Special Announcement – Land Purchase Opportunity
The Haliburton Highlands Land Trust has been given an opportunity to purchase a large property within the Highlands Corridor. This undeveloped, 100-acre property (40 ha) in Highlands East contains forests, wetlands and 3.5km of natural river shoreline. It is rich in biodiversity and natural habitats and would be a great complement to our existing 5 […]
Featured Partner in Conservation Nancy Cooper
Recently, Rick Whitteker, our Partners in Conservation Coordinator had a chance to meet one of the original Partners in Conservation, Nancy Cooper. A small group of HHLT board members, employees and key volunteers joined Rick and Nancy for a tour of her property. Nancy, author and land steward, is originally from northern Ontario and is a member of […]
Season’s Greetings from the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust
Enjoy your holidays this year and don’t forget to come for a walk in the forest at Barnum Creek Nature Reserve or Dahl Forest to work off those calories. This year’s holiday picture was taken in Barnum Creek by board member Huw Morgan. We are looking forward to your support for the Highlands Corridor in […]
Support Grows for the Highlands Corridor
The Haliburton Highlands Land Trust has seen the positive momentum of the Highlands Corridor conservation project grow in the past few months. Letters of support or passed resolutions have been submitted from a variety of stakeholders including the County of Haliburton, the Municipality of Trent Lakes, Kawartha Conservation and both Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners’ […]
Conservation Spotlight: Protecting Blanding’s Turtle’s in the Highlands Corridor
Project Background Our wetlands in Ontario are a precious resource, providing valuable ecological services such as water filtration, flood prevention, and carbon sequestration. In the Highlands Corridor, 13,420 hectares of wetland have yet to be protected, making them vulnerable to development and infill. Wetlands also provide habitat for a wealth of species including 20% of […]
Rick Whitteker Appointed Partners in Conservation Coordinator
Rick Whitteker will be HHLT’s new Partners in Conservation (PIC) Coordinator. In his new role, Rick will support the 12 private landowners who have joined the PIC program and will recruit 5 more partners in conservation in the Highlands Corridor area. Rick has lived in Haliburton County since 1997, originally working for Haliburton Forest as […]
2023 Partners in Conservation Openings
Are you a good land steward and own 100 acres or more in the Highlands Corridor (see map below)? If so, we invite you to become a Partner in Conservation and receive a property tax incentive. Once again the Land Trust has secured funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada. This funding allows us to prepare […]
The Highlands Corridor Project launches at Queen’s Park
The HHLT team at Queen’s Park Queen’s Park, Toronto, June 7: At a celebration at Queen’s Park today the Highlands Corridor Project was officially launched by the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust (HHLT), a group of local Haliburton decision-makers and landowners who travelled to Toronto for the occasion, and a group of invited MPPs and key […]
March 3rd Meeting Recap – Introducing the Highlands Corridor
From left to right Paul Heaven, Christel Furniss, Klara Oyler, OTF rep, Laurie Scott, MPP, Shelley Hunt, Sheila Ziman and Ralph Baehre On March 3, 2023, over 50 people braved a winter storm warning to attend the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust’s presentation on the Highlands Corridor at the Haliburton Highlands Outdoors Association Fish Hatchery. Shelley […]
County Council Supports HHLT’s Conservation Efforts in the Highlands Corridor
On February 22, 2023, Shelley Hunt, Haliburton Highlands Land Trust’s (HHLT) chair and Paul Heaven, HHLT’s project biologist, gave a presentation to Haliburton County Council about the Highlands Corridor. The Highlands Corridor is a significant wildlife corridor covering over 100,000 hectares of unceded public and private land, rich with wetlands, forest, wildlife communities, species at […]