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Expired Entry in Shoreline: Green Expanded

Conservation Area Strategy

Recent amendments to the Conservation Authorities Act require Conservation Authorities to develop a Conservation Area Strategy to identify the programs and services that conserve, protect, rehabilitate, establish, and manage natural heritage located within these authority-owned or controlled lands.  

 

This strategy discusses the objectives that will inform ERCA’s decision-making, including decisions relating to land acquisition. The key objectives are to protect people from natural hazards, conserve nature, and provide opportunities for outdoor recreation and education across the watershed.

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Read the Strategy Here

Conservation Area Goals and Objectives

  • Objectives
    Objective 1: Maintain and improve hydrological functions (e.g. water retention and erosion control) within Conservation Areas to assist in protecting people and properties from flooding.
    Objective 2: Protect and enhance the biodiversity and ecosystem resilience of the Essex Region.
    Objective 3: Ensure conservation lands contribute to the optimization of watershed ecosystem services.
    Objective 4: Undertake research, monitoring, and evaluation of the natural heritage system, and organize current information to identify information gaps and strengthen knowledge of ERCA’s watershed natural heritage system.
    Objective 5: Maintain, enhance, and build new partnerships to enhance connectivity of natural heritage lands and trail networks, where possible.
  • Objectives
    Objective 1: Safely maintain Conservation Areas and trails for public access.
    Objective 2: Ensure that, wherever possible, Conservation Areas are accessible and inclusive to all members of the community.
    Objective 3: Ensure that the public has access to quality and sustainable outdoor recreation and education programming in nature.
    Objective 4: Determine the current public uses occurring on conservation lands, identify user groups and principal uses, and identify actions to meet future needs for these lands.
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  • Objectives
    Objective 1: Maintain and improve hydrological functions (e.g. water retention and erosion control) within Conservation Areas to assist in protecting people and properties from flooding.
    Objective 2: Protect and enhance the biodiversity and ecosystem resilience of the Essex Region.
    Objective 3: Ensure conservation lands contribute to the optimization of watershed ecosystem services.
    Objective 4: Undertake research, monitoring, and evaluation of the natural heritage system, and organize current information to identify information gaps and strengthen knowledge of ERCA’s watershed natural heritage system.
    Objective 5: Maintain, enhance, and build new partnerships to enhance connectivity of natural heritage lands and trail networks, where possible.

Conservation Area Goals and Objectives

  • Objectives
    Objective 1: Safely maintain Conservation Areas and trails for public access.
    Objective 2: Ensure that, wherever possible, Conservation Areas are accessible and inclusive to all members of the community.
    Objective 3: Ensure that the public has access to quality and sustainable outdoor recreation and education programming in nature.
    Objective 4: Determine the current public uses occurring on conservation lands, identify user groups and principal uses, and identify actions to meet future needs for these lands.
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