Clinton News Record, 2016-03-23, Page 66 News Record • Wednesday, March 23, 2016
ABCA Conservationist of the Year awards held near Exeter
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Janette Anderson, Great Lakes Program Coordinator, Environment
and Climate Change Canada, was guest speaker at the
Conservation Awards and partner appreciation ceremony hosted
by Ausable Bayfield Conservation on March 17, 2016.
Special to
Clinton News Record
Ausable Bayfield Conserva-
tion's annual Conservationist
of the Year awards evening
was held at Ironwood Golf
Club, east of Exeter on Thurs-
day, March 17, 2016. Close to
80 people attended including
landowners, residents, and
community group members;
dignitaries; ministry and con-
servation authority staff;
municipal representatives,
and others.
Janette Anderson, Great
Lakes Program Coordinator,
Environment and Climate
Change Canada, was guest
speaker. She presented on the
topic of Collaboration Works:
Lessons Learned from Global
Review of Coastal Manage-
ment. Anderson has worked
on monitoring, protecting,
and restoring the Great Lakes
for her entire career beginning
with water and sediment
quality studies with Ontario's
environment ministry and
then moving to the federal
environment department in
1990. The focus of Janette's
work evolved over time to
ecosystem planning and
management including the
restoration of Areas of Con-
cern and leading the develop-
ment of lakewide manage-
ment plans for Lake Ontario
and Lake Huron. She is now
helping to develop a
nearshore framework for
assessment and management
of Great Lakes nearshore
waters.
The Conservationist of the
Year Award was presented to
Lambton Shores Phragmites
Community Group (LSPCG),
an enthusiastic, dedicated
group of citizens in the Port
Franks area. This group was
formed in 2011 to address
the invasion and spread
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The Conservationist of the Year Award was presented to Lambton
Shores Phragmites Community Group (LSPCG). From left: Kate
Monk, Manager of Stewardship, Land and Education, Ausable
Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA); Michelle Hay; Brian
Horner, General Manager and Secretary -Treasurer, ABCA; Ray
Horban; Derek Scott; Nette Pachlarz; Paul Petersen; and Nancy
Vidler, LSPCG Chair. Absent: Bill MacDonald.
of Phragmites austra-
lis (European Common
Reed) in Lambton Shores.
The Conservationist of the
Year Award prize includes a
limited -edition conservation
print of the Latornell Tree,
by Bonna Rouse, one of 310
made for a special edition by
Conservation Ontario. Ausa-
ble Bayfield Conservation
will also make a donation
towards a tree and plaque at
a Commemorative Woods
site in the watershed. Phrag-
mites has a serious impact
on shorelines, coastal wet-
lands, and rivers. It affects
water quality, wildlife habi-
tat, including species -at -risk
turtle populations, recrea-
tion, and public safety.
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