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After nearly 30 years of work, the group’s director is hoping that their success with the spiny softshell turtle encourages others working to conserve wildlife.

After nearly 30 years of work, the group's director is hoping that their success with the spiny softshell turtle encourages others working to conserve wildlife.

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The Ontario government is providing $561,000 to ALUS Canada for a three-year project targeting ecosystems in Southern Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area.

The $10,000 contribution from the Invasive Species Action Fund (ISAF) is going toward control measures against dog-strangling vine, Japanese knotweed and giant hogweed.

The $10,000 contribution from the Invasive Species Action Fund (ISAF) is going toward control measures against dog-strangling vine, Japanese knotweed and giant hogweed.

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.

Author of the article: Elliot Ferguson Publishing date: Jan 07, 2021  •  January 7, 2021  •  1 minute read Article content 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. We ...

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....

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 Isl...