Improve Quality of Natural Areas and Wetlands

Objective C7: Protect, Enhance and Expand the Quality and Condition of our Natural Areas and Wetlands

The following actions are needed to complete this objective:

Develop management plans for our unique and rare ecosystems in Windsor: the Ojibway Prairie Complex, Peche Island and South Cameron Natural Area.
Prepare management plans for natural area components and individual sites:

Identify issues that are currently impairing the quality of the natural area (i.e. habitat fragmentation/degradation, invasive species, incompatible human uses, littering, vandalism, erosion, etc.).
Identify strategies and actions to address the various issues and enhance our natural areas.

Implement management plans and actions (i.e. actively managing tall grass prairie by prescribed burns).
Continue to implement Species at Risk protection measures in all areas of Windsor and develop strategies to improve their status.
Monitor the quality and condition of our natural area components (i.e. integrity, biodiversity, health, etc.).
Provide multi-use buffer zones around natural areas and wetlands.
In conjunction with the creation of an Urban Forest Management Plan, conduct a canopy cover study of the city and set a new goal to increase the City’s canopy cover.

These indicators show the progress the City is making to achieve this objective:

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