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

A brief Hiatus : Re Rouge National Urban Park Web Site

The web master will be taking a break for a week or so while in the hospital for some corrective surgery…check back again, please, and keep supporting the new ROUGE NATIONAL URBAN PARK!

Thank You!

In the meantime, feel free to contact the Hon. Pauline Browes- 416-439-1437 for any information regarding the Rouge you may require.

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.

VALLEY HALLA- in Rouge Park…

…an interesting history about an interesting house and famous Doctor in the Rouge Valley!

http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/5606680-stories-from-rouge-park-valley-halla-the-house-of-roman-meal-bread-and-dr-robert-g-jackson/

Rouge National Urban Park in bloom

Scouring Rush

Scouring Rush

Yellow Violet

Yellow Violet

Wildraspberry

Wildraspberry

Horsetail

Horsetail

Coltsfoot

Coltsfoot

Bellwort

Bellwort

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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

Noonan’s Hike in Rouge Park-Wednesday, May 6

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Fiddleheads

Fiddleheads

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FOR MORE INFORMATION: Larry Noonan- 905-420-8696

PARKS CANADA TAKES QUICK ACTION in Rouge National Urban Park

Parks Canada have taken more action in the Rouge in a few short weeks than Ontario has in the last 30 years!

Current restoration projects include activities to restore aquatic and riparian ecosystems in the part of the Park now managed by Parks Canada and does not include the Rouge lands and waterways still controlled by the Ontario Government due to Premier Wynn’s refusal to live up to the agreement that government signed on January 26, 2013.

The restoration work is in the portion of the Urban Park in Markham and is being done in concert with the Rouge National Urban Park farming community.

If you are in support of the Parks Canada protections and restoration projects and that they should apply to the whole of the Rouge Park area ask the premier to live up to the agreement and commitment previously signed to transfer the provincial portions of the park lands forthwith.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:Larry Noonan- 905-420-8696, Hon. Pauline Browes- 416-439-1437

CONTACT RE ROUGE NATIONAL URBAN PARK

For additional information re ‘the Rouge’ please email:

rougenationalurbanparknow@gmail.com

A quick response is guaranteed!

signed ‘Friends of Rouge National Urban Park’…