Author of the article: Elliot Ferguson
Publishing date: Jan 07, 2021 • January 7, 2021 • 1 minute read
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NAPANEE A turtle habitat near Cloyne is one of two sites that are to share a three-year, $522,000 grant from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment.
The funding, announced Wednesday, also included Greater Napanee as one of seven locations across Ontario to be included in Wildlife Preservation Canada’s recovery strategy for the eastern loggerhead shrike.
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The provincial government committed close to $270,000 over three years for the strategy.
“Our area is known for its natural beauty and wildlife, which makes it a magnet for tourism,” Hastings-Lennox and Addington MPP Daryl Kramp said. “These excellent investments recognize and fund the commitment of groups in our communities to sustain and preserve our surroundings, including at-risk birds, butterflies and tu
Three projects in Hastings-Lennox and Addington counties are receiving a big boost from the provincial government.
On Wednesday, the Ontario government announced it is investing up to $4.5 million to help protect and recover plants and animals in danger of disappearing in the province.
The funding will be given to non-profit organizations, Indigenous communities and other groups through the Species at Risk Stewardship Program for projects that help preserve at risk species and their habitats.
“Our area is known for its natural beauty and wildlife which makes it a magnet for tourism,” MPP Daryl Kramp said. “These excellent investments recognize and fund the commitment of groups in our communities to sustain and preserve our surroundings, including at-risk birds, butterflies and turtles.”
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.