Showing posts with label resources. Show all posts
Showing posts with label resources. Show all posts

Monday, November 29, 2010

Christmas Gift Ideas

Need a stocking stuffer or gift idea?
Check out these gifts in support of the Muskoka Heritage Foundation.
Affordable too! $20 or less
Tea Towels

Back by popular demand: Muskoka Heritage Foundation tea-towels. These fly off the shelves because of their high quality and unique designs. A new design just arrived (bottom)! $17 each.


DVD: History of Muskoka

Life on the Edge: a DVD about the history of the Muskoka region. From the Anishinabek, to the European settlers, to the first tourists. This 2 hour documentary explores Muskoka's history through interviews with historians, photgraphs and re-enactments. An amazing stocking stuffer- only $20. Watch the trailer!

Book: On the Living Edge


On the Living Edge: offers a host of ideas on waterfront living including help with septic system health, native plantings and shoreline wildlife, as well as tips for purchasing and building on shoreline properties. We are offering it for $20.00 including tax!! A great bargain and a perfect gift for your cottaging friends and family.


Book: Old Muskoka

Old Muskoka tells the stories of the first cottagers in Muskoka in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Exceptional photographs and rich history describe the area, grand cottages and times spent on the lakes in Muskoka.


Interested in supporting our work directly?
Become a member!
Or donate on behalf of your family and friends!
Only $50 for the year. Contact us!

Thursday, October 28, 2010

A Valuable Resource: Extension Notes

Looking for information for your next project on your land?
Want to make sure you are doing the right things?


Extension Notes are user-friendly fact-sheets on a variety of resource management topics including, agroforestry, financial aspects, forests, insects and pests, water, wetlands & wildlife.

Read online or download to print!
PDF fact sheets on topics such as:

  • Do you have a healthy woodlot?
  • Conserving the Forest Interior: A Threatened Wildlife Habitat
  • Promoting a Healthy Forest Through Tree Marking
  • Backyard Maple Syrup Production
  • Preserving and Restoring Natural Shorelines
  • Improving Fish Habitat
  • Cavity Trees are Refuges for Wildlife
Lke them so much you want hard copies of your own?


The Landowners Resource Centre is the place to go.

  • Individual copies to a maximum of 5 are FREE
  • Subsequent copies are $1 each
  • A compilation of all Extension Notes in a binder are $80

Viewing the Extension Notes requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in.

Get it here: