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Directory of Environmental Organizations Directory of Environmental Organizations Rideau & Cataraqui Watersheds & Area Prepared by the Rideau Roundtable March, 2005 1 Directory of Environmental Organizations Cataraqui & Rideau Watersheds & Area Purpose The purpose of this Directory is to help community organizations and government agencies gain a better understanding of “who is doing what” in terms of environmental and stewardship programs throughout the Rideau and Cataraqui watersheds and area. Content There are 75 organizations listed in this Directory: 45 entries were gathered through a survey circulated by the Rideau Roundtable in 2004; 25 entries were drawn from a Stakeholder Analysis produced by St. Lawrence Islands National Park in 2002; the remaining 5 entries were drawn from a Shoreline Stewardship Directory produced by the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority in 2004. Errors and Omissions Every attempt has been made to ensure the information contained in this Directory is accurate. Please respond to [email protected] if you wish to make changes or corrections. Although the Directory lists 75 organizations, there are many others that are not listed and are doing great work to keep our watersheds healthy. Their absence from the Directory does not reflect the quality of their work. Financial Support The Rideau Roundtable wishes to thank the Ontario Trillium Foundation for providing funding to produce this Directory. In-Kind Support The Rideau Roundtable also wishes to thank St. Lawrence Islands National Park and the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority for sharing information listed in their own directories. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS (Click on page number at right to navigate document) Algonquin to Adirondack Conservation Initiative ............................................................. 6 Big Rideau Lake Association ........................................................................................... 7 Biosphere Network .......................................................................................................... 8 Canadian Museum of Nature ........................................................................................ 10 Canadian Organic Growers ........................................................................................... 12 Canadian Parks and Recreation Association ................................................................ 13 Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society ...................................................................... 14 Canadian Thousand Islands Heritage Conservancy ..................................................... 15 Canadian Wildlife Federation ........................................................................................ 17 Canadian Wildlife Service ............................................................................................. 18 Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority ..................................................................... 19 Centre for Geographic Information Systems ................................................................. 21 Centre for Sustainable Watersheds .............................................................................. 23 Charleston Lake Association ......................................................................................... 24 Charleston Lake Environmental Association ................................................................. 25 Charleston Lake Provincial Park ................................................................................... 26 City of Ottawa ................................................................................................................ 27 Crosby Lake Environment Group .................................................................................. 27 Ducks Unlimited (Kingston Chapter) ............................................................................. 28 Earth Day Ottawa .......................................................................................................... 30 Eastern Ontario Biodiversity Museum ........................................................................... 31 Eastern Ontario Model Forest ....................................................................................... 33 ecoPerth ........................................................................................................................ 37 Environment Committee of Ottawa South ..................................................................... 38 3 Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations .............................................................. 40 Federation of Ontario Naturalists .................................................................................. 42 Fisheries and Oceans Canada ...................................................................................... 43 Friends of Charleston .................................................................................................... 45 Friends of the Rideau .................................................................................................... 45 Friends of the Tay Watershed ....................................................................................... 47 Gananoque Forestree Advisory Committee .................................................................. 49 Gananoque River Waterways Association .................................................................... 50 Greater Bobs and Crow Lakes Association ................................................................... 52 Grenville County Land Stewardship Council ................................................................. 54 Kingston Field Naturalists .............................................................................................. 57 Lanark County Stewardship Council ............................................................................. 58 Landon Bay Centre ....................................................................................................... 59 Leeds County Stewardship Council .............................................................................. 60 Lennox and Addington Stewardship Council ................................................................. 62 Lanark Leeds Green Community (LL Green) ................................................................ 64 Lower Beverley Lake Association ................................................................................. 65 MAPLE .......................................................................................................................... 66 Ministry of Environment and Energy.............................................................................. 68 Nature Canada .............................................................................................................. 69 Nature Conservancy of Canada .................................................................................... 71 Ontario Federation of Agriculture (Lanark County) ........................................................ 72 Ontario Federation of Agriculture (Frontenac, Leeds, Grenville, Dundas) ..................... 73 Ontario Federation of Agriculture (Lanark, Renfrew, Ottawa, Carleton) ........................ 73 Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters ................................................................... 74 Ontario Marine Operators Association .......................................................................... 75 4 Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG - Carleton) ........................................ 77 Ottawa Stewardship Council ......................................................................................... 78 Parks Canada - Rideau Canal ....................................................................................... 80 Queens GIS Lab ........................................................................................................... 82 Queens University Biological Station............................................................................. 83 Renewing the Sacred Balance ...................................................................................... 84 Rideau Environmental Action League ........................................................................... 85 Rideau Roundtable........................................................................................................ 88 Rideau Valley Conservation Authority ........................................................................... 90 Rideau Valley Field Naturalists ..................................................................................... 92 Rideau Waterway Land Trust Foundation ..................................................................... 93 Sand Lake Estates Inc. ................................................................................................. 95 Sawmill Creek Stewardship Council .............................................................................. 96 South Nation Conservation ........................................................................................... 98 St. Lawrence Islands National Park............................................................................. 100 St. Lawrence Parks Commission ................................................................................ 101 St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences ............................................. 102 Thousand Islands Area Residents Association ..........................................................
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