The land trust is marking the first year of a five-year, $5-million project after receiving a federal grant awarded to organizations working on projects that will mitigate climate change.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
“They are looking to make a major donation to the land trust and so every dollar donated to the land trust up to Dec. 31 is going to be matched by this donor, up to a total of $50,000,” Schweitzer said. “So, if someone goes in and makes a donation, they’re actually donating double that amount.”Article content
The group has its sights set on a provincially-significant wetland complex in the Athens area near Charleston Lake known as the Leeders Creek wetland complex. “New housing developments are going in all the time, and we’re concerned that, with the More Homes Built Faster Act, it’s only going to be easier to develop wetlands in the future, which is why we think it’s so important to be protecting them now,” Schweitzer said.