During 1996, watercourses within the Rondeau Bay watershed were surveyed and significant features were mapped. Features mapped include: wetland vegetation, natural riparian corridors, adjoining vegetation corridors, buffer strips (grass/shrub/tree), natural vs. channelized stream reaches, stream entrenchment, adjacent land use practices (i.e. pasture vs. crop, conservation vs. conventional tillage practices), obstructions to flow, stream bank erosion and the cause where identifiable, livestock access to watercourses (including species and numbers), obvious nutrient loadings (e.g. feedlot run-off or manure storage problems) and significant fish, wildlife and plant sightings. Sixty-two sites in need of stream and/or riparian habitat restoration works and key areas for re-establishing habitat connectivity were identified. Identification of these sites will facilitate the speedy restoration of beneficial uses related to habitat loss and the degradation of fish and wildlife populations in the most efficient manner.
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This page was developed by Donna Wonnacott, Stan Sowinski &
Vicki McKay
Last revised July 3, 1998