From Tim Seburn
An original 1917 Arts and Crafts style Lake Erie cottage, designed by the once-famous Buffalo architect William Sydney Wicks, has kindly been made available again to the Niagara Land Trust by the Rung family to host a fund-raising event the weekend of September 12th to 14th. This event, dubbed Botany and Birding on the Beach, includes weekend accommodation with meals.
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According to Carla Carlson of Niagara Nature Tours, who is supporting this event as a member of the land trust, “The combination of the breezes off the beach, the open design of this cottage with its stone earth fireplace and the last remaining original lake ice house in the Niagara Region, make this a fun place to stay”. You can book your accommodation or register for the Saturday-only activities by emailing info@niagaranaturetours.ca or by calling Carla at (905) 562-3746.
On Saturday top Niagara birder Marcie Jacklin will lead a morning outing to look for migrating warblers and waterfowl and in the afternoon guests will be entertained by a botany excursion with Albert Garofalo, coordinator of a recent three-year study of the fascinating Lake Erie coast. “Guests will certainly encounter the rare and provincially protected Fowlers toad and hop tree. I’m not sure if the giant swallowtail, the largest butterfly in North American, will still be flying but we might see the prickly pear cactus,” claims Tim Seburn a volunteer board member of the land trust.
Kevin McIsaac, current Chair of the Niagara Land Trust, is hoping to enhance the level of awareness of the land trust across Niagara. “This is an important fund-raising event for us and all funds raised will go directly towards the acquisition of a property for which we are currently negotiating. We recently made the decision to open membership in the Niagara Land Trust to anyone in Niagara who supports our mission. We want the people of Niagara to be aware we are here and available for them to work through to meet their conservation goals. Anyone interested in becoming a member of the land trust should visit our website www.niagaralandtrust.ca to apply online. Together there is much we can do. We need everyone’s support.”
Tim Seburn is a director on the board of the not-for-profit Niagara Land Trust, working to preserve and protect natural lands in Niagara, Ontario.
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