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Resilient Rural Landscapes: Innovations in Landowner Stewardship

November 21, 2013

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Agenda• Introducing the ‘new and improved’ Rural Landowners Stewardship Guide Paul Kraehling, PhD. Student, SEDRD, University of Guelph

• Moving from Education to ActionLisa Brusse, Manager of Rural Outreach, Credit Valley Conservation

• Innovations in Social Media & Funding Opportunities Karen Landman, Associate Professor and Mitchell Avis, MSc Planning –SEDRD, University of Guelph

• New Ways to Implement Landowner Stewardship: Roundtable Discussions 

Suzanne Barrett, Chair, Stewardship Network of Ontario

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2013 Ontario Rural Landowners Stewardship Guide 2nd Edition

Paul Kraehling

Overview• Background to original 

Guide• Workbook use overview• Highlights of new 2nd Edition 

Guide• Observations & lessons 

learned

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Original Guide

• Patterned after the 1991 Environmental Farm Plan workbook (directed at environmental stewardship initiatives for farmers)

• New Guide for non‐farmers created in 2007 based on work concerning environmental issues along Lake Huron

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Guide Purposes

• To provide information for awareness on environmental issues in rural areas 

• To outline land/water ‘best practice’ actions to protect the environment, and enhance property values

• To motivate voluntary individual action

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What’s in the Guide

• Introduction to Local Ecology• What is a watershed?• Why should we be concerned?• Local scale features

• The Workbook:• 14 different worksheets • Each worksheet asks you to rate your activities on your property

• Action plan for individual property environmental enhancement, stewardship & resiliency

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Where do you fit in?Broad Scale ‐ A Watershed Perspective

The water cycle - technically known as the hydrologic cycle - is the circulation of water within the earth's environment. Thisinvolves changes in water’s physical state as it moves between liquid, solid, and vapour phases. The hydrologic cycle refers tothe continuous exchange of water between atmosphere, land, surface and subsurface waters as well as organisms.

What is the water cycle?

Introduction to Southern Ontario Ecology

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Worksheet General Themes1. Getting to know your property

‐ buying a rural property, construction, considerations for renting

2. Water‐ wells, septic systems, runoff management

3. Gardening & Landscaping‐ water efficiency, buffers, trees, plant selection and use

4. Ecosystems & Wildlife‐ forest, stream/drain, wetland, pond and meadow management

5. Other environmental ‘best practices’‐ waste management, storage of fuels/chemicals, lowering your energy bill, property access, lake recreation 

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Guide Format (example)

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2

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5-5 W5-3 Septic ? Find out where discharge goes

5-6 W5-3 Septic 2 Wipe utensils

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2013 Guide – Second Edition

• Enhanced website formulated to work in conjunction with workbook

www.stewardshipmanual.ca

• New material added:– Species at risk habitat protection– Invasive & native species– Source water protection & storm water 

management– Natural & created wetlands & ponds– Climate change adaptation & mitigation 

measures 

• Guide enhancements:– Updated references & definitions– Additional attractive environmental ‘practice 

sketches’

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Website Enhancements• Updated materials for 

holding a workshop – Workbook (complete or 

individual section)– Customizable pages for 

specific areas of Ontario– Templates for support 

materials

• Background work on Guide Update (i.e. survey work, 2012 LatornellSymposium user experiences)

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Website Enhancements• Background examples of ‘morphed’ 

Guides for different areas of the Province with web links

• Suggested alternative methods for delivering the Guide:

– Webinars– Videos– Site tours to see on‐the‐ground results

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Further Ideas for Individual Use of the Guide

• Create an ‘app’ for individual property owner self assessment (currently underway)

• Example from ‘Equine Guelph’    

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Moving from Education to Action

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Innovations in Social Media & Funding OpportunitiesMitchell Avis & Karen Landman

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Social Media & Ontario’s Municipalities

• As of 2013, 54% of Ontario’s municipalities are using social media

(Redbrick Communications Inc, 2013)

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Social Media & Ontario’s Municipalities

(Redbrick Communications Inc, 2012)

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Benefits of Social Media

• Reach more individuals• Social media as ‘social software’• Interaction• Engagement• Participation

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Challenges of Social Media

• Cost & time commitment• Misinformation• Continued need for new content• Measuring success

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ReThink London

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Opportunity with Local CAs

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Recommendations

1. Develop and implement a social media strategy for the Rural Landowner Stewardship Guide (RLSG)

2. Promote the RLSG through established accounts

3. Encourage interaction & engagement4. Make everything available online

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Some Funding and Partnership Opportunities

Government• CWS: Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk• Environment Canada: Lake Simcoe/Southeastern Georgian Bay Clean‐Up 

Fund• Environment Canada: Invasive Alien Species Partnership Fund• MNR: Land Stewardship and Habitat Restoration Program• MNR: Species at Risk Stewardship Fund• MOE: Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund

Foundation/NGO• Evergreen Foundation: Green Grants• Metcalf Foundation: Environment Grants• Ontario Trillium Foundation: Community or Province‐wide Grants• TD Friends of the Environment• Trees Ontario: 50 Million Tree Program• Wildlife Habitat Canada: Conservation Grants

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Crowdfunding?Who is in the game?

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Is crowdfunding right for you?It depends...

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Is crowdfunding right for you?It depends...

• You need to be clear as to how it articulates and connects to your mission

• A crowdfunding campaign is a stand‐alone effort and has a defined end to the “ask” period

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Is crowdfunding right for you?It depends...

• You need to be clear as to how it articulates and connects to your mission

• A crowdfunding campaign is a stand‐alone effort and has a defined end to the “ask” period

• Crowdfunding is best suited to:

• Capital campaigns

• A project‐ or program‐specific campaign 

• Peer‐to‐peer fundraising campaigns tied to an event

• A larger strategy for fundraising

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•What is your organization’s staff and volunteer capacity for marketing a crowdfunded campaign?

•Will your donors understand the crowdfundedprogram’s place in your overall fundraising strategy?

• How much time will your organization need to spend on fulfilling pledged benefits after the campaign is completed?

Considerations…

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Help Translate Le jardinier‐maraicher into English

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Select a Perk

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Help Create a Homegrown National ParkFormer Garrison Creek Corridor,  Toronto

David Suzuki Foundation

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Always wanted to be a Park Ranger?

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