The Lake Huron Centre For Coastal Conservation
Advocating Wise Stewardship of Lake Huron's Coastal Ecosystems

Acknowledgements

The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation (Coastal Centre) Strategic Planning Project has been made possible through a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The Coastal Centre gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, an agency of the Ministry of Culture, which receives $100 million annually in government funding generated through Ontario’s charity casino initiative.

Thanks to Kayak Consulting for facilitating the community focus group workshops. Specific thanks go to the Coastal Centre Board of Directors and staff for their direction and support of this strategic exercise. The 2003 Coastal Centre Board of Directors and staff include:

Matt Pearson, Chairman - Environmental Planner
Wayne Caldwell, Vice Chair - Professor of Rural Planning
Bonnie LaFontaine, Director - Community Activist
Don Smith, Director - Watershed Manager
Pat King, Director - Conservationist, retired Police Chief
Stephanie Donaldson, Director - Community Activist
Nancy Moore, Director - Health Professional
Brian Kelly, Director - Lawyer
Anne Eadie, Director - Educator, Municipal Councillor
Doug Freiburger, Director - Businessman, Vice Deputy Mayor
Geoff Peach, Staff - Coastal Resources Manager
Patrick Donnelly, Staff - Coastal Resources Manager

A huge thank you goes to the individuals representing 40 organizations who participated in focus group workshops that resulted in a draft Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation Strategy. These included:

1. John Hindemarsh Environmental Trust
2. Friends of Bayfield River
3. Huron County Health Unit
4. Goderich Power and Sail Squadron
5. Department of Geography, Wilfred Laurier University
6. Huron County Federation of Agriculture
7. Lambton Shores Concerned Citizens
8. Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority
9. Lurgan Beach Association
10. Huron Stewardship Council
11. Huron Tourism Association
12. Concerned Citizens of Huron-Kinloss
13. Maitland Valley Conservation Authority
14. Conservation Ontario
15. Saugeen Field Naturalists
16. Saugeen Conservation
17. Owen Sound Community Foundation
18. Sydenham Conservation Foundation
19. Town of Saugeen Shores
20. Lake Huron Fishing Club

21. Groundhog Divers (private business)
22. Bruce Resource Stewardship Network
23. Ontario Power Generation
24. Bruce Power
25. Great Lakes United
26. Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy
27. Saugeen-Port Elgin Beachers Organization
28. Bruce County Federation of Agriculture
29. Lambton Wildlife Incorporated
30. Town of Goderich
31. Greater Grand Bend Association
32. Canatara Park Committee
33. St. Clair Region Conservation Authority
34. Sarnia Urban Wildlife Committee
35. Sarnia Environmental Advisory Committee
36. Sarnia Waterfront Protection Association
37. The New PL (media)
38. Environment Canada
39. Ontario Ministry of the Environment
40. Private individuals concerned about Lake Huron


Special thanks go to representatives from Saugeen First Nation, Kettle and Stony Point First Nation and Chippewas of Nawash First Nation who participated in an initial dialogue to share ideas concerning the ecological health of the lake. We hope this is the beginning of a positive, long-lasting relationship that will help to invoke change in how the coastal environment has been treated.

 



Next page: Introduction and Objectives
Previous page: Charting the Course

The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation
P.O. Box 178,
Blyth, Ontario, Canada
N0M 1H0
Phone: (519) 523-4478
Email: coastalcentre@lakehuron.on.ca