This article in yesterday's online InQuinte jogged my memory about an encounter I had last summer while wading at Callaghan's Rapids Conservation Area. A young man on the opposite bank was messing about with small nets, and we met in the middle of the river and began chatting. When I asked about the nets, he said he was a field tech working on a special project, I believe from the University of Guelph. Our area is home to some rare at-risk butterflies, so one more reason for us to continue our work on stopping the stupid destruction of Callaghan's by the ATVers and other thoughtless visitors.
Three species protection projects in Quinte are getting funding from the Ford government.
The local amount of $872,000 is part of a $4.5 million provincial investment announced on Wednesday.
$522,000 in grant money will go to the Ontario Turtle Conservation
Centre to help it lessen threats to at-risk turtle populations in Cloyne
in Lennox and Addington County and another $270,000 will go towards the
implementation of a recovery strategy by Wildlife Preservation Canada
for the Eastern Loggerhead Shrike in Greater Napanee.
$80,847 will be used by Natural Resource Solutions to help it support the recovery of at-risk butterflies in Marmora.
Each grant will be spent over a three-year period.
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Right on. Hopefully part of the funds can block of the trail destroying their habitat. Thanks Chris good find!
Cheers!
Matt
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