{"id":126874,"date":"2022-11-30T13:28:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T18:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=126874"},"modified":"2022-11-30T13:32:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T18:32:30","slug":"friends-of-muskoka-watershed-earns-charitable-designation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/friends-of-muskoka-watershed-earns-charitable-designation\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends of Muskoka Watershed earns charitable designation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Pictured above<\/em>: <em>Trent University students work with Friends of the Muskoka Watershed to study the impact of adding wood ash to a Bracebridge area forest, one of many sites across Muskoka including Huntsville. Calcium-rich wood ash is believed to return important nutrients that decades of acid rain stripped from Muskoka&#8217;s shallow soil. (Friends of the Muskoka Watershed photo).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Friends of the Muskoka Watershed (FOTMW) now has the status of a charitable corporation. The organization, first established in 2013 as a not-for-profit, earned its charity status in September of 2022.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To earn this status, FOTMW had to prove to the Canada Revenue Agency that their environmental protection work meets strict criteria. The Friends of the Muskoka Watershed can now give tax receipts for all monetary donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cThis is an important change for our organization,\u201d says Doug Clark, a volunteer director on the FOTMW board. \u201cIt was a long and complex process and many months of communication with the Canada Revenue Agency. More work will be required in the future as we take on this new role as a charity.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people will be familiar with the Friends of the Muskoka Watershed\u2019s wood ash recycling and Citizen Science programs and their work to find solutions and strategies to deal with environmental issues such as road salt and algal blooms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past decade, FOTMW has been supported by many who have given money to support the organization\u2019s work protecting Muskoka watershed. \u201cWe are thrilled that we are now able to offer our generous donors and members a tax receipt for their financial contributions,\u201c says Dr. Norman Yan, founding director of FOTMW. Both a membership campaign and fundraising campaign are planned in the next few weeks so FOTMW supporters can take advantage of year-end tax receipts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To qualify for registration as a charity, an organization must have purposes that are exclusively charitable and charitable activities that support those purposes. FOTMW identifies environmental threats, develops practical science-based solutions, and connects with policy-makers to put these solutions in place. They also cultivate an awareness of these threats and solutions through educational outreach within the Muskoka community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Priorities for the organization include strategic research and actions to solve known problems that are not yet managed well \u2013 such as calcium decline in Muskoka forests, harmful winter road salt, climate change and increasing algal blooms. 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