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12 ENVIRONMENT ' $ ; Mess to marvelous on tap for Warkworth ion i Warkworth Conservation Area s JOHN CAMPBELL R 6 | jcampbell@northumberlandnews.com F ~a WARKWORTH â€"â€" The Warkworth Conâ€" [R O * W s3 servation Area will take on a ‘tamed‘ Cale > %P o in _ new look this year with the help of C Hamen _ i e _ volunteers and funding from various \{ * was: . § fi sources. ts ud 7 That‘s what Lower Trent Conservation ‘ Â¥ *A (LTC) has in mind with a new master 1 # & ¢ plan it‘s developed for the conservation k * , @ â€"# dd *) area in consultation with community X e > Jet EB\ representatives. ks ; 78 PA Â¥ie :3 One of them, Janice Allen, a member \ a : A8 #>~ ‘!} of Trent Hills Community Policing, said & m A e V!'JM * the conservation area has become a disâ€" R + e €:14 grace. > s h rflbcn "It‘s a mess," Ms. Allen said before a * @‘éj March 23 LTC public meeting held to essmc > P cG explain the master plan. "It‘s sgupposed s D) esw * C& [(? e the c?ntreplece ofWa_rkwortP and JOHN CAMPBELL / THE INDEPENDENT it‘s not. We‘re not proud of it at all. s She said the LTC property has been WARKWORTH â€"â€" Bob Rowe and Lower Trent Conservation general manâ€" a negative meeting place for years for 29°" Glenda Rodger§ gave an overview of Th_e updated master plan for the youth whose inappropriate behaviout Warkworth Conservation Area at a public meeting last week. _. â€" out of sight has included tossing fireâ€" demonstration project to promote the _ "If we do get the funding to move forâ€" crackers into tall, dry grass. Cleaning Healthy Shorelinesâ€"Clean Water proâ€" _ ward, we‘re relying on the involvement * up the area to improve visibility would . gram that Lower Trent has developed to ‘â€" of the community to help us with the : make the community feel safer, Ms. encourage conservation, planting and then, in the long term, with Allen said. "We want to raise awareness about â€" the maintenance," Ms. Rodgers said. The draft document calls for pruning â€"the importance of shoreline naturalâ€" Local residents and a group of high the existing native species of vegetation ization," said Caroline Zawadzka, the school students from Brighton have to be ableâ€"to see Mill Pond better while _ Lower Trent‘s landowner contact speâ€" _ been recruited to begin cleaning up the planting more that are lowâ€"growing, _ cialist. Ninety per cent of all living _ conservation area April 20. ' including shrubs that will add variety . things in lakes and rivers depend on Two suggestions have come from the and colour to the buffer zone along its _ the ribbon of life for survival, said Ms. community, to install a viewing plat . banks. All nonâ€"native plant species are Zawadzka. form on the south side of the pond near to be removed, including the Norway _ The need for change was brought to _ Old Hastings Road, and a fountain in maple trees to be replaced with native â€" the agency‘s attention last fall by Bob _ the pond butthe latter proposal drew an hard maple and red maple. Dead trees. Rowe and Bob Stephens whose propâ€" _ objection at the public meeting. â€" : and limbs considered dangerous or a _ erties adjoin the 2.8 acres owned by the "Someâ€"would say it‘s aesthetically © fire hazard will also be removed from _ Lower Trent. : pleasing which is debatable," said Bob the wooded area on the hill above Mill We thought it could be improved on," Leary, a local photographer. "The sight Pond and boulders will be.placed at the‘ _ Mr. Rowe said. c of the pond reflecting maples at their bottom to discourage ATV access. Others representing. a crossâ€"secâ€" _ best on the hillside makes for an iconic "We understand the feeling is it‘s overâ€" _ tion of the community shared the two â€" image. To me that‘s a very big part of the grown and wild and not suitable as the â€" men‘s concerns when approached for _ charm of Warkworth." centrepiece of the community, said their views. The conservation authorâ€" But that image would be lost forever LTC general manager Glenda Rodgers. _ ity responded by organizing a steering _ with the addition of a fountain that disâ€" The master plan, an update of one committee that included members of _ turbed the water, he said. done in 1999, fulfills the community‘s _ local organizations and municipal repâ€" _ Ms. Rodgers said the master plan desire for a more maintained look in â€" resentatives. will be amended to incorporate feedâ€" keeping with its urban setting, but balâ€" _ Roughly $10,000 in grants has been _ back from the public meeting and preâ€" ances it with the conservation authorâ€"â€" applied. from four funding sourcâ€" sented to LTC‘s board of directors April ity‘s requirements of vegetated shoreâ€" es, including the Ministry of Natural 15 for approval. Implementation will lines and native species, she said. 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