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NOTES OF MEETING OF
SAMUEL WILMOT NATURE AREA
MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
HELD TUESDAY APRIL 9, 2019
7:00 PM
Present: Rod McArthur
Kate Potter
Leo Blindenbach
Patrick Bothwell
Regrets
Staff Present
1. AGENDA
Brian Reid
Councillor Corinna Traill
Peter Windolf
Tom Hossie
Tyson Brooks
Meaghan Vandenbrink
Evan King
MOVED: by Patrick Bothwell SECONDED by Leo Blindenbach
THAT: the agenda for April 9, 2019 be accepted with the following additions;
March 29 clean-up, bird box cleaning.
CARRIED
2. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
Approval of Minutes
MOVED: by Rod McArthur SECONDED by Tom Hossie
THAT: the minutes of March 12, 2019 be approved
CARRIED
SWNA April 2019 minutes
3. UPDATES
Spring Clean-up Saturday April 27 at 10:OOAM
The annual spring cleanup of the SWNA is scheduled for Saturday April 27
10:OOAM - Noon. It is taking place in conjunction with Clarington Operations Clean
Sweep day. Volunteers will meet at the Toronto Street parking lot. Bags will be
supplied for volunteers and a BBQ lunch will follow at the Admirals Walk Clubhouse.
Kate, Patrick, Meaghan, Tyson, Brian and Tom have said will be able to attend. Rod
and Leo will be participating with the Port of Newcastle and Bond Head cleanup.
OPG Pollinator Planting event Saturday May 25 at 10:OOAM
In 2017 and 2018 OPG provided funding for the purchase of pollinator plants to
enhance monarch habitat in the Port of Newcastle Waterfront Park and the SWNA.
OPG invited the SWNA to apply for funding this year in a different manner through
their Darlington Nuclear Corporate Citizenship Program. An application was
submitted by the municipality on behalf of the SWNA. OPG has provided
confirmation that the grant will be approved.
The Pollinator Planting Event is scheduled for Saturday May 25 at 10:OOAM at the
Port of Newcastle Waterfront Park. The planting zone will be extended east from
where it ended last year.
Friends of Second Marsh Festival May 25, 10:OOAM-3:OOPM
Friends of Second Marsh in partnership with General Motors of Canada will be
hosting a Feathered Friends Festival at General Motors of Canada head -quarters
overlooking the McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve and Second Marsh Wildlife Area
in Oshawa.
The event is a festival celebrating the return of migratory birds. The theme of the
event is birds and all aspects related to birds (feeding, viewing, landscaping, etc.).
The SWNA has had a booth at the festival for the last two years and hopes to
participate again in 2019. The schedule of the event conflicts with the Pollinator
Planting event which many members will be attending. Confirmation of who will
attend will be made at the May 14 meeting.
iNaturalist Project
iNaturalist is a citizen science project and online social network of naturalists, citizen
scientists, and biologists built on the concept of mapping and sharing observations
of biodiversity across the globe. iNaturalist may be accessed via its website or from
its mobile applications.
The app can be used for scientific research, or more casually. Tom Hossie has set it
up for the SWNA as a "Collection" style project so that any observations submitted
to iNaturalist within the SWNA are automatically compiled. 23 observations of 20
species have already been submitted through the app.
Anyone interested in reading more about iNaturalist projects can find it at:
https://www.inaturalist.orl4/projects/samuel-wilmot-nature-area
SWNA April 2019 minutes
Tom has also set up a Flickr group for the SWNA where people can share photos of
the SWNA, however iNaturalist is probably the better platform for the committee to
use.
x https://www.flickr.com/groups/samuel wilmot/
The June 11 SWNA meeting will be on-site and Tom will demonstrate the use of the
app. Future events may be scheduled to introduce the public to the app.
Fishing line disposal signs
A March 12 article appeared on the DurhamRegion.com news site reporting that at
least two dogs have ingested fishing line with hooks at the SWNA. According to the
article the same thing has happened to dogs at other popular fishing locations in the
Region.
Six laminated notices including an x-ray image showing fishhooks inside of a dog
have been mounted around the SWNA to encourage anglers to dispose of excess
line and hooks properly.
MRN Rangers potential 2019 project
Should the MNR Rangers be available to work at the SWNA this summer they will
assist with re-routing the worn path leading down to the barrier beach from the Lake
Meadow Trail. The bluff adjacent to the worn path has eroded significantly since the
path was last re-routed several years ago.
March 23 Fishing line Clean-up
In response to the article reporting that dogs have ingested fishing line with hooks at
the SWNA a clean-up was hastily organized on-line and was attended by 13
residents.
Annual Bird Box clean out
Brain, Leo and Rod cleaned all of the bird boxes. All but six appear to have been
occupied in 2018.
4. OTHER BUSINESS
Jocelyn Whalen has moved back to BC for a new job and has resigned from the
committee. The Clerks Department will be asked to fill the vacancy.
5. MOTION TO ADJOURN
MOVED: by Patrick Bothwell SECONDED by Tyson Brooks
THAT: the meeting be adjourned.
CARRIED
Adjournment 8:00 PM
Next Meeting: May 14, 2019