Summer 2024 Activities

Conservation Authority staff kneeling in front of a patch of phragmites

Conservation Authority staff examines a patch of phragmites

Invasive species control efforts were implemented to reduce phragmites on the property. All patches that were

identified and mapped in 2023 were controlled in September 2024 using a foliar application of herbicide.

As part of the Conservation Authority’s new watershed wide terrestrial long-term monitoring plot program, a deciduous forest monitoring plot was set up and surveyed on the property. This program aims to determine the current status of and identify long-term trends in the health of our watershed’s forests.

Boundary inspections continued this season, with additional property boundaries being followed to find iron survey bars and to look for any encroachment or other issues.

Progress towards a Traditional Knowledge report and the Land Relationship Visioning exercise continued, guided by the project Cambium Indigenous Professional Services, and included Indigenous community engagements and a summer site visit.