Category Archives: conservation

Planning Review Commission/ROUGE NATIONAL URBAN PARK

Friends of the ROUGE NATIONAL URBAN PARK, represented by the Hon. Peter Kent, the Hon. Pauline Browes and Toronto Deputy-Mayor Glen DeBaermaeker met with the new ONTARIO PLANNING REVIEW COMMISSION, Chaired by the Hon David Crombie, and  presented the following points to the Commission:

-Urging the Commission to support the concept of the Rouge National Urban Park (i.e. Bill  C40)

-Encouraging the Commission to push the Ontario Government to honour their promise to transfer the Provincial lands that were previously agreed upon to the new park

-Asking the Commission to support the inclusion into the Park of all remaining adjacent Federal lands

-Requesting the Commission to support the protection of the natural National Historic features from the Oak Ridges Moraine to the mouth of the Rouge River

-Asking the Commission to support the development of an extensive trail network connecting the Oak Ridges Moraine, the Green Belt and Lake Ontario

The Commision is scheduled to report in September of this year.

In the meantime, you can help by contacting the Ontario Planning Review Commission, indicating your support!

katherine.morton@ontario.com

416-325-7370

More Noonan Hikes the Rouge Venice of the North Trail, read below…

Dames Rocket

Dames Rocket

Bareberry

Bareberry

Cattail, or Bullrush if you prefer

Cattail, or Bullrush if you prefer

Cow Parsnip

Cow Parsnip

Mustard Hedge

Mustard Hedge

Sensitive Fern

Sensitive Fern

Smooth Sumac

Smooth Sumac

Stinging Nettle

Stinging Nettle

Touch Me Not

Touch Me Not

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Ostrich Fern

Ostrich Fern

Angelica

Angelica

Noonan Hikes the Rouge, May 27th…

...and Peter paddles

…and Peter paddles

Jan being swallowed by the fern field...

Jan being swallowed by the fern field…

Old Man River...

Old Man River…

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...more fiddlehead

…more fiddlehead

Dryads fungus

Dryads fungus

frogs of the future...

frogs of the future…

John pondering the river...

John pondering the river…

Red Tail

Red Tail

Red Wing

Red Wing

Vulture

Vulture

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Paddle the Rouge River!

http://www.wildlandsleague.org/paddle-the-rouge

 

JUNE 13, Paddle the Rouge! One of Toronto’s great rivers…

…click above for details.

 

 

A walk on the wild side- Rouge Ponds

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Turtles

Turtles

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A walk through Rouge ponds…

 

Noonan Hikes the Rouge this week…

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Jack-in-the Pulpit

Jack-in-the Pulpit

Sol Seal Star

Sol Seal Star

Soloman's Seal

Soloman’s Seal

Toothwart

Toothwart

Wild Apple

Wild Apple

Burdock

Burdock

Lily of the Valley

Lily of the Valley

Mayapple

Mayapple

Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy

Meadow Rue

Meadow Rue

Wild Strawberry

Wild Strawberry

Virginia Waterleaf

Virginia Waterleaf

Wintercrest

Wintercrest

Friends of ROUGE NATIONAL URBAN PARK to meet David Crombie

A group representing the Friends of Rouge National Urban Park are scheduled to meet the Hon. David Crombie of the Ontario Growth Secretariat to discuss the new National Urban Park issues on May 21, 2015.

Rouge National Urban Park in bloom

Scouring Rush

Scouring Rush

Yellow Violet

Yellow Violet

Wildraspberry

Wildraspberry

Horsetail

Horsetail

Coltsfoot

Coltsfoot

Bellwort

Bellwort

xxnoonan Description of flowering plants- click here.

More Flowers in Beautiful Rouge Park

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MANITOBA MAPLE

MANITOBA MAPLE

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RIVERSIDE TRAIL

RIVERSIDE TRAIL

 

NOTE: The pictured  fiddlehead photo above represents a species that is heavily poached in the Park. The north portion of the Park is now patrolled but the south portion is not thanks to the Wynne government’s inaction on transferring the agreed-upon lands under their jurisdiction to Parks Canada, and the province accordingly is not offering any protection, either!

WILDFLOWERS IN ROUGE PARK

WATER HEMLOCK

WATER HEMLOCK

SPRING BEAUTY

SPRING BEAUTY

DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES

DUTCHMAN’S BREECHES

TROUT LILY

TROUT LILY

BELLWORT

BELLWORT

BLOODROOT

BLOODROOT

VIOLET

VIOLET

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Larry Noonan 905-420-8696