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Climate change project takes root in Plantagenet
and monitor everything.” During a three-day period in mid-May SNC staff, including interns and summer
empty unless they are followed up by prac- tical measures. Sometimes groups follow up their requests. For example, when the township endorsed autism awareness, the Autism Society called to find out what the municipality was doing to advance the cause. At its last meeting, Champlain council decided to file a request to designate May 29 Day of the Honey Bee. While Champlain is looking at drawing up a proclamation policy, many other mu- nicipalities continue to routinely ratify desi- gnation requests. For instance, June is Senior Citizens’ Month in Hawkesbury, where council also recently recognized “Funeral Professionals Week.” tionnelles comme les sables bitumineux. «La production de pétrole des sables bitu- mineux émet trois à quatre fois plus de gaz à effet de serre que le pétrole convention- nel, et si l’expansion prévue de 500% a lieu, l’impact sera catastrophique selon l’Agence Internationale de l’Énergie», a déclaré Ka- therine Massam, porte-parole des Citoyens au Courant. Les compagnies pétrolières ont trop d’influence sur nos élus fédéraux et provinciaux et il revient à nous, citoyens, Special educators North Glengarry educators were saluted during a recent ceremony held by the Upper Canada District School Board to recognize those who “go the distance to make life special at our schools.” Among those receiving awards were Silvia Speck, NancyMcLeod, Penny Filiatrault fromLag- gan Public School, and Glengarry District High School Principal Guy Lamarche. about 3500 seedlings in a five-acre plot of municipal land located behind the village office and public works yard. Most of the seedlings planted at the Plan- tagenet site and others are a mix of white oak, red oak and burr oak with a smattering of shagbark and bitternut hickory for extra variety. They are provided courtesy of the Forest Gene Conservation Group, based in Peterborough, another partner with MNR in the climate change study. The official title for the project is Climate Change Assisted Migration Trial (CCAM). It is part and parcel of MNR’s 50 Million Trees program, which aims to have that many new trees planted throughout Ontario by 2025 in an effort to increase the province’s forest cover, reduced by logging and urban development, and counter the buildup of greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide. Trees and plants take in carbon dioxide as part of their life cycle and produce oxygen. MNR’s goal is to reduce Ontario’s green- house gas overload by 6.6 megatonnes by 2050. The aim of the CCAM trial, as part of the overall 50 Million Trees Project, is to test how well particular tree species like oak deal with or adapt to climate change. The
d›informer nos voisins du risque réel que ces projets représentent pour nos biens et notre eau potable. «Notre région est directement touchée par les pipelines. Enbridge 9B traverse Sainte-Justine-de-Newton, Très-Saint-Ré- dempteur, Rigaud et Pointe-Fortune avant de passer en dessous de la rivière des Outaouais. Le nouvel oléoduc prévu par TransCanada suivra sensiblement le même trajet et transportera 1,1 million de barils de pétrole lourd supplémentaires par jour en provenance de l’Alberta.» Another purpose of the study is that these types of trees have very long lifes- pans so that if Eastern Ontario’s own gener- al climate continues to change and become warmer as a result of urban development and other causes, then these species may thrive and become a part of the new natu- ral environment and serve as both a habitat and food source for wildlife and birds and with time spread further throughout the region and the province as part of Ontario’s forest profile. Acorns and seed from these trees may be harvested for future re-seed- ing or spread by natural means courtesy of animals and birds. The plantation can also serve the community as a site for field trips for students from local schools and with time as a place for nature walks. communautaire Le lien community link The Hawkesbury Nettoyage du Ruisseau de Hawkesbury le 14 juin. Le rendez-vous des bénévoles aura lieu à 9h à l’arrière de l’Église unie au coin des rues Main et McGill. Le net- toyage débutera à 9h10 et se terminera à 12h45 avec l’annonce des résultats et un BBQ de remerciement. Pour plus d’infor- mation, communiquer avec Louis Lafon- taine (613-632-9585) ou Marcel Belle-Isle (613-632-2235). Vankleek Hill L’Église adventistedu7 e jour deHawkes- bury, sur la route 34 au nord de Vankleek Hill, fait une distribution de vêtements et tient sa vente annuelle dimanche le 22 juin de 10h à 16h. Fournier Le club Le Réveil de Fournier organise une soirée de danse en ligne et sociale le samedi 21 juin à 19h30, à la salle munici- pale de Plantagenet sud. Musique et ani- mation par Margot et Martin. seedlings planted in Plantagenet and the other four sites are all taken from acorns gathered from oaks in southern Ontario and from Tennessee and Pennsylvania in the southeastern United States. These trees are all genetically adapted for a warmer climate compared to Eastern Ontario. The question the study will answer is whether or not their seedlings can adapt to the cooler spring and summer tempera- tures and colder winters of this region.
GREGGCHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
SAINT-EUGÈNE | «Lamarchedes peuples» contre les oléoducs traversera la région la semaine prochaine. Les Citoyens au Courant, un groupe local mobilisé pour informer la population sur les dangers des projets d’oléoducs dans Vau- dreuil-Soulanges, accueillera le 16 juin des citoyens venant de partout du Québec et de l’Ontario qui marchent pour dire non aux pipelines et pour demander une politique énergétique durable. PLANTAGENET | From little acorns mighty oaks grow. Within the next decade or two Planta- genet residents will have a mighty big oak grove growing behind their municipal of- fice in the centre of the village. All courtesy of a partnership between the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) and the South Nation Conservation Authority (SNC) on a long-term study on climate change. MNR has four oak tree plantations grow- ing in other southern and eastern Ontario communities as part of its own research on climate change and control in Ontario. When the ministry approached SNC about partnering on a fifth such plantation in the South Nation River watershed, Josée Brizard, SNC forest resources technician, described it as a tailor-made idea for the re- gional conservation agency. “In our day-to-day activities and tasks, we’re always dealing with climate change,” Brizard said. “Our younger staff will be able to see the benefits and the impacts of this,
Photo Gregg Chamberlain
Jamie Roddick at work in Plantagenet.
student workers, spent hours out in the sun and the rain, under the supervision of Briz- ard and MNR forester Gary Nielsen, planting
La marche des peuples contre les oléoducs
Les deux groupes se rencontreront à l’Édifice Paul Brasseur, à 9h30 le 16 juin, à Rigaud, et partiront pour Saint-Eugène, prochain point d’arrêt de la marche vers Ottawa. La marche des peuples est partie de Cacouna le 10 mai et se rendra à Ottawa le 22 juin. Les marcheurs et les Citoyens au Courant font partie du mouvement citoyen au Québec qui demande la réduction de la dépendance au pétrole et, en particulier, au pétrole provenant de sources non-conven-
Proclamations: More than paying lip service?
On a regular basis, municipal councils comply with requests to make proclama- tions in order to raise awareness of and/or to raise money for a wide range of worth- while causes. But if the municipalities do not back their words with actions, they are merely paying lip service to the organizations they purport
to support. That widely held argument was voiced again at a recent Champlain Township council meeting, when the township was asked to designate October Lupus Aware- ness Month. Council members agreed that, while the causes are worthy, proclamations are
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