested direction from the community through the
and exciting community groups," he said in Conservation Strategy, and a responsible
a letter to the board of directors. Ile con- Tong -term approach to financial manage-
gratutated the board and staff for programs ment through the five-year budget planning
and projects that have make people more process."
aware of their local environment and have A human resources committee will rec-
improved the health of the watershed. ommend how to proceed to fill the position
Some people are voted 'most likely to sue- and the board plans to advertise for a
ceed' in their yearbook. Tom Prom's Grade replacement before the end of the year. "It is
impossible to fully replace the knowledge
and experience that Toni brings but the
board is confident he has helped cultivate a
positive and well-functioning organization
that has the tools and capacity to make a
smooth and successful transition to a new
era," Prayne said.
Ausable Hayfield Conservation works
closely with landowners and residents in
the watershed to protect soil, water, and liv-
ing things by creating awareness and taking
positive action in partnership. The Ausable
Hayfield Conservation Authority is an inde-
pendent, corporate body established under
IiV credit e credit to
everybody I've met along
the way. I've learned
something from all of them."
— Tom Prout
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AUSABLE BAYFIELO
CONSERVATION
CREATING AWARENESS
1 TAKING ACTION
Administration C
entre
TREE ORDERS
FOR
TALL PLANTING
DUE
SEPT 30
Tom Prout announced his retirement last week
Ontario's Conservation Authorities Act.
Local municipalities identified the need for
such an organization in 1946 to deal with
serious problems of flooding, soil erosion,
water supply, and water quality. Twelve
member municipalities name the members
of the local board of directors that governs
ARCA.
This local conservation agency is the first
Of 36 conservation authorities formed
across Ontario. Ausable Hayfield
Lynda Hillman -Replay The Lakeshore Adance
Conservation's area encompasses the
drainage basins of the Ausable River, Hay-
field River, Parkhill (:reek, and the gullies
that drain directly to Lake !heron, from an
area north of Hayfield to an area south of
Grand Bend. The 2,440 -square -kilometre
area of jurisdiction is largely rural with a
population of about 45,000. A group of 34
community members met every month for
a year to create a Conservation Strategy to
guide the organization.
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