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Banff Connectivity Conference, April 2025 In April of 2025, Jarvis Strong, Executive Director of ECA and Bruce Harbinson, President and co-founder of the ECA joined many other organizations at the first-ever Connectivity Conference in Banff, hosted by Y2Y. They engaged with, learned from and also presented on Nature Corridors. They were able to help spread…
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Unleashing our Economy Act Deadline to comment is May 17th, 2025 Greetings ECA Community, I am sending you this email as we have had many questions about the Province’s Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025. The Bill was brought forward by Minister Stephen Lecce of the Ministry of Energy and Mines. It relates…
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You may be wondering why the ECA selected this study area for our geospatial analysis to determine corridor focus areas. Our 185,386-hectare (about 1,800 sq km) study area consists of five provincially recognized watershed basins (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry), all closely connected to the local SGB Niagara Escarpment, which serves as their…
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In a major step forward for environmental conservation, the Escarpment Corridor Alliance (ECA) and the Greenbelt Foundation have launched an ambitious new project: the Ecological Corridor Identification Project. This initiative will create a comprehensive geospatial ‘road map’ designed to connect fragmented natural areas across the Niagara Escarpment and South Georgian Bay.
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Great news for nature lovers! The Ministry of Environment, Climate, and Parks (MECP) is proposing to expand 27 protected areas across Ontario, a crucial step in safeguarding our biodiversity and creating an ecological corridor in South Georgian Bay. The Escarpment Corridor Alliance has been an integral supporter of this effort, especially the expansion of Pretty…
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The Escarpment Corridor Alliance Presents: Ten Reasons for Establishing an Ecological Corridor Across Southern Georgian Bay The Escarpment Corridor Alliance (ECA) was formed with the explicit goal of creating a permanently protected corridor across the escarpment of Southern Georgian Bay. Here are the Top 10 Reasons why this matters now. The ECA Needs You –…
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Why are natural corridors so important? The Escarpment Corridor Alliance has incorporated the word ‘Corridor’ for a very specific reason; research is increasingly supporting the needed for ecologically connected networks is critical to the conservation of biological diversity, which provides irreplaceable functions and services, such as the provision of freshwater, food, climate regulation and pollination, just to name a few.…
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