What an amazing day with youth from
St-Laurent Academy, Devonshire Public, St-Patrick's High, Notre Dame High,
Blyth Academy, and Colonel By Secondary School. Over 30 youth took part in a
marsh tour, local food fair and picnic.
An impressive list of guests participated
including Chafic Bouchakra (COP10 Youth participant), Jennifer McKenzie (Chair
of the Ottawa Carleton District School Board), the iGEM synthetic biology team
from the University of Ottawa, and Laura Leet (Sustainable Eastern
Ontario). Native butternut seeds were distributed to all participants
from the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority Butternut Recovery Program in Kemptville.
We were pleased to welcome back Hannah and
Summer Rose as marsh guides. Blue-spotted salamanders and garter snakes
were the big discoveries at the marsh today. Thank you to all
participants.
We will be hearing from our youth mentors
again in late winter when we will host the Second Annual Biodiversity
Community Awards at St-Laurent Academy.
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