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    "High use and high abuse" of Torrance Barrens concerns area residents Camping is under fire at the Torrance Barrens conservation reserve.
    2019-"High use and high abuse" of Torrance Barrens concerns area residents Camping is under fire at the Torrance Barrens conservation reserve.
    2017-Torrance Barrens dark-sky advocate concerned about Gravenhurst lights
    2016- Council approves application to improve Torrance Barrens trail system
    2018-Gravenhurst needs enlightening on dark sky
    2018-Why this ‘outlaw’ is fighting to keep an Ontario town dark
    2008-Reserve is a refuge from artificial light
    2009-See the light at Torrance Barrens
    2004-The stars are the show on a clear Muskoka night
    2000-Let there be Dark

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