Each spring and summer, the membership of  BDHACC engages in multiple cleanup projects around our community.  Whether it be roadside trash pickup, attacking debris and overgrowth of spawning areas or locating and working with local townships to clean up areas which have been used as dumping grounds by callous residents and contractors, this simple but time consuming act is an exceptional “first step” to improving our local forests and wetlands.

During 2017 and moving forward, BDHACC is investing considerable effort to establishing new turtle nesting grounds throughout Simcoe County.  Currently with locations in Innisfil, Springwater and Barrie, this effort is well underway.  Negotiations regarding additional locations in Sprinwater and Oro are ongoing.

Many will have seen Ontario turtles on the sides of roads and highways.  The sand/gravel we line our roads with is a preferred nesting material, providing an ideal substance for turtles to lay their eggs.   Turtle crossing signs abound throughout the province, warning us to take care in areas that these animals frequently traverse during laying season.  Despite this, a significant number of turtles are injured and killed on roadways, as they cross to and from nesting areas to their primary habitats.  The purpose of this specific effort, is to provide optimal nesting material in those areas which A)  have existing and active turtle populations and   B) which will help prevent migration across a roadway in order to reach optimal nesting material.

During the month of May 2016, BDAHCC in conjunction with the Huronia Rotary Club, planted 10,000 trees on the BDHACC property.  The mixture of these included600 red oak trees, with the balancebeing  75% red pine and 25% white pine.  It is the goal, of both Huronia Rotary and BDHACC to improve the natural environment and imitate other successful reforestation initiatives.