April 26, 2008
City Stream Watch Training
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Volunteer City Stream Watchers Needed Saturday May 10th from 9 a.m. to noon!
Media release April 23, 2008
The City Stream Watch program is holding a Stream Watch training sessions for community volunteers on May 10th. Volunteer scientists can take part in monitoring, protecting and cleaning up three city streams in Ottawa in 2008. Take this free opportunity to try your hand at being a citizen scientist, learn about stream environments and make a positive impact on our urban ecosystem.
Volunteers are requested to come to the Community Training Session to learn the easy and basic techniques of stream assessment and well as other projects planned throughout the season. The Community Training Session is on Saturday May 10th from 9 a.m. to noon at the small park at the mouth of Sawmill Creek about 100 m east of Billings Bridge Shopping Centre (Bank Street bridge at Riverside Drive).
All necessary equipment is provided and there is no cost to volunteers. People can choose which stream or streams they wish to work on over the summer. This is a great chance for interested members of the community to learn about and help care for their local streams and also meet other dedicated stream stewards. Register now!
The City Stream Watch program is a community-based partnership which includes the City of Ottawa, Heron Park Community Association, the National Defence Fish & Game Club, the Ottawa Flyfishers Society, the Rideau Roundtable, and Rideau Valley Conservation Authority with the generous support of the Monterey Inn Resort & Conference Centre.
For more information about the program, including the reports of streams previously
studied, please visit: www.rideauvalley.on.ca/programs/streamwatch/index.html.
For more information on the Community Training Session and how to get involved in
2008, contact Julia Sutton, City Stream Watch Coordinator at citystreamwatch@rvca.ca
Please send an email confirmation if you plan to attend!
More information: Julia Sutton, City Stream Watch Coordinator
(613) 692-3571 ext 1180
citystreamwatch@rvca.ca
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April 26, 2008
Infant Information Day
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Friday May 30th, 2008, 9:30 am to 1:30pm is Infant Information Day at the South Fallingbrook Community Centre 998 Valin St., Orléans.
Meet exhibitors from the City of Ottawa and other local service providers. Come and see what east Ottawa has to offer babies newborn to 18 months old, from health care to recreation. Participate in a variety of workshops! Supervised play area for older siblings, gift bags, door prizes and lots more. All free of charge!
For more information, please call 613-824-0633 ext. 221 or visit http://www.ottawababy.ca/page/page/2671566.htm
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