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Projects
& Clients
Six
Nations Species at Risk Inventory Project
(Ontario Species at Risk Stewardship Fund)
Kayanase has recently begun a
new initiative to conduct a Six Nations Species at Risk
Inventory Project for 2008-2009, which is funded through the
Ontario Species at Risk Stewardship Fund. The project began in
August 2008 and will continue until February 2009. The
inventory po this project was conducted during the end of
summer and fall months. The inventory involved contacting land
owners to gain permission to survey their land and then
inviting the land owner to join Kayanase’s Species at Risk
Team in a walk around their property to search for species at
risk. Various species at risk that were found during this
assessment include:
Jefferson Salamander
Monarch Butterfly
Butternut
Eastern Flowering Dogwood
Chimney Swift
Northern Map Turtle
Eastern Ribbon Snake
The purpose of this inventory
is to understand which species at risk are present in the
community, so that land owners and the community as a whole,
can protect these species and their habitat for future
generations. We will be continuing our inventory in spring and
early summer 2009 to address the species we may have missed
seeing last year. If you would like to be involved in this
project by providing information about species at risk
sightings and/or by giving us permission to survey your land,
and if interested, joining us on our walk around it.
Please contact Karen Bomberry
at Kayanase’s head office at (519) 445-0013.
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