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MINUTES OF MEETING OF
SAMUEL WILMOT NATURE AREA
MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
HELD TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
6:15 PM On -Site
Present: Tom Hossie
Kate Potter
Leo Blindenbach
Rod McArthur
Maggie Luczak
Regrets
Staff Present
1. AGENDA
Councillor Corinna Traill
Peter Windolf
Jocelyn Whalen
Patrick Bothwell
Brian Reid
Carrie -Anne Atkins
Meaghan Vandenbrink
MOVED: by Patrick Bothwell SECONDED by Kate Potter
THAT: the agenda for September 8, 2020 be accepted with the following addition;
-iNaturalist Update
CARRIED
2. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
Approval of Minutes
MOVED: by Leo Blindenbach SECONDED by Patrick Bothwell
THAT: the minutes of July 14, 2020 be approved
CARRIED
SWNA September 2020 minutes
3. UPDATES
New Member Introduction
Jocelyn Whalen was introduced to the committee. She was appointed by Council to
the committee in March. She previous served on the SWNA committee before
relocating to BC. Jocelyn has a degree in Environmental Science and is currently in
teacher's college at Trent University.
Monarch Tagging
Committee members are proceeding with tagging monarchs during the fall
migration. 500 tags were purchased from Monarch Watch, and approximately 195
have been utilized so far. Its anticipated that all tags will be used during the fall
migration. The peak time for monarch migration through the SWNA is September
12-15 but will vary based on weather conditions. All tags should be used by the end
of September, any monarchs tagged after September will probably not complete
their migration to Mexico. Committee members can obtain tags from Tom Hossie
and nets from Patrick Bothwell.
Pollinator habitat planting at Port of Newcastle Park
The committee has received $1,100 funding from OPG to expand the butterfly
habitat planting at Port of Newcastle Park. Due to Covid 19 the planting event was
cancelled in 2020. OPG has agreed to extend the funding for planting in spring
2021. The cheque has been received and was given to Michelle Pick in Clarington
Finance Department. Chalk Lake Greenhouse will be able to supply the plants for
the project in 2021.
November wildflower garden seeding
The site for the wildflower seeding has been tilled 3 or 4 times by Kirk Kemp from
Algoma Orchards. Leo will contact him to determine if he is willing to continue
throughout the fall in preparation for seeding in November. All Green has provided a
quote to seed and roll the site should they be required to complete the work. Rod
McArthur has three bags of seed stored in his freezer and Meaghan Vandenbrink
has one bag.
Bat Houses
Four bat houses have been installed just west of the sewage treatment plant. They
were built and installed by volunteers Kevin Leckie and Jeff Marchand. Two more
are expected later this fall. Carrie -Anne Atkins will share a 2019 Bat Study done at
OPG's Darlington site.
iNaturalist Update
Tom reported that 946 observations and 412 species have been identified by users
of the SWNA to date. When public events are permitted to resume in the future the
committee will hold a BioBlitz event using the iNaturalist app to further promote
citizen science initiatives at the SWNA.
SWNA September 2020 minutes
4. OTHER BUSINESS
Future meetings
With colder weather approaching the committee will likely hold virtual meetings
instead of on -site meetings. The new staff liaison for the SWNA committee should
be in place by the October meeting and would be able to set up a Microsoft Teams
meeting for the committee.
5. MOTION TO ADJOURN
MOVED: by Carrie -Anne Atkins SECONDED by Jocelyn Whalen
THAT: the meeting be adjourned.
CARRIED
Adjournment 7:15 PM
Next meeting date: Tuesday October 13, 2020, Format to be determined.
Notes prepared by: Peter Windolf