In front of a crowd at the Ojibway Nature Preserve, Minister of Environment, conservation and parks David Piccini was happy to help hand over $423,580 in funding to Wildlife Preservation Canada.
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Provincial funding to help monitoring of at-risk bat species in Matawa territory
Matawa First Nations Management will expand monitoring of at-risk bat species in northern Ontario with help from some provincial funding.
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Posted: Jan 14, 2021 7:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 14
New provincial funding will help Matawa First Nations Management expand its research of at-risk bat species in the region, including the Little Brown Bat.(Peter Thomson/Associated Press)
Matawa First Nations Management will expand monitoring of at-risk bat species in northern Ontario with help from some provincial funding.
The organization, through its Four Rivers environmental services department, has been approved for a total of $115,000 in funding over two years from Ontario s Species at Risk Stewardship Program.
SHARE ON: Manitoulin Phragmites Project team members Joel Trudeau and Nathan Madahbee hand-cutting Phragmites out of natural vegetation in the shoreline marsh at the head of South Bay. Photo provided
The Manitoulin Phragmites Project had a successful year despite having to deal with COVID-19 and the challenges it presented.
Project coordinator Judith Jones says phragmites are an invasive, tough, long-growing European grass that chokes out natural vegetation and has spread across Manitoulin Island.
She says it was a bit tough this year because they lacked government funding, so the work did not begin until July 1st, but thanks to the support of local donors, they were able to operate on a week-by-week basis to clear the invader from different areas on Manitoulin Island.