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PRESENTATION FROM LAKE SIMCOE REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY (LSRCA) ON SCANLON CREEK ENVIRONMENTAL CENTRE AND THERAPY IN THE WOODS PROGRAMMING
Lisa Spinks, Campaign Manager from Lake Simcoe Conservation Foundation (LSCF) and Nicole Hamley, Manager, Education from the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA), Lake Simcoe Conservation Foundation provided a presentation concerning the new Nature Centre Project, and expansion of the Therapy in the Woods Program.
Ms. Spinks and Ms. Hamley discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• An overview on the LSRCA outdoor education program including the benefits of outdoor education;
• Pictures illustrating the current Nature Centre and the new Nature Centre;
• The conditions of the current Nature Centre and design of the proposed Nature Centre;
• The status of the Connect Campaign;
• The LSCF request to the City of Barrie.
• Information about the “Therapy in the Woods” community program; and
• The proposed expansion of “Therapy in the Woods” Program.
Members of the Committee asked a number of questions to the presenters and received responses.