Stream and riparian habitat restoration activities that increase the availability of native, natural habitat and re-establish habitat corridors are expected to have a significant impact on species numbers and diversity.
The RBWRP will contact landowners at priority sites to outline possible site-specific native, natural habitat restoration activities and interest landowners in participating in such works. Sites identified through watercourse surveying and mapping work and the Carolinian Canada Natural Heritage Educational Program will be targeted in order of priority. Where landowners are interested and willing to contribute to rehabilitation works, work plan development will be initiated.
In a landscape where natural habitats have been severely depleted and degraded, activities undertaken to restore natural habitats and habitat connectivity are expected to have a significant impact on species numbers and diversity. Prioritization of restoration projects will ensure that work is focussed on the areas in greatest need of improvements and/or showing the greatest prospects for successful rehabilitation. Shelterbelts in the form of riparian corridors, wind rows and fence rows established between existing remnant habitats will provide a variety of wildlife species with food, shelter and a passageway through which they may gain access to habitats that are currently inaccessible due to forest fragmentation. The planting of a variety of native species, including significant species where possible, and tending of the sites will ensure the re-establishment of a healthy and diverse ecosystem.
This page was developed by Donna Wonnacott, Stan Sowinski &
Vicki McKay
Last revised July 3, 1998