Forests Ontario 2018 – Community Tree Plant – Windsor Gina Pannunzio, Paul Giroux and Ian Naisbitt “Cinco de Mayo!” On Saturday, 5 May, the Windsor-Essex community celebrated the “Community Tree Plant” event with Forests Ontario. Essex County Nature was invited to participate by Paul Giroux, City of Windsor Forester. This also marked the end of […]
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Forests Ontario 2018 Community Tree Plant – Windsor
May 9th, 2018
Forests Ontario Community Planting
April 26th, 2018
Spring is right around the corner, and what better way to “dig in” to the warmer weather than with a fun, free, family-friendly tree planting event! Forests Ontario and local planting partners are excited to invite you, along with your friends and family, to participate in the 2018 Community Tree Plant event happening in Windsor […]
Earth Day 2018 Celebrations in Windsor-Essex
March 27th, 2018
Celebrate Earth Day in the Windsor-Essex Community! There are many exciting Earth Day events happening in Windsor-Essex this year! Read about them below and contact the organizers for more information. ACT Recycling Day – Celebrating 10 Years! Devonshire Mall’s yearly recycling program is celebrating 10 Years on Saturday April 21 2018, from 9am to 5pm! […]
Detroit River Canadian Cleanup Celebrates Thirty Years of Progress with New Mapping Tool
February 2nd, 2018
February 2, 2018 Media Release For Immediate Release Detroit River Canadian Cleanup Celebrates Thirty Years of Progress with New Mapping Tool Windsor, ON – A new interactive mapping tool that tells the cleanup story of the Detroit River is now available to explore! Remediation efforts on the Canadian side in the Detroit River include […]
TD Trees Day along Little River
October 27th, 2017
TD Trees Day Along Little River Gina Pannunzio, Kelly Laforest and Ian Naisbitt (Author) On Sunday, 22 October, TD Bank sponsored their TD Trees Day program by inviting our Windsor-Essex community to help TD employees plant trees. Groups that participated included: Essex County Nature, Code Green – Caesars Windsor, Rotary Club of LaSalle Centennial, Essex […]
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#WorldToiletDay (November 19) is an annual United Nations observance promoted through a worldwide public campaign that encourages action to tackle the global sanitation crisis.![]()
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REMEMBER, your toilet IS NOT a garbage can. To protect the Detroit River only the 3 P's go down the toilet...pee, poop and TP! 💩🧻🚽✅
We’ve been working with our partners to improve fish populations in the Detroit River. Did you know that based on most recent estimates by scientists indicate there are over 6,000 Lake Sturgeon in the Detroit River? Lake Sturgeon were almost extripated from the river but thanks to habitat restoration efforts, including installing spawning reefs, there is now a healthy population in the #DetroitRiver. Learn more about fish populations in the Detroit River in our fish population assessment report: tinyurl.com/DetRivfishpops
We've been working with our partners to improve fish populations in the Detroit River. Did you know that based on most recent estimates by scientists indicate there are over 6,000 Lake Sturgeon in the Detroit River? Lake Sturgeon were almost extripated from the river but thanks to habitat restoration efforts, including installing spawning reefs, there is now a healthy population in the #detroitriver. Learn more about fish populations in the Detroit River in our fish population assessment report: tinyurl.com/DetRivfishpops
There are many great stories to read about in our upcoming October newsletter, scheduled to your inbox next week! Learn about what our partners are doing in the Detroit River watershed, hear about new funding for local projects and see a long list of fall community events such as tree planting opportunities with @Essex Region Conservation, Essex County Nature's 40th Anniversary celebration and AGM, local walks with The Friends Of Ojibway Prairie, @YQGgreen Expo and more! ![]()
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