The section of the lagoons that has been closed for the last few weeks is now open .. don’t forget your permits!
Durham Region has updated their application forms and provided more clarity to permitees in their online revised permit application. One important change from previous years is that you must download an application form, complete it and bring the entire form with you when requesting a permit at one of the locations listed below. The link to retrieve the form is provided below. How to Obtain a Nonquon Sewage Lagoon Permit Permits must be purchased in advance of entering the lagoons. Permits can be obtained in person or by mail from 605 Rossland Rd., Whitby, or in person at the Scugog Waste Transfer Station, 1623 Reach Street, Port Perry. Transfer Station is closed Sunday and Monday, but open the other days from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Whitby office is open Monday to Friday from 8:30- 4:30 p.m. An electronic version of the Nonquon Sewage Lagoon Birder Permit is available in PDF format at https://www.durham.ca/en/regional-government/resources/Documents/Budget-and-Financial/2018-Birder-Permit---Updated-March-8-2018.pdf Nonquon Sewage Lagoon Birder Permits are available for $10 per permit. Cheques will only be accepted at Regional Headquarters. Payment by cash only at the Scugog Waste Transfer Station. For mail in orders: Completed Applications should be forwarded to: Finance Department - Insurance & Risk Management, 605 Rossland Road E., Whitby, ON L1N 6A3. The lagoons are located one road north of the transfer site on Concession Rd. 8 [don't get confused as, despite the fact that these roads are both numbered "8", they are two different roads - one is a regional paved road, the other a dirt concession road.]. Access to the lagoons is from the east end of Conc. 8 only as the bridge is out west of the lagoons. When you get to Concession 8 Road, go to the most easterly gate on the south side of the road (not the huge ones that lead to the sewage plant, but a double gate with a small locked gate immediately beside it opposite a small brown bungalow). This small gate has a combination lock on it. When you get your permit, it will have a five digit number written in the upper right or left hand corner - that is the combination to the gate. Please remember to close the gate behind you if you go as it is not self-closing. Geoff Carpentier AVOCET NATURE SERVICES Contact me at: 905-852-2011 or avocetnatureservi...@gmail.com Visit my website: www.avocetnatureservices.com Specializing in Environmental & Natural History Surveys and Group & Personalized Guiding Services _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
