Making a positive impact
Sustaining and enhancing the natural environment of Lanark County through the combined efforts of all.
We’re all part of the Solution
The Community Stewardship Council of Lanark County is a unique organization: a volunteer, community-based Council which works with individuals and community groups committed to responsible environmental stewardship. The Council, comprised of community members representing landowner interests and a variety of environmental interest groups, is part of a network of stewardship councils across the province, each operating independently within its respective community. Through active collaboration with other community organizations, the Council provides a locally-based and community-oriented means of linking landowners with information on best practices, expertise and modest resources for a wide-range of specific grassroots environmental initiatives. Although rooted locally, the Lanark Stewardship Council’s projects and partners range from local, to provincial to national.
Sustaining and enhancing the natural environment of Lanark County through the combined efforts of all.
Featured News
The Lanark County Stewardship Council has moved the CLIMATE NETWORK LANARK to a new domain. Check out all the opportunities and news at the new site.
Good Things in Our Future – Socially Responsible Investing
In the last 10 or 15 years, Lanark Highlands has attracted a lot of retirees – I’m one of them -- and most of us come with our retirement funds, large or small. Retirement funds have a lot of power, because they represent the money we have ‘loaned’ to various...
Guide to Critiquing Official Plans
While Susan Berlin wrote this to give Lanark Highlands residents insight into evaluating their own Official Plan, it’s a very helpful read for the rest of us in Lanark County. All of our lower-tier municipalities are revising their Official Plans this year (except...
Regrowth and Regeneration
Seeing our beautiful oaks and apple trees regrowing a second set of leaves after the devastation of the LDD moth invasion earlier this summer, it seems like regrowth and regeneration are possible just when we need it. This theme is truly alive in many local farms...
Perth Environmentalists ‘On Fire’ to make climate change an election issue
Though it was a cool, rainy afternoon in Perth, environmentalists knew that burning hot temperatures were a searing reality in Canada. .. read more and watch video
Help show the community why Lanark County is the place to bee!
Did you think about butterflies or bees when designing your outdoor space? Did you include a variety of native pollinator plants, and leave out pesticides and herbicides? If yes, we would love you to fill out our form https://forms.gle/D3XuHzsdPjLhrE2p7 so we can add...
Lake 88 Interview with Clara Misener volunteer Butterfly Ranger
Clara Misener, a volunteer Butterflyway Ranger with the David Suzuki Foundation’s Butterflyway Project tells us all about the effort to create pollinator gardens in Lanark County, and their importance. ... Listen to Radio Interview
Your Resource for Local Climate Questions & Action
If you’re wondering what’s going on in Lanark with Climate Action and how you can contribute, consider this: municipal governments control or influence half of all greenhouse gas emissions produced locally. .. Read More
Have a 4×4 Patch Free in Your Yard? Help Protect Pollinators
One thing that is increasingly on many gardeners’ minds is how we can enhance our growing spaces to help all the pollinators that we rely on. Some research into the issue reveals that climate change, pesticide use and habitat loss around the world have caused a large...
Interview: Sue Brandum Knows the People Want Climate Action
In 2019, Sue Brandum helped develop the Tay Valley climate action plan. In this interview, Sue tells us how the community pushed the local council to make radical change. ... read more