@Northern Light Do you know any way to get volunteering with TRCA or other conservation/forest stewardship groups? I am an avid hiker and l was looking to help out with the trails I so often tread. I emailed TRCA to start, hoping they respond.
In the City of Toronto, the Natural Environment and Community Programs division of City Forestry runs stewardship programs for natural areas and also has tried some trail stewardship as well.
Obviously, due to Covid, all public activities are disrupted.
The base web page for one-off events is here:
https://www.toronto.ca/community-pe...teer-with-the-city/tree-planting-stewardship/
The Calendar of events is here:
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There are 6 on-going Stewardship teams who typically have weekly events (in a normal year) at different sites around the City. That page is linked below:
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The normal page for TRCA (Conservation Authority) volunteer opportunities is listed here:
https://trca.ca/get-involved/volunteer/
There is currently nothing there in light of the pandemic.
There are opportunities (normally) via the various hiking trail groups.
The Bruce Trail has both volunteer Land Stewards:
The Bruce Trail Conservancy: conservation and hiking on Canada’s oldest and longest footpath.
brucetrail.org
They also have Trail maintenance crews
Volunteer positions for the different trail sections (clubs) can be found here:
Volunteering with the Bruce Trail Conservancy and its Bruce Trail Clubs is a way to get involved with and give back to the community helping to conserve and
brucetrail.org
The Oak Ridges Trail Association also has volunteer opportunities.
www.oakridgestrail.org
If you want to learn how to maintain bridges/structures/stairs etc. I highly commend Bruce Trail who have excellent training in this regard. Its hard work; but also like a free course in many ways!
If you want to learn the requisite skills on a paid course basis, that too many be interrupted this year; but several colleges in Ontario run on-point courses, such as certification in using a chain saw.
