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 DOUG ADAMS Showy lady's slipper |
Orchid man sets record for discoveries Temagami's resident orchid hunter has identified 17 local species and estimates he has at least two or three more elusive plants to locate. Doug Adams' list now exceeds the 11 in MNR's 1990 life-science assessment and the 15 in Forest Plants of Northeastern Ontario. He photographs each and adds it to the list he keeps on his northland-paradise.com website. A number are rare in the region: rose pogonia, lesser rattlesnake-plantain, grass-pink, round-leaved, blunt-leaved rein, heart-leaved twayblade. Some only flower for short bursts, like the grass pink for a couple of weeks in early June. He is operator of Northland Paradise Lodge on Snake Island Lake (part of the Rabbit-Cassels lakes system), trapper, fishing guide, and old-growth tour guide in the White Bear Forest Conservation Reserve. Adams' hopes to dispel the northern myth that "orchids are only found in the jungle."
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AUGUST Parks-and-rec plan approved The parks-and-rec plan for Temagami has been approved by MNR, but a final public inspection period will stall its implementation until after September 28. The ministry received 948 comments from the public early in the year and some changes were made to the draft document of the Temagami Integrated Plan (TIP) to reflect concerns. Access controls, ATV and mechanized use, and the Liskeard Lumber Road in the wilderness park were major issues. MNR plans to expand portage, campsite and hiking trail maintenance to the entire district, but does not make clear how this will happen. The plan can be viewed at Ontarioparks.com.
Parks and rec plan moving slowly Group calls for protection of traditional land uses Canoe industry has vision for Temagami Parks and recreation meetings set
Elk Lake
meeting turns ugly
AUGUST
Fire risk rises
The fire risk has risen steadily in the last few
weeks due to a decline in rainfall and a rise in temperature.
Since July 19 there has only been 6 mm of rain and the
temperature has topped 34 C. This is a reversal of the earlier
wet-and-moderate summer.
As of today, MNR reports that the North Bay-Sudbury area has
16 forest fires. Most are blamed on lightning.
AUGUST
Logging to leave thin band of Lady Evelyn Lake
shoreline
Clear-cuts planned for this fall in the shadow
of Maple Mountain will leave a thin band of forest just 30 metres wide along portions of the north shore of Lady Evelyn and nearby lakes.
The area between the Montreal and Makobe rivers
and Lady Evelyn Lake was part of MNR's Temagami district until 1992. Then it
was turned into the Elk Lake Community Forest by Premier Bob Rae's
government as a pilot project. However, it financially collapsed in
1998 and instead of being returned to Temagami's administration, it
was shifted to the Kirkland Lake office and became part of the
For the Alliance, clear-cutting is the predominant logging practice.
Domtar is one of Canada's largest
forest-products companies with 2006 revenue topping $3.9 billion.
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