The Lake Huron Centre For Coastal Conservation
Advocating Wise Stewardship of Lake Huron's Coastal Ecosystems
Ecosystems
Lake Huron's coast has some of the richest biodiversity in Ontario. Dune grasslands, coastal meadow marshes, bluff, cobble shore and Alvars are some of the shore ecosystems containing many rare and vulnerable plant communities and species. The Coastal Centre uses an ecosystem approach in its conservation work.
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Woodlands
The Huron Fringe Forest includes the wooded areas that parallel the shoreline of Lake Huron. It is a remnant of what used to be part of the great forests of pre-European settlement that covered about 90% of the landscape in southwestern Ontario. Today, because of clearing for agriculture and development, the forests have been reduced to patches and strips of woodlands. |
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WetlandsWetlands are an interface between land and water environments, and are areas that are permanently or temporarily submerged or water saturated, such that the vegetation growing within them are adapted to wet soil conditions ... essential to maintaining fish populations. Abundance and diversity of fish is relatively high in and adjacent to shoreline marshes. |
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The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation P.O. Box 178, Blyth, Ontario, Canada N0M 1H0 Phone: (519) 523-4478 Email: coastalcentre@lakehuron.on.ca |
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