In support of local wildlife
Saturday, September 26, 2026
9:30 am, 12:00 pm
St. John’s Hall, Bath, ON
212 Church St, Bath, ON K0H 1G0
Pre-registration: lastewardship@gmail.com
Hosted by the Lennox and Addington Stewardship Council and Ontario Power Generation.
Part One: Workshop
The first 20 people to register will receive a bat house kit and assemble it at the workshop, guided by our bat specialists. The finished bat house will be ready to install in your backyard.
Free of charge. Donations happily accepted.
There will also be a 30-minute presentation on the biology and current state of bats.
Presenters: Chris Grooms and Dale Kristensen
Part Two: Walk
A walk at the Lennox Generating Station (7263 Hwy 33, Bath) to see existing Purple Martin houses, Tree Swallow/Bluebird houses, Osprey platforms, and Peregrine Falcon boxes.
Learn about the Ontario Power Generation Wildlife Habitat Accreditation and the ongoing bird monitoring conducted by the Lennox and Addington Stewardship Council.
Please carpool if possible, and meet in the parking lot.
Presenters: Kurt Hennige and Ashley Fox
Note: Everyone is welcome to attend the workshop and the walk, but only the first 20 pre-registered participants will be able to assemble a bat box.
Links to online resources for constructing bat houses will be available, along with additional plans for building bat roosting boxes.
Presenters
Dale Kristensen is a retired instructor and lecturer at Queen’s University’s Biology Department, former manager of the Queen’s plant research facility, and an environmental consultant specializing in biodiversity and ecology since 1986.
Chris Grooms has volunteered with the Kingston Field Naturalists for about 40 years and has been building and managing bird nesting structures for more than four decades. He is a research technician and lab manager at the Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL) in the Biology Department of Queen’s University.
Kurt Hennige has been a working biologist for most of his life, with specialties including enhanced marsh monitoring, bat monitoring, and breeding bird surveys. He is an eBird reviewer for several counties and a past chair of the Kingston Field Naturalists.
Ashley Fox is an Environmental Advisor at Ontario Power Generation (OPG), focusing on sustainable development initiatives and environmental compliance. She holds a Master’s degree in Environment and Business.
We hope to see many of you there. Light refreshments will be served.