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Shoreline Flood Status 

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Expired Entry in Watershed: Green Expanded

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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.

Read the Strategy Here

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Conservation Area Strategy

  • 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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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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