FON CONSERVATION AWARDS - Ontario Nature
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<strong>FON</strong> <strong>CONSERVATION</strong> <strong>AWARDS</strong><br />
<strong>FON</strong> recognizes excellence by honouring individuals, groups,<br />
government agencies and corporations who have worked hard to<br />
protect <strong>Ontario</strong>’s nature.<br />
If you are interested in learning more about <strong>FON</strong> conservation<br />
awards, call us or explore our website at www.ontarionature.org.<br />
2001 <strong>AWARDS</strong><br />
W.E. Saunders Natural History Award<br />
GEORGE FAIRFIELD<br />
For organizing the <strong>Ontario</strong> Spring Warbler Migration Count which<br />
surveys warbler species at various sites throughout May, compiling<br />
a database covering over 30 years and writing yearly reports.<br />
Lee Symmes Municipal Award<br />
CITY OF WINDSOR PARKS AND RECREATION<br />
For promoting the protection of natural areas through acquisition,<br />
education, rehabilitation and strong Official Plan policies.<br />
<strong>FON</strong> Achievement Award<br />
PETER READ<br />
For his long-standing commitment to nature as a teacher, volunteer,<br />
birder and researcher.<br />
W.W.H. Gunn Conservation Award<br />
NELS MAHER<br />
For ongoing work protecting natural habitats in Grey and Bruce<br />
counties and sharing a passion for nature with others over the years.<br />
Ian Shenstone Fraser Memorial Award<br />
DR. WALTER M. TOVELL<br />
For publishing the Guide to the Geology of the Niagara<br />
Escarpment, exploring the significance of the Niagara Escarpment<br />
and emphasizing its importance as a World Biosphere Reserve.<br />
Helena Rusak<br />
Federation Past President, Mark Dorfman (far left)<br />
and President, Dawna Monk Vanwyck (far right)<br />
congratulate award winners (l to r) Nels Maher,<br />
George Fairfield, Peter Read and L.W. Burridge,<br />
Commissioner, City of Windsor, Parks<br />
and Recreation. Winner Dr. Walter Tovell<br />
could not attend the event.<br />
White Water-lily - Jim Richards
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THE FOUNDATION FOR ONTARIO NATURE<br />
Common Buckeye - Robert McCaw<br />
In 2002 <strong>FON</strong> established the Foundation for <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Nature</strong> to<br />
provide a secure financial base for sustaining <strong>FON</strong>’s conservation<br />
and science activities.<br />
The Foundation for <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Nature</strong> will create partnerships<br />
with corporations, foundations and individuals with the goal<br />
of leaving future generations a prosperous and sustainable<br />
province rich in nature with clear air, clean water and thriving<br />
ecosystems.<br />
<strong>FON</strong> established the Foundation because we recognized that<br />
nature needs friends in high places. The Foundation’s board of<br />
directors share a wealth of experience, knowledge and influence<br />
ranging from major gift and development expertise to real estate<br />
and property management and business administration.<br />
In 2003 the Foundation for <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Nature</strong> will be launching a<br />
major fundraising campaign. Our goal is to raise a substantial<br />
endowment to help protect, connect and restore nature in<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> in four key areas: forests, watersheds, wildlife and special<br />
habitats.<br />
Achieving our vision will position <strong>FON</strong>, <strong>Ontario</strong> and Canada as<br />
global leaders in conservation science, research and education.<br />
FOUNDATION FOR ONTARIO NATURE BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />
H. Clifford Hatch Jr. President and CEO, Cliffco Investments Ltd.<br />
John Abbott<br />
Retired management consultant<br />
George McLean<br />
Wildlife artist<br />
Janet Dey<br />
President and CEO, Dey & Associates<br />
Gabe Magnotta<br />
President and CEO, Magnotta Winery Corporation<br />
Colin Campbell<br />
Retired fundraising executive<br />
Finley McEwen<br />
Vice-president, <strong>Ontario</strong> and Manitoba, Creit<br />
Management Ltd.<br />
GIFTS THAT BUILD A LEGACY<br />
I began bird-watching at the<br />
age of five, along the Detroit<br />
River and at Point Pelee near<br />
Windsor where I grew up. At<br />
ten I discovered the wonders<br />
of canoeing through Algonquin<br />
Park. As a committed, lifelong<br />
naturalist, I believe that nature<br />
helps define us as Canadians,<br />
and on an individual basis<br />
leads to increased self-awareness. Time spent in nature<br />
connects us with our deeper selves, and this is especially<br />
valuable at a time of increasing noise and confusion in our<br />
daily lives.<br />
Helena Rusak<br />
The great value of the <strong>FON</strong> is its strong, committed voice<br />
and its professional, balanced approach to protecting<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> nature. The Federation brings soundly based,<br />
scientific opinion to the table where key decisions are being<br />
made, in such areas as species at risk, <strong>Ontario</strong>’s Living<br />
Legacy, the future of the Oak Ridges Moraine and more<br />
recently, the Central <strong>Ontario</strong> Smart Growth Panel.<br />
The <strong>FON</strong> is unique in its “bottom up” structure. With<br />
125 member groups identifying critical issues and feeding<br />
Locke House with details that inform our message, the <strong>FON</strong><br />
truly is the voice of concerned citizens across the province<br />
for <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Nature</strong>. More and more frequently this voice is<br />
being summoned to <strong>Ontario</strong>’s halls of influence as all levels<br />
of society make the connection between prosperity, human<br />
health and <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Nature</strong>.<br />
The Foundation for <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Nature</strong> has been established to<br />
complement the <strong>FON</strong>’s expanding role and existing<br />
fundraising activities. Ontarians now have an additional,<br />
secure, <strong>Ontario</strong>-focused option for making a major<br />
contribution to nature. If you care about the work of the <strong>FON</strong><br />
and you want to create a natural legacy, you can now do so<br />
through the Foundation for <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Nature</strong>.<br />
It is my pleasure to serve as the Foundation’s inaugural<br />
chairman. Where <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Nature</strong> is concerned, I wouldn’t be<br />
comfortable anywhere else. The goal for the Foundation is to<br />
occupy high ground beside the <strong>FON</strong>, offering the means to<br />
build and secure a natural legacy for all Ontarians now and<br />
for the future.<br />
Cliff Hatch<br />
Chairman
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FINANCIAL<br />
STATEMENTS<br />
AUDITORS’ REPORT (February 28, 2003)<br />
To the Members of the Federation of <strong>Ontario</strong> Naturalists<br />
We have examined the balance sheet of the Federation of <strong>Ontario</strong> Naturalists as at February 28,<br />
2003 and the statement of revenue, expenditures and charitable property and statement of<br />
cash flows for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of<br />
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based<br />
on our audit.<br />
Except as explained in the following paragraph, we conducted our audit in accordance with<br />
Canadian generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and<br />
perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free of<br />
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the<br />
amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the<br />
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as<br />
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.<br />
In common with many charitable organizations, the organization derives revenue from sources,<br />
the completeness of which is not susceptible to satisfactory audit verification. Accordingly, our<br />
verification of these revenues was limited to the amounts recorded in the records of the<br />
organization and we were not able to determine whether any adjustments might be necessary<br />
to receipts, excess of receipts over expenditures, assets and charitable property.<br />
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET<br />
Year ended February 28, 2003<br />
2003 2002<br />
Assets<br />
Current 1,416,258 1,440,306<br />
Investments 2,311,424 2,939,027<br />
Property and Equipment 1,725,594 1,698,873<br />
Easements (Note 2) 893,000 893,000<br />
6,346,276 6,971,206<br />
Liabilities and Charitable Property<br />
Current 106,903 64,525<br />
Deferred Revenue 788,315 902,085<br />
Net Assets 5,451,058 6,004,596<br />
6,346,276 6,971,206<br />
Audited financial statements are available on request.<br />
In our opinion, except for the effect of adjustments, if any, which we might have determined to<br />
be necessary had we been able to satisfy ourselves concerning the completeness of the receipts<br />
referred to in the preceding paragraph, and as noted in Note 8(a), these financial statements<br />
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Federation as at February 28,<br />
2003 and the results of its operations for the year then ended in accordance with Canadian<br />
generally accepted accounting principles.<br />
Akler, Melotek, Frimet & Landzberg LLP<br />
Chartered Accountants<br />
Toronto, <strong>Ontario</strong><br />
April 24, 2003
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FINANCIAL<br />
STATEMENTS<br />
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF REVENUE,<br />
EXPENDITURES & CHARITABLE PROPERTY<br />
Year ended February 28, 2003<br />
2003 2002<br />
Revenue<br />
Fees – Members and Clubs 341,698 316,631<br />
Donations – Including Gifts-in-kind 581,541 1,250,117<br />
Bequests 190,832 57,701<br />
Investment Income 103,083 137,039<br />
Other Income 105,801 112,843<br />
Excursions, merchandising and advertising 137,284 163,891<br />
Government Grants 116,986 85,597<br />
Foundation Grants 799,794 745,603<br />
2,377,019 2,869,422<br />
NOTES<br />
1 >> In the years 2002 and 2003 this figure included:<br />
2003 2002<br />
Funding and Development 331,114 444,984<br />
Member Services 196,912 147,179<br />
Gifts-in-Kind Expense - 57,946<br />
Program Management 324,848 293,672<br />
Total 852,874 943,781<br />
2 >> Easements<br />
A conservation easement is a legal agreement by which a landowner voluntarily restricts or limits<br />
the type and amount of development that may take place on his or her land to conserve its natural<br />
features. Once registered on title, the agreement runs with the title and binds all future owners.<br />
Expenditures<br />
Member Services, Development<br />
and Program Management (Note l) 852,874 943,781<br />
Publication – “Seasons” 277,690 271,876<br />
Environment and Education Programs 364,610 461,815<br />
Conservation and Education Projects 1,016,002 876,209<br />
Excursions, merchandising and advertising 33,159 74,013<br />
2,544,335 2,627,694<br />
(167,316) 241,728<br />
Realized Loss/Gain on Marketable Securities (196,222) 50,298<br />
Increase (Decrease) in Charitable Property (363,538) 292,026<br />
Charitable Property beginning of year 6,004,596 5,712,570<br />
5,641,058 6,004,596<br />
Transfer to other organization (190,000) –<br />
Charitable Property end of year 5,451,058 6,004,596<br />
6%<br />
5%<br />
4%<br />
14%<br />
5%<br />
8%<br />
34%<br />
24%<br />
Revenue<br />
■ DONATIONS ......................................................................................................................................................24%<br />
■ FOUNDATION GRANTS ..........................................................................................................34%<br />
■ FEES – MEMBERS AND CLUBS ................................................................................14%<br />
■ EXCURSIONS, MERCHANDISING<br />
AND ADVERTISING ..................................................................................................................................6%<br />
■ GOVERNMENT GRANTS ............................................................................................................5%<br />
■ INVESTMENT INCOME ................................................................................................................4%<br />
■ OTHER INCOME ............................................................................................................................................5%<br />
■ BEQUESTS ..................................................................................................................................................................8%<br />
11%<br />
13%<br />
14%<br />
8%<br />
1%<br />
13%<br />
40%<br />
Expenditures<br />
■ <strong>CONSERVATION</strong> & EDUCATION PROJECTS..................................40%<br />
■ FUNDING & DEVELOPMENT..........................................................................................13%<br />
■ ENVIRONMENT & EDUCATION PROGRAMS ..............................14%<br />
■ PUBLICATION SEASONS ..........................................................................................................11%<br />
■ PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................13%<br />
■ MEMBER SERVICES ..................................................................................................................................8%<br />
■ EXCURSIONS, MERCHANDISING<br />
AND ADVERTISING ....................................................................................................................................1%
<strong>FON</strong> REPRESENTS OVER 25,000 MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS WHO ARE COMMITTED<br />
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RECOGNITION<br />
TO THE PROTECTION OF NATURE. PEOPLE CONTRIBUTE TO <strong>FON</strong> IN MANY WAYS,<br />
GIVING GENEROUSLY OF THEIR TIME, EXPERTISE AND MONEY TO MAKE <strong>FON</strong> AN<br />
EFFECTIVE <strong>CONSERVATION</strong> ORGANIZATION. WE TAKE THEIR SUPPORT SERIOUSLY<br />
AND STEWARD THEIR FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS WISELY.<br />
Protectors ($5000 and over)<br />
Robert and Ellen Eisenberg<br />
Dorothy Jones<br />
Stewards ($1000–$4999)<br />
Francine and Robert K. Barrett<br />
Charlene Bell<br />
Susan Bryan<br />
Steve Bystricky<br />
Stewart Dafoe<br />
Michael de Pencier<br />
Virginia Fisher<br />
John A. Gingrich<br />
Michael Hamilton<br />
Nancy Ironside<br />
Lionel Koffler<br />
Bruce Krug<br />
J. Edwin Krug<br />
Peter Lee<br />
Jean Lister<br />
Bill and Rosemarie McMechan<br />
Dawna Monk Vanwyck<br />
Penelope Potter<br />
Judith Probst<br />
A.H. and J.M. Reddoch<br />
J.D. Robinson<br />
Nathalie Rockhill<br />
Teresa Rutten<br />
Serena C. Rykert<br />
Rosemary Speirs<br />
Greg Turner<br />
Edith Wasson<br />
I. Bruce Webster<br />
Janice Wright<br />
Benefactors ($500–$999)<br />
I.K. Barker<br />
Robert and Birgit Bateman<br />
Nancy Biehl<br />
J. Carscallen<br />
John Cartwright<br />
John W. Casey<br />
Tom Chatterton<br />
K.M. Clifford<br />
M. Cranmer-Byng<br />
Mark L. Dorfman<br />
B.Y. Eckardt<br />
Martin H. Edwards<br />
P.R. Gosling<br />
David Harper<br />
Sam and Ruth Ann Horwood<br />
E. Johns<br />
Howard Kaplan<br />
Donald Kerr<br />
Jacqueline Maarse<br />
R.F. MacFadyen<br />
Peter Odell<br />
Kitty and Vincent Patrick<br />
Brayton Polka<br />
George Prieksaitis Jr.<br />
Ron Reid and Janet Grand<br />
Mary F. Richardson<br />
E.L. Shaver<br />
Malcolm Silver<br />
Ruth K. Stedman<br />
Supporters ($240–$499)<br />
Ritu Agarwal<br />
Barbara Alderson<br />
L.D. Almack<br />
Donald Arthurs<br />
Brian Bailey<br />
James Bailey<br />
M. Ballantyne<br />
Dorothy Barnett<br />
Mitzi Beale<br />
Madeline Bennett<br />
Ray Beskau<br />
Andrew and Helen Brink<br />
Barbara Browne<br />
J. Burger<br />
D.G. Burman<br />
John Cernik<br />
Hugh R. Chambers<br />
Carol Cochrane<br />
Joseph Connop<br />
Janet E. Cooper<br />
Norman and Darlene Courtney<br />
Penny Curtis<br />
Dorothy Davidson<br />
Rolph A. Davis<br />
Brian Dawson<br />
John A. Deanne<br />
Margaret and Richard<br />
Dickson<br />
Daisy Dunlop<br />
Anthony Dymott<br />
Elizabeth Edwards<br />
Pamela Edwards<br />
R. Ken F. Edwards<br />
Jim Ellies<br />
Rodney Ellis<br />
Dinah Emery<br />
Kevin Empey<br />
Albert Errington<br />
Arlene Erven<br />
Barbara Fallis<br />
Robert and Gail Farquharson<br />
Isobel Fawthrop<br />
John Fenton<br />
Eric Ferguson<br />
J.R. Fleming<br />
R. Bradley Foell<br />
Robert Franks<br />
E.A. Fuller<br />
Edgar W. Garbisch<br />
C. William Gard<br />
Bern Gaudaur<br />
Robert Gelaznikas<br />
Peter Gilchrist<br />
Frances Glencross<br />
Dennis Goldsberry<br />
Ruth Grant<br />
Scott and Michelle Guthrie<br />
John Haeberlin<br />
Brad Haines<br />
Robert Hansen<br />
Christine Hayes<br />
Lisa Heath<br />
Ole Hendrickson<br />
J.G. Hill<br />
Brian and Shirley Hoadley<br />
John Hodgson<br />
Graham and Lori Holmes<br />
Carl Howard<br />
Norma Huber<br />
A.M. Hughes<br />
Anne M. Hutchison<br />
N. Blanche Jarmain<br />
Muriel Jenkins<br />
Janette Johnston<br />
Terence Joyce<br />
Charles Kain<br />
Barbara F. Keenan<br />
William E. Kellett<br />
Andrew Kellman<br />
Bill Kelly<br />
D.J. Kerr<br />
Bruce D. King<br />
N.J. Kleer<br />
Fred and Carolyn Knetsch<br />
I. Knight<br />
Tapio Koponen<br />
Ivars Kops<br />
Marina Kovrig<br />
L. Labatt<br />
Joanne Ling<br />
John Lounds<br />
David Lyons<br />
Jean Macdonald<br />
Eileen MacLennan<br />
I. Malcolm<br />
Kathy Martin<br />
Mandy Martin<br />
A.H.P. Maurenbrecher<br />
Susan A. May<br />
D. McCallum<br />
J. McCallum<br />
David McCamus<br />
Dermot Mckeown<br />
Paul and Martha Mclean<br />
Harry and Marjorie McLeod<br />
Audrey Mirvish<br />
Lorelie Mitchell<br />
Fred Mooi<br />
Diane Morgan<br />
D.M. Nicholls<br />
Marion O’Donnell<br />
Murray Parmiter<br />
Margaret Pattison<br />
Iola Price<br />
Kathleen M. Ramsay<br />
D.B. Rhodes<br />
Susan Rogers<br />
Stan Rosenbaum<br />
Todd Salter<br />
R. Schellenberg<br />
John Sguigna<br />
Hugh R. Smale<br />
Robert W. Smith<br />
Marie Snyder<br />
Wilfred Sonnenberg<br />
E Marion Stacey<br />
Edward R. Stephenson<br />
Tom Stevens<br />
Robert Stewart<br />
Roger Suffling<br />
L.R.L. (Ric) Symmes<br />
R. Ronald Tasker<br />
John Tattersall<br />
Carol Teeter<br />
A.R. Thompson<br />
Val and Rob Thompson<br />
George Thomson<br />
Marie J. Thomson<br />
Joanne Tunnicliffe<br />
Sheila Viinikka<br />
N.M. Warner<br />
Kip B. Watson<br />
Susan Webb-Smith<br />
Brenda Welch<br />
Richard White<br />
F.C.D. and Nancy Wilkes<br />
J.R. (Mack) Williams<br />
G.H. Wilson<br />
Anne E. Wright<br />
Ken Young<br />
Skunk Currant - Robert McCaw
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RECOGNITION<br />
Pileated Woodpecker - Robert McCaw<br />
<strong>Nature</strong> — Pass It On<br />
Through <strong>Nature</strong> – Pass It On, <strong>FON</strong>’s<br />
planned giving program, many people<br />
choose to leave a legacy to nature.<br />
These generous gifts have enabled<br />
<strong>FON</strong> to achieve a solid financial base,<br />
which means that we can continue to<br />
protect and restore nature effectively in<br />
the future. <strong>FON</strong>’s planned giving<br />
program will ensure that our children<br />
and grandchildren inherit a world with<br />
clean air, clean water, woodlands,<br />
wetlands and wildlife.<br />
We extend our heartfelt appreciation to<br />
our special supporters who have made<br />
a planned gift to <strong>FON</strong>.<br />
Bequests<br />
Alberta Marguerite Grosse<br />
Joan Ewart Keagey<br />
Helen M. Lothian<br />
Jean Rand MacEwen<br />
Willa Morden<br />
John Maunsell Morley<br />
Carrie Newman<br />
Myrtle (Margaret) Nodwell<br />
Isabel Smith<br />
Robert Thornton Strickland<br />
Marianne van Silfhout<br />
Joyce Mary Waller<br />
Life Insurance / Stock<br />
Nancy Ironside<br />
Edmund Johns<br />
Robert Moore<br />
J.D. Robinson<br />
Gift of Art<br />
George McLean<br />
Rosemary Speirs<br />
Friends of <strong>Nature</strong><br />
Hundreds of people participate in<br />
<strong>FON</strong>’s Friends of <strong>Nature</strong> monthly donor<br />
program. Their monthly financial<br />
contribution to the protection of nature<br />
provides <strong>FON</strong> with reliable ongoing<br />
funding. <strong>FON</strong> thanks everyone who is<br />
a Friend of <strong>Nature</strong>.<br />
Foundations<br />
The Burton Charitable Foundation<br />
C.S. Mott Foundation<br />
The EJLB Foundation<br />
George Cedric Metcalf Charitable<br />
Foundation<br />
The Gosling Foundation<br />
Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network<br />
and Fund<br />
James L. Baillie Memorial Fund<br />
J.P. Bickell Foundation<br />
Living Legacy Trust<br />
McLean Foundation<br />
McMillan Family Foundation<br />
Mennonite Foundation of Canada<br />
Mountain Equipment Co-op<br />
Environment Fund<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> Trillium Foundation<br />
The John and Pat McCutcheon<br />
Charitable Foundation<br />
Patrick and Barbara Keenan Foundation<br />
Richard Ivey Foundation<br />
Shell Environmental Fund<br />
Sir Joseph Flavelle Foundation<br />
Sustainability Network<br />
TD Friends of the Environment<br />
Foundation<br />
Westaway Charitable Foundation<br />
Government<br />
Environment Canada – Canadian<br />
Wildlife Service (CWS)<br />
Environment Canada – EcoAction<br />
Environment Canada – Ecological Gifts<br />
Program<br />
Environment Canada – Science<br />
Horizons Program<br />
Human Resources Development<br />
Canada<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> Ministry of the Environment<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> Ministry of Natural Resources<br />
Corporate Partners<br />
1237760 <strong>Ontario</strong> Ltd.<br />
Beyond Enterprises<br />
Bruce Power Inc.<br />
Bushnell Sports Optics Worldwide<br />
Clarica Life Insurance Company<br />
Ketchum Canada Inc.<br />
LMS Prolink Ltd.<br />
MPH Graphics, Inc.<br />
Nobel Estates Wines and Spirits Inc.<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> Power Generation<br />
Quest <strong>Nature</strong> Tours<br />
S.S. Millwrighting Ltd.<br />
Windgage Investments Ltd.<br />
Wings & Ink Incorporated<br />
Organizations<br />
Bird Studies Canada<br />
Bruce Stewardship Network<br />
Canadian <strong>Nature</strong> Federation<br />
Environmental Systems Research<br />
Institute (ESRI)<br />
Great Lakes United<br />
Hamilton Firefighters Assistance Fund<br />
John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational<br />
Institute (Save the Future)<br />
<strong>Nature</strong> Conservancy of Canada<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> Power Generation Employees<br />
Charity Trust<br />
Orillia Naturalists Club<br />
Senior League Endowment Society<br />
of Collingwood<br />
In-Kind Donations<br />
Hakim Aly<br />
Bruce County Tourism<br />
Bushnell Sports Optics Worldwide<br />
Cabot Head Lighthouse Partners<br />
Judy-Ann Cazemier<br />
Steven Cerny<br />
Cathy Costello<br />
Christopher Dewdney<br />
Efston Science<br />
Scott Fairbairn<br />
Firefly Books Ltd.<br />
Jim Harvey<br />
Lone Pine Publishing<br />
Bruce Lumsden<br />
Robert McCaw<br />
Merchants of Green Coffee<br />
Mill Creek Seed Co.<br />
Mountain Equipment Co-op<br />
Natural Heritage Books<br />
Penguin Canada<br />
Pentax Canada<br />
Robert Priest<br />
Mark Stabb<br />
George Swede<br />
Trimble Navigation<br />
White Squall<br />
Wings & Ink Inc.<br />
Memorial Gifts<br />
<strong>FON</strong> thanks the individuals and groups<br />
who made contributions in loving<br />
memory of the following people:<br />
William R. Alexander<br />
___ Beakhust<br />
Beatrice Bonnick<br />
Sue Bonsteel<br />
Mel Brigham<br />
Marg Cherry<br />
Clair Cuddy<br />
Anna Darcovich<br />
Robin Daynard<br />
Reverend Lloyd Delaney<br />
Art Dewar<br />
George Dilworth<br />
Greta DuBoulay<br />
Douglas Edwards<br />
Barbara Fleming<br />
Eleanor Forbes<br />
Robin Gardiner<br />
Richard Geiger<br />
Willard Geiger<br />
William Girling<br />
William Gross<br />
Blanche Hiltz<br />
Helen Marie Inch<br />
John McFarland<br />
Orville Monk<br />
Lloyd Morley<br />
Bill Sapelak<br />
Mary Alicia Secord<br />
David Shult<br />
Harvey Whiteman<br />
Volunteers<br />
<strong>FON</strong>’s conservation successes over the<br />
past year were due in large measure<br />
to the support of our dedicated<br />
volunteers. <strong>FON</strong> would like to extend<br />
a thank you to everyone who volunteered<br />
their time to help out in office<br />
or in the field over the past year. We<br />
couldn’t have done it without you!
Snapping Turtle - Robert McCaw<br />
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Robert McCaw<br />
Halfway Rock Point, Bruce Peninsula - Ethan Meleg
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FEDERATION OF ONTARIO NATURALISTS<br />
BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />
<strong>FON</strong> STAFF<br />
President<br />
Dawna Monk Vanwyck<br />
Coordinator, Healthy Babies,<br />
Healthy Children, Wellington-<br />
Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit<br />
Past President<br />
Mark Dorfman<br />
President, Mark L. Dorfman,<br />
Planner Inc.<br />
Vice President<br />
Steve Hounsell<br />
Environmental advisor,<br />
Corporate Environment,<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> Power Generation<br />
Secretary/Treasurer<br />
Terry Joyce<br />
Management consultant<br />
Directors at Large<br />
Clark Birchard<br />
Retired educator<br />
Rosemary Speirs<br />
Retired journalist<br />
Ali Khan<br />
Manager, Corporate Business<br />
Planning, <strong>Ontario</strong> Power<br />
Generation<br />
Cathy Nielsen<br />
Professional forester,<br />
Ministry of Natural Resources<br />
Nicola D. Ross<br />
Biologist and consultant,<br />
Woodrising Consulting Inc.<br />
Dr. John Ambrose<br />
Retired botany professor<br />
Peter Gilchrist<br />
Lawyer<br />
Stephanie Foster<br />
Executive Director, Upper Canada<br />
College Centre for Environment<br />
and Sustainability<br />
Regional Club Directors<br />
Carolinian East:<br />
Peter Carson,<br />
Norfolk Field Naturalists<br />
Carolinian West:<br />
Tom Chatterton,<br />
Sydenham Field Naturalists<br />
Great Lakes West:<br />
Craig Potter,<br />
Guelph Field Naturalists<br />
Lake <strong>Ontario</strong> North:<br />
Douglas Robertson,<br />
Presqu’ile-Brighton Field Naturalists<br />
Huronia:<br />
Al McNair,<br />
Brereton Field Naturalists<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> East:<br />
Mike Boysen,<br />
Friends of Charleston Lake<br />
Northern:<br />
Dieter Schoenefeld,<br />
Sudbury Field Naturalists,<br />
and Brian Moore,<br />
Thunder Bay Field Naturalists<br />
Executive<br />
Executive Director<br />
Jim Faught<br />
Chief Administrative Officer<br />
Jean Labrecque<br />
Executive Assistant<br />
and System Administrator<br />
Mary Roslott-Magnanelli<br />
Financial Reporting<br />
Assistant/Database Manager<br />
Rhonda Narraway<br />
Membership and Development<br />
Director<br />
Sarah Winterton*<br />
Senior Manager of Development<br />
and <strong>Nature</strong> Reserves<br />
Andrea Kettle<br />
Major Gifts Associate<br />
Bruce Mackenzie<br />
Coordinator, Membership<br />
Kathrine Zaletnik<br />
Gloria Greer*<br />
Reception/Retail<br />
Dianne Slyford<br />
Seasons Editor<br />
Nancy Clark<br />
Education and Outreach<br />
Manager<br />
Helen Gault<br />
Coordinator, Volunteers<br />
Nancy Reid<br />
Conservation & Science<br />
Director<br />
Gregor Beck<br />
Coordinator, Conservation Policy<br />
Linda Pim<br />
Coordinator, Important Bird<br />
Areas<br />
Ted Chesky<br />
Coordinator, Land Securement<br />
Christopher Baines<br />
Coordinator, Southern <strong>Ontario</strong><br />
Woodlands Project<br />
Andy Kenney<br />
Coordinator, <strong>Ontario</strong> Breeding<br />
Bird Atlas<br />
Mike Cadman<br />
(on assignment from Canadian<br />
Wildlife Service)<br />
Manager, Lands for <strong>Nature</strong><br />
Andrea Kettle<br />
Coordinator, Working for<br />
Wilderness/<strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Nature</strong><br />
Volunteers<br />
Steven Robinson<br />
Erin McCauley<br />
Coordinator, <strong>Nature</strong> Reserve<br />
Stewardship<br />
Erica Oberndorfer<br />
Coordinator, Partnership &<br />
Communications, Volunteer for<br />
<strong>Nature</strong> Program<br />
Erica Thompson<br />
Coordinator, Community Canvass<br />
and Smart Growth Campaign<br />
Joel Ornoy*<br />
Coordinator, <strong>Nature</strong> Network<br />
Jennifer Baker<br />
Helena Rusak<br />
Assistant Coordinator, Southern<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> Woodlands Project<br />
Helena Rusak<br />
Assistant Coordinator, <strong>Ontario</strong><br />
Breeding Bird Atlas<br />
Nicole Kopysh<br />
Conservation Assistant<br />
Heather Webb<br />
Manager, Parks and Protected<br />
Areas<br />
Paul Leadbitter<br />
Coordinator, GIS, Protected Areas<br />
Julee Boan<br />
Coordinator, Protected Areas<br />
Julian Holenstein<br />
Job Mollins Koene*<br />
Kristy Faccer<br />
Riki Burkhardt<br />
* left during the year<br />
Short term contract and fee<br />
for service<br />
Kerry Everitt, Judie Shore, Joan<br />
Clark, Sherry Pettigrew, Ed Addison,<br />
Jana Ruby, Sue Capron, Lorie<br />
Parrott, Ian Hendry, Debbie Farmer,<br />
Shawn Verge, Bob Curry, Dave<br />
Martin, Geoffrey Nyambaka,<br />
Maharufa Hossain, Doug Tozer, Ron<br />
Reid, Ric Symmes.<br />
Interns<br />
Paula Martins, Ken Reich, Ashley Su.<br />
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I N C O R P O R A T E D<br />
We thank Wings & Ink Incorporated<br />
for their significant and ongoing<br />
contribution to the re-design and<br />
development of <strong>FON</strong>’s corporate<br />
image. They share with us a<br />
commitment to the protection and<br />
restoration of nature in <strong>Ontario</strong>.
THE FEDERATION OF ONTARIO NATURALISTS (<strong>FON</strong>) PROTECTS ONTARIO’S<br />
NATURE THROUGH RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND <strong>CONSERVATION</strong> ACTION. <strong>FON</strong><br />
CHAMPIONS WOODLANDS, WETLANDS AND WILDLIFE AND PRESERVES<br />
ESSENTIAL HABITAT THROUGH ITS OWN SYSTEM OF NATURE RESERVES. <strong>FON</strong><br />
IS A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING 25,000 MEMBERS AND<br />
SUPPORTERS AND 125 MEMBER GROUPS ACROSS ONTARIO.<br />
www.ontarionature.org<br />
FEDERATION OF ONTARIO NATURALISTS<br />
355 Lesmill Road, Don Mills, <strong>Ontario</strong> M3B 2W8<br />
Tel: (416) 444-8419 Toll free: 1-800-440-2366<br />
Fax: (416) 444-9866 E-mail: info@ontarionature.org
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