Latest News
Biochar plant (Kennaway Dr) – click here
- by-law amendment passed by Dysart Council
- requested information on plant by DSLPOA not yet received
- individual residents filing OMB appeals
Drag Lake dam refurb – click here
- repairs advancing well
- status details described
- project on schedule to complete early fall 2017
FOCA Elert Feb 2017 – click here
- FOCA AGM and Spring Seminar
- winter safety tips
- political affairs and policy updates
Some good material sent to DSLPOA from the local OPP:
Weather alert - click here
Winter driving – click here
Snowmobile safety – click here
Online crime reporting – click here
OPP radio transition – click here
OPP contact info for this material:
PC Tim Negus
Community Safety Officer
Haliburton Highlands OPP
12598 Highway #35
Minden, Ontario
K0M 2K0
Detachment :705-286-1431 ext 3655 Toll free 1-888-310-1122
Email: timothy.negus@opp.ca
Enjoy. Be Safe!
As noted in an earlier website posting, The Haliburton Wildlife & Forest Reserve Ltd. is proposing to build a Biochar plant on Kennaway Drive, on the south side of Drag Lake. They have applied to the Township of Dysart et al for a zoning by-law amendment to permit the construction of a 13,000 square foot structure on land previously occupied by a sawmill which has been closed for a number of years. The area is primarily residential and is roughly a mile from the shores of Drag Lake
Our President, Karl Gonnsen attended the Planning Committee meeting and an information session to express concerns about what is proposed and to find out more information. Whatever concerns there might be, the Board recommended approval with little discussion, and with a number of questions left unanswered.
The matter then went to Dysart Council. Members of the DSLPOA executive attended the Council meeting, and expressed concerns to the Reeve, Murray Fearrey, and to our Councillor for Ward 2, Dennis Casey. Council seems to recognize that there may be some problems with the proposed Biochar plant, but approved the by- law amendments in principle, and deferred passage until they have more information and feedback from the Ministry of the Environment.
It is not surprising that more information is needed, as this is a new and developing technology. Researchers are interested in converting sawdust and waste wood to biochar to sequester carbon. Biochar is reported to be useful for containing moisture in soils and scrubbing mercury released when coal is burned.
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Land Acknowledgement
We respectfully acknowledge that the County of Haliburton is located on Treaty 20 Michi Saagiig territory, and in the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig and Chippewa Nations, collectively known as the Williams Treaties First Nations, which are Curve Lake, Rama, Hiawatha, Alderville, Scugog Island, Beausoleil and Georgina Island First Nations.
We acknowledge a shared presence of Indigenous nations throughout the area, and recognize its original, Indigenous inhabitants as the stewards of its lands and waters since time immemorial.