{"id":1231,"date":"2018-07-27T16:23:05","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T16:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2018-07-27T16:54:32","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T16:54:32","slug":"environmental-stewardship-grants-awarded-for-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivebridgestrust.ca\/wp\/?p=1231","title":{"rendered":"Grant Recipients for 2018 Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four community organizations are expanding their programs and trail access and improvement projects are underway thanks to money received from the Trust’s Environmental Stewardship Grants Program.\u00a0 In total, $40,000 was recently awarded for projects to be completed in 2018.<\/p>\n

These projects have local impacts to the community in the St. Margaret\u2019s Bay area and all closely align with the Trust\u2019s mandate of protecting, preserving and educating about the public lands and natural spaces of the Chebucto Peninsula.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis\u00a0is the second year of the grants program,\u201d explains Harry Ward, Trust Board Chair, <\/span>\u00a0\u201cand we are so pleased to support these community groups as they tackle trail and environmental improvements and education that will benefit this area for years to come.\u00a0 We wish them all the best of luck with their projects.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the new projects receiving funding is already underway at the end of Joshua Slocum Ave. in Lewis Lake, N.S.\u00a0 It is a key access point for the public to enter the Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area.\u00a0 The project is creating a new designated parking lot area and trail improvements to the Lewis Lake Fire Road Trail.\u00a0 This trail links to the colonial Old St. Margaret\u2019s Bay Road that traverses 23 km from Goodwood to Glen Margaret through natural wilderness areas.<\/p>\n

The Trust acquired the $40,000 funding as a partner of the Bay Treasure Chest.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Left:<\/em> Tim McGee (NS Salmon Assoc.), Kellie Allen (Roots and Boots Forest School), Harry Ward Trust Chair and Mike Marriott (SMATV Assoc.) stand at the site of the new parking lot project at Joshua Slocum Ave., Lewis Lake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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2018 Grant Recipients and Project Details:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Safety-Minded ATV Association<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

$7,000\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Trail development and improvements within the wilderness area from Nine Mile River to Goodwood.<\/p>\n

$7,000\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Upgrades and repairs along 3.2 KM linking the rail bed in Tantallon to the new parking lot area at the trail entrance of the Lewis Lake Fire Road.<\/p>\n

$7,000\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Improve public access to the wilderness area with the creation of a new one-acre parking lot at the end of Joshua Slocum Ave. in Lewis Lake.<\/p>\n

Nova Scotia Salmon Association<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

$7,000\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To support the expansion of the Fish Friends Program, which provides salmon eggs and classroom fish tanks so children can learn about their maturation, in more St. Margaret’s Bay Schools.<\/p>\n

Bluff Trail Stewardship Training Program:<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

$10,000\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To support the training of new trail stewards learning about the protection of the ecosystem in the popular Bluff Trail Wilderness Area.<\/p>\n

Roots and Boots Forest School<\/a>:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

$2,000 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To support the increased staffing needs of providing a forest school camp experience to special needs children.<\/p>\n

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Four community organizations are expanding their programs and trail access and improvement projects are underway thanks to money received from the Trust’s Environmental Stewardship Grants Program.\u00a0 In total, $40,000 was recently awarded for projects to be completed in 2018. These projects have local impacts to the community in the St. Margaret\u2019s Bay area and all… <\/p>\n

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