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We would love to know if you can meet us for Trail Clipping and Shoreline Cleanup.

Meet us at 9:30am at the first parking lot after the Hibou Entrance when you are coming from Owen Sound … where the Meaford water station is located.

Bring work gloves and clippers if you have them, water, hat, sun screen and “bug stuff” may be useful too.   Although just showing up is fine, it would be helpful if you let us know if you are coming.  Email us at friendsofhibou@rogers.com or marieknapp@rogers.com.

Hopefully the weather will cooperate.

Marie Knapp

What an industrious group of 16 volunteers working together to make the beach a great swimming spot for families and visitors!  The wall of wood debris we were faced with as we began our work felt rather insurmountable but we didn’t let that stop us.  Wheel barrows and pitchforks came in very handy given the depth of the debris at the water’s edge.  In fact we could have used more pitch forks but the surplus of rakes gave others the job of pulling together the smaller piles into larger ones that could be lifted into wheel barrows.  Let the pictures tell the tale.

Thank you to everyone for your gift of time and effort.  This is a good example of how the Friends of Hibou work. Friends helping friends.

The picture shows the piles of debris now ready to be moved away from the shore by GSCA staff.

We still have about 15 boardwalks to nail together. As before, the boards are all precut so we can work in teams of three to get them done. If we have 10 to 12 people we would be done by noon. Can you come at 9 am on Wednesday, Nov. 9th to the beach parking lot by the garage? Please bring a hammer and ear protection if you have them. If rain or snow, we will meet Thursday Nov. 10th instead.

Please send your response to rmknapp@yahoo.com 

We look forward to hearing from you.

Marie Knapp
Friends of Hibou

 

Friends of Hibou couldn’t manage to get our projects done without the help of our volunteers. We are so grateful for your help in a variety of ways. And we are asking for your help again.

We still have about 15 boardwalks to nail together. As before, the boards are all precut so we can work in teams of three to get them done. If we have 10 to 12 people we would be done by noon. Can you come at 9 am on Wednesday, Nov. 9th to the beach parking lot by the garage? Please bring a hammer and ear protection if you have them. If rain or snow, we will meet Thursday Nov. 10th instead.

Please send your response to rmknapp@yahoo.com 

We look forward to hearing from you.

Marie Knapp
Friends of Hibou

Thank you to all our volunteers.   Apologies for another message but just to clarify:

Yes the work on building boardwalks is still on tomorrow at Hibou from 9 am to noon. We will be hammering boardwalks together.

We have cancelled work on Thursday this week. We will be scheduling another work morning later in the season.

Thanks for all your help,

Bob Knapp

Thank you to the Volunteers who have been so helpful as we at Friends of Hibou work to enhance the Hibou beach and wetlands.  We would love to have volunteers help us again.

If you can use a hammer and help lift boards, and if you have 2-3 hours to spare, we would sure love to have you join us next week the mornings of July 27 and 28.  We are constructing boardwalks that we will install at a later date to replace some of the old ones from years ago.  Pre-cut wood will already be there.

When: Wednesday July 27 and Thursday July 28 … 9:00 to 12:30

Where:  Go to the main Beach entrance.  Meet at the left side of the parking lot by the garage.

If you are pretty sure you can join us, please let us know.  Email Bob Knapp rmknapp@yahoo.com or call us at 519-371-1255.  

If you aren’t sure but might make it feel free to show up the day of the work team.  We welcome your help.

Bring a hammer, work gloves and ear protection if you have them, as well as water. And a bathing suit if you wish to swim at the beautiful beach after.

With thanks from the Friends of Hibou

Dear Volunteers,

We are so grateful for your assistance with this project!

Thanks to about 15 volunteers who came together May 17th, the Hibou Beach area is once again improved.  Mounds of sawdust and wood debris was left behind in Georgian Bay from a sawmill that apparently was operational in the Paynters Bay area many years ago.

It is definitely not all gone.  This is the second year that volunteers gathered to use rakes, pitch forks and wheelbarrows to move the debris back and away from the shore.  Staff from the Grey Sauble Conservation Authority then take responsibility for its removal using a tractor and lift.

This was the second volunteer day.  Earlier in May volunteers came together to do trail clipping.  Sometime in the summer, we will ask from more volunteers to join us in building more Boardwalks for installation on the wetland trails.

On this website,  there is a place where you can insert your email address.  Once validated through email, you will receive an email whenever anyone writes a blog.  If you are not already signed up, that would be the best way to learn about other volunteer opportunities and news about Hibou.

Maybe we will see you out on the trails or at the beach or along the Hibou shoreline soon.

Thank you again for your help.

Friends of Hibou