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sv tribune april 26 1989 c3 art auction to benefit waterfowl habitat by kate gilderdale while most of us are concerned about the preservation of the en vironment were often at a loss about how to help ross barnhardt canadian chairman of nonprofit conserva- tion group ducks unlimited hopes an art auction will result in some steps towards that goal ducks unlimited has approx- imately 100000 supporters in canada and probably five times that number in the united states it operates in canada the us and mexico the organization raises money through private and corporate donations the annual fundrais- ing dinner and art auction takes places wednesday may 3 at le pare hwy 7 and leslie st in markham we auction off a lot of wildlife art and some original works at the dinner explains mr bar- nhardt we have a great number of carvings and sculptures of decoys by very well known carvers among the artists represented this year will be len ugarenko from newmarket whos won rib bons for his carvings in the world championships the north american waterfowl competi tion in michigan and at the sportsmans show larry fell of markham wayne simkin of richmond hill al glassford of scarborough dale rickard of keswick and ian crokam of barrie have all donated carvings as well we have two hundred items offered as raffle and door prizes advises mr barnhardt at last years dinner the organization raised 47000 bet ween 75 and 80 per cent of the money raised is used directly for protection of existing wetlands habitats or the creation of new ones our wetlands have been disappearing at a tremendous rate due to urban development agricultural draining ana pollu tion weve lost more than 50 per cent of what we had 100 years ago he says ducks unlimited approaches both private and government lan downers for permission to assess a certain area to see whether it would be feasible to build a device to maintain water levels there to preserve or create wetlands we go in evaluate it and tell them what wed like to do 150 kids take part in fun project fair by jim thomas through the annual science fair whitchurchstouffvilles elementary schools have produc ed dozens of budding scientists to keep this interest alive or- chard park school has adopted what is called a project fair it involves boys and girls in primary grades 1 to 3 ranging in age from six to nine products of this ambitious pro gram were on display at an open house tuesday evening its for pupils who do not take part in the regular science fair explains staff teacher ruth ged- des we hope it will form the foundation for participation later on while structured in its content the project fair also promotes selfmotivation says mrs geddes each students work is graded all receive evaluation marks and participation prizes subjects haye- included animals birds and injects space and transportation individual project choices branch out from these oral presentations take place in class all the work is done at school the primary teachers have been very cooperative mrs geddes stresses we hope the results will show in the future reading buddies from junior grades provide assistance im pleased with the result mrs geddes told focus a lot of work has gone into it and hopeful ly much success will come out of it all pupils participated willing ly she said the materials were provided by the school but parents were encouraged to accompany their sons and daughters to the public library for subject research mrs geddes explained tuesday evening marked the first time local moms and dads had an opportunity to view the finished projects she noted 8555 mecowaft h4 exem 5 glen cameron plaes 784098 roethtysiom 4715260 jul hours monkb mm wuhmtm ii u wj sj hours mowrto 1m toussff 1w sat m sw 1130430 states mr barnhardt with the landowners permis sion they then design a program and build to the required specifications the only condition is that the landowner agrees to maintain the marsh he may not wish hunters to be permitted on that land but thats his prerogative although ducks unlimited was originally founded by hunters it doesnt take any position on the question of hunting he stresses we have perhaps the best suc cess story of any conservation organization reckons mr bar nhardt weve been doing it for 50 years and it works examples of local projects in clude a sizeable one at the south end of cooks bay on lake sim- coe and smaller ones on part of the holland marsh area at lake scugog and in the northeast area of uxbridge through its work the group hopes to attract wildfowl back in to areas which could no longer support them as well as into newly created wetlands areas a couple of species have adapted well to man but most havent we have species like the pin tail duck which because of the drought which hit the prairies had their population decimated to 70 per cent below pening soon 3 normal there were over 300 projects started in canada in 1988 thats what we mean when we say we put our money where our mouth is stresses mr 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