Alison Lobb, Kim McCabe join HTLTC board
The Huron Tract Land Trust Conservancy (HTLTC) welcomes its two newest board members, Alison Lobb and Kim McCabe.
“We are pleased to welcome two new board members who bring a wealth of experience,” said Roger Lewington, HTLTC Chair.
Alison Lobb taught in the business division, at the former Centralia College of Agricultural Technology, for more than 20 years. She operated the Small Business Enterprise Centre in Seaforth for 15 years as a business consultant for the County of Huron. She has operated Lobb Entrepreneurship for more than 25 years, helping small business owners with record-keeping software. She is West Ward Councillor for the Municipality of Central Huron and has served as a municipal councillor for 25 years. She has been a Maitland Valley Conservation Authority director for more than 20 years and is a Past Chair. Her active involvement in community projects and conservation work has been extensive. She is a cash crop farmer in the Municipality of Central Huron in the former Goderich Township.
“I believe that the work of the Land Trust in protecting the natural environment is important,” she said. “The Huron Tract is an historic geographic area and the Land Trust gives individuals a way to share in protecting it.”
Kim McCabe, of the London and Bayfield areas, began her working life as a registered nurse and practised for 15 years before changing course and entering into Landscape Design at Fanshawe College. She graduated with a Landscape Architecture degree from the University of Guelph in 2007. Kim worked at a number of planning and landscape architecture firms, gaining experience in residential, municipal, commercial, and parks planning projects. This experience included a number of park and trail designs, re-naturalization projects and healing gardens. She previously served a six-year term on the Board of Directors at the Thames Talbot Land Trust where she assisted with the design and implementation of an accessible native plant and demonstration garden at Hawk Cliff in Elgin County. She has a passion for nature and completed her thesis on the healing benefits of access to nature. She spends a lot of time biking and hiking in the Bayfield area and other parts of Ontario.
“I look forward to continuing to volunteer in land conservancy and stewardship at the Huron Tract Land Trust Conservancy,” she said.
The current board of directors of the land trust is Roger Lewington, Bayfield; Don Farwell, Stratford; Max Morden, St. Marys; Paul Spittal, Bayfield; Peter Twynstra, Ailsa Craig; Philip Walden, Thedford; Steve Bowers, Brussels; Kim McCabe of London and Bayfield; and Alison Lobb, of the Clinton area. Recently retiring from the board was Steve Boles, of Exeter.
The Huron Tract Land Trust Conservancy was formed in 2011, by the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation, a registered Canadian charity. The land trust serves the area of the historic Huron Tract from the early days of settlement. The HTLTC is a volunteer organization with a separate board of directors and is a member of the Ontario Land Trust Alliance.
The Huron Tract Land Trust Conservancy accepts donations and bequests of land and gives people in the Huron Tract area a way to make a positive difference by helping protect and restore land, water, and nature.
For more information on the Conservancy, please email info@htltc.ca or call 1-888-286-2610 or visit htltc.ca.