You’re Invited: Reptile and Amphibian Awareness Day RSVP by Aug.27, 2012

This video presents “Rouge Valley Park”:

• “Rouge Park will become an urban national park located along the border of Toronto and Pickering, Ontario, Canada:
  • It will be Canada’s first national park within a municipality

• It is the only large valley land area in Toronto where people can still enjoy a wilderness experience, since other rivers in the city are now surrounded by urban development:
  • People can still live a rural life, and even farm in the park
  • It is the only remaining rural area within the city of Toronto

• The largest nature park within a core of a metropolitan area in North America:
  • Stretches from Lake Ontario in the south, north to the post-glacial Oak Ridges Moraine in York Region
  • Consists of 50 square kilometres (12,356 acres) of parkland in Toronto, Pickering, Markham and Stouffville

• Rouge park protects 12% of the Rouge River watershed, with park lands also protecting small parts of the Petticoat Creek and Duffins Creek watersheds, to the East:
  • The Rouge River remains the healthiest river that flows through Toronto
  • Ecological preservation and restoration were needed

• Rouge park is open with free admission to visitors year-round:
  • Camping fees at seasonal campground apply
  • There are 12 km of rustic hiking trails in the Toronto part of the park
  • Rouge park is accessible by public transport by TTC buses, and GO transit trains and buses“

Ontario Nature, Rouge Park, Adopt-A-Pond, and Ontario Road Ecology Group
invite you to:

Reptile and Amphibian Awareness Day

FREE

Plus FREE Pizza Lunch

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

9:30 am – 3:30 pm

Rouge Valley Conservation Centre
1749 Meadowvale Road
Toronto ON, M1B 5W8

Please RSVP by August 27^th

The day at the Rouge Valley Conservation Centre will feature short presentations about:

• The Ontario Reptile and Amphibian Atlas
• Rouge Park
• Conserving Ontario’s Turtles
• Rouge Park Milksnake Study
• The Ontario Road Ecology Group
• Reptiles and amphibians of Rouge Park (with live animals!)

Presentations will be followed by a FREE pizza lunch, and then a hike to search for native reptiles and amphibians in Rouge Park led by experts.

Limited spaces available!

• Please RSVP by August 27^th by email or phone to:
  • Sheryl Santos sheryl_santos@rougepark.com
  • 905-713-6007

• NOTE: Please bring water and sunscreen and proper hiking attire.

Enjoy!

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