Young Conservation Champion Award 2017

Young Conservation Champion Award 2017

Apr 27, 2017

Young Conservation Champion Award

The Young Conservation Champion award went to the Barrie District Hunters and Anglers Conservation Club Youth Program.

Based in Springwater Township, this group has been very active in conservation efforts, making and install bird and duck boxes, planting vegetable gardens and sharing the fresh produce with local shelters, conducting roadside and streamside clean-ups, and planting flowers to support declining bee and monarch butterfly species, among other initiatives.

Mary Pickford Trophy 2017

Mary Pickford Trophy 2017

Mar 31, 2017

Mary Pickford Award 2017 OFAHFor the fourth time over the past 57 years, the Barrie District Anglers & Hunters Conservation Club has won the Mary Pickford Trophy.

In 2016, with the help of the Rotary Club of Barrie, they were able to purchase and plant 10,000 trees throughout the club’s 247 acres of land. The Youth Program planted an additional 150 trees. Along with spending over 160 man-hours working on deer feeders, duck boxes, bat boxes, bird feeders, and mineral blocks, they also organized numerous conservation events.The club spent countless hours working on stream improvements on Aunt Maggie’sCreek that helps improve Brown Trout and Speckle Trout habitats.They helped with the Rotary Fish Festival, Teach-a-Kid Fishing Day, a Scout Biathlon and a Pitch-In clean-up day and continue to be committed to conservation in Barrie and the surrounding area.

OFAH Heritage Junior Award 2017

OFAH Heritage Junior Award 2017

Mar 28, 2017

OFAH Heritage Junior Award 2017

The OFAH Heritage Junior Award was first presented in 1987 and honors the young person who has made the most outstanding contribution to conservation over the past year.

Tynan Storey is a member of the Barrie District Hunters and Anglers ConservationClub. He is on the environmental team at school, but his work with the Barrie youth club is what led to his winning of the award.

He has built deer feeders, tapped maple syrup trees, participated in the roadside cleanup, and helped identify and label trees on club property. With the club, he has helped maintain their vegetable garden, which produced 200 pounds of fresh vegetables that were given to four local shelters.He also learned what it takes to run a successful hatchery and helped clean up at the Georgian Triangle Anglers Association hatchery.

Congratulations to Tynan!