"Green Cottager of the Year” to
address RVFN
By Judy Buehler
Showing exceptional leadership in
projects that lighten our impact on the natural environment around
us, Gray Merriam received Cottage Life’s Green Cottager of
the Year Award for Canada. On Sunday, Sept. 13, Gray will be
addressing the Rideau Valley Field Naturalists, with a lecture on
"Ecology -- Growth & Change Over Time”. A retired
professor, Gray has taught and done research at the University of
Texas and Carleton University and has had academic affiliations in
Poland, Sweden, France, the Netherlands and Utah. As a landscape
ecologist, he has applied his ecological knowledge to the landscape
where he lives on the Salmon River near Arden. He is founding
President of the Friends of Salmon River, Chair of the Frontenac
Stewardship Council and is ecological advisor to the Kennebec Lake
Association.
The RVFN meeting is open to everyone
and takes place at 2 p.m., Sun. Sept. 13, in the All-Purpose Room at
the Perth and District Indoor Swimming Pool. There is a small
admission fee of $5 for non-RVFN members. For more information,
contact Judy Buehler at 326-0106.
