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At a fundraising
dinner at Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre in Midland, our swan lady,
Beverly Kingdon, was presented with the Harry Lumsden
Conservation Award for outstanding contribution to wildlife and
the environment.
Harry Lumsden was present to make the presentation to Beverly
and echoed the thoughts of the guests when he said Beverly was
most deserving and it was a personal pleasure for him to give
his award to her.
Beverly has been un untiring contributor to the reintroduction
of Trumpeter Swans in Ontario for the past fifteen years and was
responsible for establishing the west shore of Lake Ontario as
an over- wintering feeding area for the birds.
Beverly has fed, monitored, rescued and transported swans for
fifteen years and this past winter had 104 birds to care for.
She has also engaged in public awareness
programmes for the swan project and was instrumental in
arranging the swan release in Lake Nipissing with the Lake
Nipissing Partners in Conservation.
The success of the reintroduction is largely due to Beverly's
involvement and commitment.
Today there are 450 free-flying Trumpeter Swans in Ontario and
in 1992 there were none. |