CONTACT US


PHONE

705-326-1620

Email

Please scroll to staff list below to find the right person for your enquiry

Mail

Box 704, STN MAIN
Orillia, Ontario 
L3V 6K7 Canada

OFFICE

1485 Division Rd W
Orillia, Ontario
L3V 0X6


OFFICE TEAM

Leila Verheyen

Executive Director 

leila(at)couchconservancy.ca

Contact me about land protection and acquisition, financial info and questions about strategy.

Courtney Baker

Landowner outreach & Acquisition Specialist

courtney(at)couchconservancy.ca Office Hours Wednesday & Friday 10:00am-5:00pm

Contact me about stewarding your private land and options to permanently protect your land. 

Meg Whitton

 OFFICE COORDINATOR
(job share)

nature(at)couchconservancy.ca

Contact me about general inquiries and booking spaces. If you aren't sure who to talk to, talk to me first. I will put you on the right track. One of three Megs on staff. I am the first you will encounter at the door. I also organize the Carden Challenge.

Cindy King

 OFFICE COORDINATOR
(job share)

nature(at)couchconservancy.ca

Contact me about general inquiries and booking spaces. If you aren't sure who to talk to, talk to me first. I will put you on the right track.

FUNDRAISING & ENGAGEMENT TEAM

Tanya Clark

 Fundraising & Engagement Manager

tanya(at)couchconservancy.ca

Contact me about donation options such as Membership, Monthly Giving, Stock Donations, Heartwood Fund, Corporate Partnerships and more. If you haven't received your charitable receipt for your donation, I can help with that too.

Jocelyn Trudell

 Engagement Organizer

engage(at)couchconservancy.ca

Contact me about taking your first step towards protecting precious nature in our region. I support new volunteers with their application process, coordinate the Ambassador Program, and Passport to Nature Program.

STEWARDSHIP TEAM

Meghan Duell

CONSERVED LANDS MANAGER

meghan(at)couchconservancy.ca

Contact me for help with land stewardship, community science monitoring programs and data and research on our nature reserves.

I also manage stewardship funding including government and private grants.

Toby Rowland

 Conservation Biologist

toby(at)couchconservancy.ca

Contact me for help with your community science monitoring activities including Bats, Reptiles, the Carden Bird Blitz, and the Grassland Bird monitoring program.

I provide training and field orientation, and also help private landowners establish community science monitoring on their property through our Landowner Stewardship program.

Aiesha Aggarwal

 Conservation Analyst (on maternity leave)

aiesha(at)couchconservancy.ca

Contact me for help with community science monitoring activities including Frog Calls, Monarch Monitoring and Water Monitoring. I also provide asssitance to our volunteers using Landscape. 

I provide training and field orientations, and make maps to support acquisition and stewardship of our nature reserves, including our public trail maps.

Megan Greenwood

 Reserve Steward

mgreenwood(at)couchconservancy.ca

Contact me for help with property maintenance issues and our invasive species control program. I coordinate the Land Steward and Maintenance teams.

Alysha Henry

YOUTH STEWARDSHIP COORDINATOR

alysha(at)couchconservancy.ca

Contact me for help with community science monitoring activities including Salamander & Vernal Pools, Wildlife on Roads,  and Youth Stewardship.

I provide training and field orientation, and work on habitat connectivity projects to improve the flow of wildlife through protected spaces. I also run the Youth Stewardship Program, a community science program designed specifically to facilitate youth (ages 16+) involvement in conservation ecology.

CONTRACTORS
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Bookkeeper

Terry-Lynn HazletT

Email: info(at)couchconservancy.ca

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Community science data entry
meagan coughlin