by Thomas Smith On Tuesday, Nov. 19, the osprey was named the official bird of the City of Kawartha Lakes. In March of 2024, the City of Kawartha Lakes became a Bird Friendly City through…
AH bans fireworks use except on Canada Day
by James Matthews Fireworks will soon be restricted in Algonquin Highlands to only Canada Day. Council launched a survey in July to gauge the public’s feelings about the use of fireworks. It generated 520 responses…
Scotch Line Landfill hatches bird-brained scheme for gulls
by Thomas Smith On a cold Monday morning, I arrived at Scotch Line Landfill. As soon as the co-owner of Royal Canadian Falconry arrived in his truck, dozens of herring gulls that were feasting on…
AH Council decides against deepening boat launch
by James Matthews Mostly sand was found on the lakebed when Algonquin Highlands investigated the possibility of deepening the Little Boshkung Lake boat launch. And that sand, its distance from the beach, bodes ill for…
Haliburton County Master Gardeners publish guidebook on ecological…
By Thomas Smith Carolyn Langdon has been coordinator for Haliburton County Master Gardeners for the past four years. “I’ve been involved with the organization for 13 years now. Over half the life of the organization.…
Marina sale stymies boaters’ access to lakes
by James Matthews, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A marina that has served a number of Algonquin Highlands and Minden Hills lakefront property owners may be closing public access. And the property owners on three lakes…
Free wood: Minden’s lumber reuse program
by Thomas Smith The Lumber Reuse Program at the Scotch Line Landfill started in late October of 2023. A large amount of high quality, usable lumber was being shipped out of the Scotch Line landfill. …
Local syrup producers take advantage of warm weather
by Thomas Smith “I retired 10 years ago, first it started off as a hobby, 80 trees on buckets, the second year it went to 225 trees on buckets, then it just kept going up…
Whither goes the Frost Centre?
From Shaman's Rock by Jim Poling Sr. It was roughly one year ago that I wrote about the dark, worried feelings I had about the Frost Centre on St. Nora Lake just south of Dorset.…
MH looks into reduced household garbage bag limits
by James Matthews, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Minden Hills township staff will investigate the possibility of reducing residents’ garbage bag limit. Council heard Feb. 8 during its regular meeting about possible changes to landfill site…
Flood preparation underway
by Thomas Smith A public information session was held on Jan. 29 at the Minden Hills Community Centre in regards to flood preparation in the region. The session was presented in partnership by Haliburton County,…
Frost Centre reunion in the works
By James Matthews, Local Journalism Initiative Program This year is pivotal among milestones for the Leslie M. Frost Natural Resources Centre. And an effort has taken root to mark a number of those anniversaries and…
Old growth area in HF makes national history
By Vivian Collings Haliburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve leads the way for other private forests by becoming the first commercially-owned forest to receive conservation status in Canada. After partnering with the Nature Conservancy of…
Minden staff to probe rodenticide use
By James Matthews, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Minden Hills will take a close look at how rodenticides are used on municipal property. The issue was brought to the fore during the council's Jan. 12 public…
Native plant sale plants seeds for spring
By Emily Stonehouse During these long, gray days of winter, it’s welcoming to think about getting your hands dirty in the garden in just a few short months. The Friends of Ecological and Environment Learning…
Still no lower-tier consensus on shoreline bylaw
Three of four lower tier municipalities have delegated authority to the county to enforce the proposed Shoreline Preservation Bylaw. Haliburton County council discussed during its regular meeting Dec. 14 whether proceed with the bylaw without…
Green Burial: a topic of ongoing conversation
By Emily Stonehouse What impact will you have after you die? During a presentation by the Haliburton Highlands Green Burial Society (HHGBS) on Nov. 23 at the Dysart Library, when asked for her reason for…
EH! to address wetlands and politics at AGM
By Clem Grob It’s no secret that the Gull River often floods in the spring, leaving residents and business owners worried about when the next will be.A natural feature of Haliburton County can help prevent…
County creates new position to monitor lake health
By James Matthews, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Haliburton County has created a planning technologist position for the Lake Health Monitoring Program. Council agreed to the new administrative position Nov. 9 during a special meeting. Funding…
MH residents can get chipped wood from town…
By James Matthews (Local Journalism Initiative reporter)Materials from a brush chipping program is available free to the public.Nikki Payne, manager of Minden Hills’ waste facilities, apprised council during its Oct. 13 meeting of a way…
HHOA receive 21,000 new guests
The Haliburton Highlands Outdoors Association (HHOA) has received more than 21,000 rainbow trout from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Harwood Fish Culture Station. The two to three inch-long Ganaraska strain rainbow trout will…