The Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust (ORMLT) is a Canadian charitable non-profit organization founded in 1999. Its mandate is to acquire land on the Oak Ridges Moraine to protect it from development, typically through land donations or conservation easements. As of November 2008, it has secured over 3000 acres (12.2 km²) of land.
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“The leaves are all dead on the ground,
Save those that the oak is keeping”
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