Well Aware Program Presentation to Rideau Valley Field Naturalists

On Sunday, Nov. 2nd, the Rideau Valley Field Naturalists’ guest speaker will be Susan Brandum of the Rideau Environmental Action League’s Well Aware Program.

If you own a well, it is not only your responsibility to test it regularly for bacteria and other contaminants but also to maintain your well and protect your water supply. Do you know how to spot potential problems and how to avoid them, how to do your own well walk-about, how to maintain a healthy well and septic system and how to minimize sources of contamination? Too many residents in Lanark, Leeds and Grenville are dealing with contaminated water, or may be in the near future if they don’t take care of their wells now. The Well Aware Program can help you protect and preserve groundwater through well stewardship, water conservation, contamination reduction to ground and surface water and best management practises.
Learn how you can protect your most valuable asset.

Attend this presentation, sponsored by the Rideau Valley Field Naturalists, at 2 p.m., Sun., Nov. 2nd, in the All-Purpose Room at the Perth and District Indoor Swimming Pool on Wilson Street at Sunset Boulevard.

Filed under: News by Pauline Donaldson October 29th, 2008
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MVFN Birdhouse Building Blitz Come out and “provide a helping hand to nature” in this 1st phase of MVFN’s habitat creation project!   Looking for donations of lumber & volunteers to help build some birdhouses. Please register in advance. Date: Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008      Time: arrive by 10:00 A.M.   Place: # 2470 Ramsay Concession 8, Almonte, [...]

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MVFN November Nature Walk Explore the Indian River Gorge Date: Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008 Place: Cliff Bennett’s property, 1772 Clayton Road, Mississippi Mills. Time: arrive by 10:30 A.M. This is a short but rather rugged ramble up to the gorge to examine the rock formations, ferns and trees in this unique river valley. See one [...]

Filed under: Outings by Pauline Donaldson October 22nd, 2008
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To all MVFN members and friends Tour of Museum of Nature Collections Facility in Gatineau  2 P.M. Saturday, Nov 1, 2008 Have you ever wondered where all of the Museum of Nature’s specimen collections are that are not on display? Join MVFN for a “behind the scenes” tour of the collections of the Canadian Museum [...]

Filed under: Outings by Pauline Donaldson October 21st, 2008
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  Press Release Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists November 10, 2008 Submitted by Pauline Donaldson MVFN to host another presentation by fish and aquatic environment expert John Casselman Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists’ (MVFN) lecture series From the Ground, Up: Celebrating the Mississippi Valley Field Naturalists’ First 20 Years continues November 20. MVFN welcomes back fish expert [...]

Filed under: Home, Lectures by Pauline Donaldson October 19th, 2008
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