Our Work at Port Franks
Port Franks Phragmites
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Port Franks controlled burn
Controlled burn
Native vegetation (silverweed, Argentina sp.) returning- Port Franks
More native vegetation returning after herbicide application, rolling and
burning- Port Franks
Touch up herbicide application- Year 2 Port Franks
Native song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) returning to restored habitat
Restored roadside- Port Franks
Nature Conservancy Property, Port Franks, ON
Our work at Lambton Centre
Before we started
Cousellors spading
Crews hand cutting Aug. 13, 2017
Greg Cutting Aug. 13, 2017
Phrag post spray, Aug. 4, 2017
Work continues Aug. 13, 2017
Great White Egret, Sept. 6, 2017
Sept. 13, 2017 view
Sunset at LC 2017.08.15
View from benches Sept. 13, 2017
Viewing benches at Lambton Centre prior to cutting
Rolling Phragmites at Lambton Centre
Our Wood Drive Project
Miscellaneous Photos
Phrag fighters. From left to right: Dr. Janice Gilbert, Nature Conservancy Canada and Ontario Phragmites Working Group; Kate Monk, Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority; Al Williamson, Williamson Farms; Don McCabe, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture; Ken Vegh, Municipal Drainage & Inspection Supervisor, Town of Kingsville; Mayor Bill Weber, Lambton Shores; Nette Pachlarz, Director, Lambton Shores Phragmites Community Group; Nancy Vidler, Chair, LSPCG. One stem of Phragmites can grow to more than three metres in height and send out several new runners from its stem. (photo – Bill MacDonald)
Phragmites encroaching on a farmer's field near Army Camp Road, Lambton Shores
A controlled burn at Lake Valley Grove, ON
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