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About the event leader
Leanne Gauthier-Helmer is a photographer, naturalist and environmental educator who focuses on experiential learning to help people appreciate the fascinating history of the natural world around us. When Leanne is not teaching with the creative crew from Fanshawe College’s Adventure Expedition program, she can be found on a guided hike, putting on a workshop or even instructing from a kayak.
About Alton Family Nature Reserve
The 102.3-acre Alton Family Nature Reserve features a 48.8-acre Provincially Significant Wetland, a cold-water trout stream known as Clear Creek, forest and small farm fields.
Bordering the Land Trust’s Jackson-Gunn Old Growth Forest, it enhances habitat connectivity in the Long Point Walsingham Forest Priority Place, an area that supports one of the highest densities of rare and endangered species in Canada.