Society for Ecological Restoration
200 University Ave W N2L 3G1 Waterloo, ON, Canada

Hey Restorers! The Ontario government is planning changes to the Conservation Authorities Act that threaten the ability of conservation authorities to protect nature. Join this session hosted by our friends at the Waterloo Ecology Network to learn about the changes and draft letters to elected officials. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/letter-writing-for-ontarios-nat

Hey Restorers! Check out this short video of a backyard restoration project that helped foster broader community engagement to #releafck Chatham-Kent is a mostly rural municipality in southwestern Ontario and is dominated by some of the highest intensity agricultural land use of the province. Before European colonization, the land area of CK had over 65% forest cover. Now CK's tree cover is only 3.4%! With the high intensity land use of the region, backyard restoration proje...cts like this are increasingly important to buffer the impacts of fragmentation and agricultural run off. Check out ReLeaf Chatham-Kent to see the grassroots action and community engagement yourself! https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=WkIO9-DlwvU

Roadsides are increasingly being recognized for their potential to support restoration activities and act as habitat corridors for wildlife. For her masters research, Mara investigated whether roadside grassland restorations in Ontario were successful in restoring the plant community, bee community and soil characteristics. She highlights the key results of her research and discusses the opportunities and challenges of roadside restoration.

Hey Restorers! Check out this virtual field trip from our friends at SERO!

Jenna Quinn, Program Scientist at rare, talks about the ins and outs of conducting your research on the rare reserve. This presentation includes an overview of the organization, a walk through of the research and land use application process, and highlight some of the interesting projects ongoing at the reserve. Recorded Oct. 15, 2020.

Hey Restorers! Hope everyone is taking some time to enjoy this great fall weather. Our next talk is this Thursday, Oct. 15 at 2 p.m. Come learn how to do research with rare Charitable Research Reserve! Sign up at this link: https://linktr.ee/seruwaterloo