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Protect the Ojibway Prairie, an important species-at-risk land!
Hi Everyone! See what is happening with the Ojibway Prairie (Windsor Star article and video) http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/03/27/big-box-retail-development-plan-near-ojibway-draws-fire-with-video/ Don't agree with the development on this environmentally important land? You can make comments over the web: http://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTE4OTkz&statusId=MTc4MDA2&language=en Making comments are open to all the public but comments are only accepted until April 18th!
Mason Bee Nest
Hi everyone! I found this awesome article on how to make a nest for mason bees! Mason bees don't sting and they are great pollinators. Just follow this link! http://themagnifyingglass.typepad.com/weblog/2011/03/make-a-mason-bee-nest.html
Project: Rain Gardens in Essex County
The west basin of Lake Erie has been seriously impacted by rain water runoff which carries contaminants and phosphorous which in turn fuels large blooms of toxic algae. To mitigate this a simple green infrastructure project, to be designed and tested is the installation of rain gardens. Rain gardens are constructed around drains and catch basins to collect rainwater before it goes into the subsurface system. The rain gardens will have native plants chosen for [...]
Water Quality in Lake Erie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3NAMBMWlkeo A message from WECEC. Click to watch the video!
ECFNC Members’ Meetings
Thank you to Dan Loncke for giving an exciting talk on the War of 1812 at our last Members' Meeting! Come out to our next meeting at the Ojibway Nature Centre on October 10 at 7:30 p.m. to hear Claire Sanders speak about bird banding and the Pelee Island Bird Observatory! Don't forget to head over to our Egret page to see the September Issue of our Newsletter.