Please respect nature reserve

Bethany Armstrong | Nov 04, 2015

I am writing on behalf of the Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust (MMLT) to express concern about the bear-baiting barrel that was found on our Rose Hill Nature Reserve on Saturday, October 24. As the Frontenac News reported this summer, MMLT was delighted to receive a donation of 260 acres along Rose Hill Road (off #41 north of Denbigh) across from Rose Lake to add to our existing 100 acre Nature Reserve. We are pleased to welcome the public on our land for hiking and other nature appreciation activities, but we do not authorize access for hunting. We do not oppose hunting on lands where it is permitted. We do request that hunters respect the protection we seek to provide for wildlife in this particular area of Addington Highlands and to refrain from accessing the properties of the Reserve (Conc 7 Lot12, C7 PtL11, C8PtL9and10, C9PtL10and11) for purposes of baiting and hunting. In this regard, we also ask that the duck decoys that have appeared in the past not be reinstalled on the ponds of the Reserve. We welcome the involvement of area residents in our efforts and look forward to meeting more of you at future MMLT events.

Bethany Armstrong, MMLT Board Member