Advisors
Eva Fisher
Eva is a graduate of Earth Systems Science at Queen's University hailing from Cavan, Ontario with a family cottage near Gooderham. In the past she has worked for the Inventory Monitoring and Assessment branch of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and for Queen’s University as a research assistant on projects in both the Boreal Forest and the High Arctic. She is excited to be working at promoting a balance between an enjoyable cottage lifestyle and the natural ecosystem processes on lakes in the Haliburton area.
Angie Horner
Angie Horner moved to Minden in 2002 and has been in love with the Haliburton Highlands since she stepped foot in it. Angie has a diploma in Ecosystem Management from Fleming College in Lindsay. She has more than 7 years experience working to support of the natural wonders of the area. As a project ecologist for the Ministry of Natural Resources until 2005, she was well known for her work with local species at risk. You may also recognize Angie from one of the many public speaking talks (on species at risk) and plant ID walks she has done in the area. One of Angie’s hobbies is landscaping with indigenous (local and native) plants. Keen on sharing information about shorelines, Angie is looking forward to meeting with clients this 2010 season.
Fraser Smith
Fraser Smith is a recent graduate of the Master’s of Science in Forestry program at the University of Toronto. He has worked in many fields related to ecosystem management including ecological restoration, forestry education, sustainable forestry operations, arboriculture, urban forestry, silvicultural consulting, and worked and studied as far afield as Europe and the Yukon Territory in this capacity. Having spent much of his life in the Kawartha Lakes region, he is excited to participate in advising shoreline property owners on simple practices to enrich the lake-side experience.
Sue Prentice
The summer of 2010 is Sue's second season as a Shoreline Advisor. Sue graduated from Trent University in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science with a focus in biology and conservation. Her passion for wildlife and conservation has sent her on great adventures across Canada and abroad working as a field biologist. Some of her work experiences include studying nesting habitats of the endangered Burrowing Owl for the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority, studying the impact of climate change on non-native bird viruses in the native songbird population of Hawaiian forests for the University of Hawaii, and studying songbird nesting responses to shoreline restoration efforts for Point Reyes Bird Observatory in California.
More recently, Sue has worked for Peterborough Green-Up at the Ecology Park as an environmental educator, where she also got her hands dirty working in the native plant nursery. This experience further enhanced her understanding of the mechanisms of shoreline degradation and restoration and the importance of protecting our water resources. In the late ’90s, Sue and her father carried out their own shoreline restoration project on the heavily modified shoreline of their family cottage near Marmora, an experience that awarded her the excitement and satisfaction of witnessing the effects of a little effort to help protect our shorelines and water resources.
