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WETLANDS WILDLIFE
FALL WINTER 2018
CONTACT US
Wioletta Walancik
Programs & Events Coordinator
Karen Arbour
Outreach & Planning Associate
Christine Dorie
Programs & Project Assistant
Friends of Second Marsh 206 King St. E.,
P.O. Box 26066 RPO King St. Oshawa, ON L1H 8R4
905.723.5047
www.secondmarsh.ca @secondmarsh
Merry Christmas,
Happy Holidays &
All the best for the
New Year!
From Friends of Second Marsh Staff & Board of Directors.
FSM would like to welcome our newest staff member, Christine Dorie. Christine worked at our Kids in the Marsh summer day camp from 2011 through to 2013 and then continued to be involved with FSM through volunteering. Christine will be with us a for a few months to assist with social media and planning for on-going projects and programs. Welcome!
Getting Some ‘Green Time’
T hanks to everyone that came out to our Winter Walk & Chickadee
Feeding Event on Sunday, December 2 and enjoyed some outside time
also known as ‘green time’. The weather held off and we enjoyed an
interpretive guided hike lead by FSM staff Karen, sampled some Cedar Tea, decorated some tree cookies and of course fed some Chickadees. Thanks to
Julia and Olivia for volunteering. The event was held on a portion of the Marsh-
land Trail. This section of trail recently reopened after being closed for 2 years.
The ash trees in the area were affected by the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) and they
were cut down. With less tree cover, the area has transformed into a shrubby
meadow with goldenrod and asters. We are looking forward to seeing what the
area looks like in the spring time. If you enjoy being outdoors, consider taking a
hike on the Marshland Trail at the McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve.
Follow us on Instagram. Take a look at our pictures.
Our handle is @friendsofsecondmarsh
WELCOME
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Highlights from 2018 SECOND MARSH SOCIAL
FSM raised $4,000 from the Second Marsh Social - Dinner &
Dance fundraiser in February. Thank you to all the volunteers
that helped with the event. Thank you to our Sponsors: Gold
Sponsor - Unifor Local 222 - Retirees Chapter; Bronze Spon-
sor - Canadian Piping Trades UA Local 401; Business Card
Sponsor - Kamstra Landscaping & Garden Supplies. Thank
you to our silent auction and door prize donors: Art
Gallery of Ontario ▪ CN Tower/La Tour CN ▪ Herongate Barn
Dinner Theatre ▪ Home Depot Oshawa ▪ Jack Astor’s Whitby
▪ McMichael Canadian Art Collection ▪ Ontario Science
Centre ▪ Pat Docimo - In Memory of Maryanne Docimo ▪
Peter Kannar ▪ Regent Theatre at UOIT ▪ Royal Ontario
Museum ▪ Shirley & Ron Levene ▪ Sky Zone Trampoline Park
Whitby ▪ Still Brewing ▪ Terry Ostan ▪ The Regional
Municipality of Durham ▪ Toronto Zoo ▪ University of Ontario
Institute of Technology ▪ Winexpert Courtice
EARTH DAY GARBAGE CLEAN UP Our annual garbage clean up took place on Saturday, April 21 along Colonel Sam Drive. We collected many
bags of garbage and some interesting items as well.
Thanks to all the volunteers that helped out this day.
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS On June 1st, 2018 Friends of Second Marsh celebrated 25
years. We had a small celebration at our Annual General
Meeting. We have accomplished many things during the past
25 years and we look forward to many more years working
with our members, supporters and volunteers.
Photos by Greg MacLeod
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We had a great summer at the Kids in the Marsh
camp. Thanks to the financial support of Ontario
Power Generation (OPG) and General Motors of
Canada Company (GMCC), we were able to do some new things this summer with our partici-
pants. Funding from OPG was used to do special
crafts and activities throughout the summer such
as roasting hotdogs and marshmallows as seen in
the picture. Funding from GMCC was used to do
a butterfly release on McLaughlin Bay Wildlife
Area during our Bugs & Butterflies week.
KIDS IN THE MARSH
Highlights from 2018 FEATHERED FRIENDS FESTIVAL
With over 530 visitors, the festival was
a great success. We had 9 community groups in attendance, guided hikes,
face painting, crafts, bird and bee
house building, bird banding, pollina-
tor garden planting, animals from
Soper Creek Wildlife Rescue and a
live bird show by Speaking of Wildlife.
Thank you to all the volunteers that
helped at the event in different ca-
pacities. Thank you to Ontario Power
Generation (OPG) for sponsoring the children’s activities. Thank you to the
festival sponsor, General Motors of
Canada Company (GMCC).
Photos by Greg MacLeod
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Wetlands & Wildlife
FSM BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Peter Kannar, President/Secretary Peter Taylor, Vice-President
Bob Bell, Oshawa Bill Craig, GMCC
Nancy Muzik, Oshawa Helen Spencer, OPG Sean Forrester, UOIT
HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS Dr. Margaret Bain
Hon. Ed Broadbent, former leader of NDP of Canada John Henry, Mayor of Oshawa
Michael Grimaldi, Former President, GMCL Noel Hutchinson, Former Director of Oshawa Parks Services
Glen Loates, noted wildlife artist Gord Miller
Mike Shields, Director of Organizing, CAW Canada
ADVISORY COUNCIL Dr. Andrea Kirkwood, UOIT Dr. Doug Holdway, UOIT
Dr. Jacob Robinson, Durham College Dr. Ross James
James Kamstra Sandra McEwan
Owen Steele, Ducks Unlimited Canada Guy Morey, Senior Science Teacher
Nancy Patterson - Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment
Tim Rance
WWW.SECONDMARSH.CA
Sunday, February 3 Winter Hike in Celebration of World Wetlands Day 1 - 3 pm Meet at the south west corner of the west General Motors Headquarters Parking Lot (1908 Colonel Sam Drive). Saturday, April 27 Spring Migration Event - GM Viewing Tower Dawn until 9:30 am Saturday, April 27 Garbage Clean Up along Colonel Sam Drive 10 am to 12 noon Volunteers needed! Sunday, April 28 Spring Migration Event - GM Viewing Tower Dawn until 9:30 am Saturday, May 2019 (Date, time & location to be determined) Invasive Species Removal Volunteers needed! Saturday, May 25 6th Annual Feathered Friends Festival
Have you renewed your membership? Our membership period follows the calendar
year, from January 1st to December 31st. Please visit
our website at www.secondmarsh.ca to print off a
membership renewal form.
Our Year in Review… January 26 - UOIT Environmental Education Conference
February 9 - Social Dinner & Dance Fundraiser
March 22 - FSM Staff Wioletta was a guest at UOIT Pro-fessor Will Thurber’s Marketing Communications class.
April 24 & May 10 - Envirothon Training Day and Com-petition Days
April 21 - Earth Day Garbage Clean along Colonel Sam Drive
April 21 & 22 - Little Gull viewing days
May 12 - BioBlitz at Heber Down Conservation Area
May 17 - Tree planting at GM Plant
May 17 - FSM Staff Karen attended the Eco Fair at Terry Fox Public School in Ajax. On June 25, Karen (pictured right) was invited to accept a $1,000 donation cheque from the school.
May 27 - Garlic Mustard removal
June 2 - 5th Annual Feathered Friends Festival
July & August - Kids in the Marsh summer day camp
September 25 - BioBlitz at Claremont Conservation Area
December 2 - Winter Walk & Chickadee Feeding Event
December 6 - Deck the Halls event at Northview Community Centre
