Yesterday our Committee Chair Nancy Vidler presented to the Huron County Phragmites Management Area Working Group in Clinton. She presented a short history of our group’s work in Lambton Shores, with a focus on our largest and most challenging project along the shoreline. The project, referred to as ‘Wood Drive’, is by far our largest project to date. This coastal wetland is located along the Lake Huron shoreline within the Municipality of Lambton Shores and covers ~59 ha (146 ac). The wetland complex has Provincially Significant and Globally Rare designations and includes the only meadowmarsh community on Lake Huron within the Carolinian Zone. The meadow marsh, emergent marsh and shallow open water communities throughout this wetland provide critical habitat for a number of species at risk including turtles, snakes, birds and plants. Working with our partners over many years and tackling areas as appropriate tools, money and resources became available we are finally seeing the end of this huge undertaking! Learn more here
