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Planting Hope: Restoring the American Elm
This weekend, I had the pleasure of joining my son and the 27th Guelph Scouts at a Trees for Guelph community planting event at the Grange Road Natural Area. Among the native shrubs and trees, we had the rare opportunity to plant young American Elms (Ulmus americana). American Elms were once common across Eastern North America but were nearly lost to Dutch Elm Disease in the 20th century. The elms we were planting are part of a remarkable conservation effort that sprung forth from research completed at the University of Guelph.
What Are Nest Searches? And Why You Might Need One.
Development activities often conflict with migratory birds, when it is necessary to complete site clearing or vegetation removal activities during the same time of year that migratory birds are nesting and raising young. To prevent harm Aboud and Associates always recommends site alteration and vegetation removal be completed outside of the general avian nesting window, which is from April 1st-August 31st across most of southern Ontario.
Proposed Removal of the Endangered Species Act
The Ontario provincial government, through the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5), is proposing immediate changes to the Endangered Species Act, 2007 (ESA), which would ultimately be repealed following the enactment of the provincial government’s Species Conservation Act, 2025 (SCA).