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Believe it or not, that machine thrashing through a swamp on the shore of Lake Scugog is called a "Cookie Cutter' and the work it is doing will make life easier for 4. - + 3 ducks and other waterfowl. The project is being done by Ducks Unlimited at a cost of about $20,000. PUT A SMILE ON DAD'S FACE WITH A NEW RECLINER FROM ... ONE ONLY - No. 16-415 PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, June 12, 1984 -- 1) Industrial Accident Prevention Association is pleased to announce the election of JOHN MACPHERSON MURATA ERIE NORTH AMERICA, Trenton, Ontario as Chairman of THE CENTRAL ONTARIO DIVISION IAPA is pleased to announce: A member of the Canadian Institute of Management, Mr. MacPherson joined IAPA's Executive committee in 1976, and has been in- volved in |IAPA ac- Cookie Cutter enhances habitat for local ducks, geese, and he py Every morning for the past three weeks or so, Cal Lovett has climbed on board the 'Cookie Cutter'. That's not the name for a fancy new motor- cycle or sports car. In fact, the "Cookie Cutter" is a very un- glamorous looking beast. But it's getting the job done. And that job is to cut swaths through the thick marsh and swamp lands on the east arm of Lake-Scugog in a pro- ject which Ducks Un- limited (Canada) hopes will go a long way to enchance the waterfowl habitat and breeding grounds in that area. Ducks Unlimited is a well known internation non-profit organization (which receives no funds from the govern- ment) whose aim is to preserve, restore, main- tain and develop breed- ing habitat for water- fowl in Canada and the United States. } Biologist John Camp- bell who works out of the Ducks Unlimited regional office in Peter- borough, told the Star last week the project now underway on Scugog is the first of its kind for this lake, and the reason for cutting away paths through the thick swamp along the shore is to provide more open water for ducks and other birds. He explains that open water is crucial to maintain a source of food for waterfowl which eat aquatic plants and insects, frogs or even small fish. The thick, swampy areas are actually masses of floating vege- tation, but in the hot summer months, the area all but dries up, leaving the ducks with no open water that is protected at the same time. That's where the "Cookie Cutter' comes in to the picture. It looks like half boat, half scow. Powered by a rear- mounted 761 Diesel GM ron motor, it is equipped with a pair of large rotating blades at the front. They slice through just about anything in the path, including tree stumps which are numerous in the area, and spew the tangled vegetation out each side, leaving a path of clear, open water in the wake. Operator Cal Lovett, who lives in Clinton and has worked the machine the last two years for Ducks Unlimited, is averaging about 300 feet each hour, and by the time the project is over in the next two or three weeks, he will have cut some 30 KM of paths seven feet wide through the swamp. All the work is taking place on private proper- ty (owned by the Osler family) and Ducks Un- limited worked out an agreement with the owners to undertake the project. Mr. Campbell said present duck popula- tions in that area are not very large, but he is hopeful that the project will increase the numbers four-fold. Along with mallards, wood and black ducks, other birds in the area include geese, blue winged teal and black terns, and the great heron which Scugog is famous for. The entire project will cost in the neighbour- hood of $20,000, accord- ing to Mr. Campbell, and it will be some time next spring during nest- ing season before he is able to accurately assess the project. Across Canada, Ducks Unlimited now has more than 2300 active projects and has completed some 2400 others, most of them in the major breeding grounds of the western provinces. Last year, the organ- ization in Canada had a budget of just over $31 million, all from private donations and fund rais- ing events. SUMMER SEWING DENIM (100% TRACK SUITING... metre '5 00 (50% Cotton/50% Polyester) i WALL-AWAY RECLINER ggested Retail $639 95 BID & MOVE (Highest Bid Takes It) Bidding Closes 4 00 P M_ Saturday, June 16th, 1984) OMESTEAD FURNITURE & APPLIANCES = byBALLARD& CARNEGIELTD. On 7A Highway Next to PL Lumber PORT PERRY 985-2451 tivities for 8 years. GREAT SELECTION OF FABRICS & STYLES! T-SHIRTING somes 35 00 BROADCLOTH mere *2.29 MODERN TEXTILES 203 QUEEN STREET PORT PERRY PHONE 985-3221 The |LA.P.A. is a federation of ten Safety Associations: Woodworkers: Ceramic & Stone: Motal Trades: Chemical Industries; Grain, Feed and Fertilizer; Food Pro- ducts; Lesther, Rubber and Tanners; Textiles and Allied industries; Printing Trade and Retall. Established in 1917 and funded by Ontario indus- try, the LAPA Is Inter BC NT CR PIL sm -- J