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Hike/Geocache for Conservation Oct 5th

Hi folks,

We hope you will join us for the Oct 5th Hike and Geocache for Conservation at Hibou Conservation Area.  Click on the links at the bottom for poster and pledge form.

Event Partners are Grey Sauble Conservation, Grey Sauble Conservation Foundation, Mid-Western Ontario Geocachers. Friends of Hibou, Best Western Inn on the Bay

10am to 11:30am – Cache In Trash Out (CITO) clean-up event

Participants will gather at the Hibou pavilion for a CITO event with a goal to clean-up the debris along the east shoreline. Garbage bags and gloves will be supplied. Prizes will be awarded!

11:30am – Foundation pledge hike / Geocache event   

 3km hike – Gather some pledges and join the guided hike that will explore the history and natural heritage of Hibou Conservation Area. Learn about Geocaching along the way and help discover some hidden caches. All proceeds benefit local conservation projects.

Geocaching – Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. Players navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location.

This event will appeal to geocachers looking to find the newly established caches at Hibou.

1:00pm  – 2:00pm –

BBQ – Sponsored by Best Western Inn on the Bay

Please share this with your friends who may also be interested.

The links below will give you the poster to share and the pledge form.

hope to see you there.

Hike for Conservation 2013

Hike for Conservation 2013 – Pledge form

Hibou Trails Hike update and reminder Thursday May 23

Join us on Thursday May 23rd from 7pm till 9pm for

an evening hike of the Hibou Trails.

DSCF4123We would like to show you all the trails if time and weather permit.

We will include the boardwalk area on the east side of the road as well as the forest loop on the west side and some of the shoreline.

There are so many options to shorten your route and return to your car early if you wish.

Everything is fairly close to the road.

The total trails are around 5 to 6 Km if we do them all.DSCF4160

Bob Knapp will share some information he knows of the history and nature as we go..

Meet us at the south parking lot, on the right as you enter the park along East Bayshore Road from Owen Sound.

Please share this message with your hiking friends and colleagues.

Hope to see you there.

Marie

Experience the Beauty of the Hibou Trails

Join us on Thursday May 23rd from 7pm till 9pm for

an evening hike of the Hibou Trails.

About 5-6 km in total.  Shorter options will be possible.

Led by Bob Knapp.

Meet us at the south parking lot,

on the right as you enter the park along East Bayshore Road from Owen Sound.

Trail Clipping Hibou, Tuesday May 7, 1:30pm

You are invited to join us for the first volunteer project.

When:  Tuesday May 7th, 1:30 to 4:30

Where: meet us at the south Hibou parking lot by the pumping station off East bayshore Road

What to bring:  clippers, small hand saws, work gloves, proper footwear, drinking water,

If you are coming to help out please email us at friendsofhibou@rogers.com  by May 5th.

Thank you,  Hope to see you there,

Bob Knapp

Projects and Work Groups

So glad you are interested in helping us with projects.  Currently we are doing an inventory of the area and determining our priorities.  Soon we will be ready to set up work parties to help.  This is the place where you will learn about when and where and what to bring.  keep watching.

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Enthusiastic Group Begins

by Marie Knapp

For me this is like picking up where we left off over 30 years ago.  Bob had been very involved with the procurement of Hibou.  We have continued to visit the area for a walk along the shore or for a ski or snowshoe over the years.  The water levels changing have had an impact on the beach at Paynter’s Bay but that didn’t keep us from entering the trails more to the south and finding a place for a refreshing dip in the water on a hot summer’s day.

Frequently it crossed my mind that we should develop a Friends of Hibou to help with the upkeep of the area.  In his book published in 2008, Bob Knapp wrote: “Thirty five years have passed since Hibou became a park.  Perhaps it is time to form a friends of Hibou organization to assist with the park so that it continues to be a very special place on Georgian Bay“.

The timing is right.  Malcolm Kirk died in September 2012.  In his obituary I found the following: “An ardent conservationist throughout his life, Mac was deeply committed to the preservation of Ontario’s and Canada’s natural heritage. Mac and his generation were the pioneers of Ontario’s modern environmental movement. His legacy is manifested in numerous nature reserves which were secured in conjunction with public and non-profit nature organizations.”  Yes the time is right!  It is partly filling a legacy left behind by those of another generation who were ahead of their times.  This is very exciting!

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