The 2025 Proposed Budget cuts service in one place to shift it to another. Not to mention the mayors “tunnel vision” on 10 paid sick days for drivers pushing him to cut the tunnel bus route. This is NOT improvement and this is NOT investment, it throws riders under the bus by refusing to properly fund public transit.

Council is millions of dollars behind funding transit. Years of “holding the line” hurts the most vulnerable rider and prevents us from driving forward.

Join the fight to save our Windsor-Detroit Tunnel Bus service and let your voice be heard

Email your councillor

Sign our petition

Connect with ATWE to speak up about transit

The Pelee Coastal Resilience Committee would like to invite members of the public and stakeholders from Amherstburg to Port Alma to attend a virtual meeting on February 12, 2025, from 6 to 8 pm to learn more about the decision-making tool developed for the project and the draft adaptation concepts (actions) developed to date to increase coastal resilience.

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

To learn more, please visit https://peleecoastal.ca/

Tell Ontario's party leaders you want them to endorse actions to make homes affordable in Ontario!
> Send a letter now: https://win.newmode.net/.../fivewayshomepoliticalpartyend...
> Provincial Election Prep Toolkit
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Looking to make a difference in 2025? Consider joining the DRCC's Public Advisory Council (PAC)!

The PAC is a group of like-minded individuals invested in the Detroit River's health and restoration. Members participate in the Remedial Action Plan (RAP) and cleanup efforts. We meet two to three times a year and participate in numerous DRCC led events and projects. All are welcome to join! Please send your expression of interest to postmaster@detroitriver.ca.

DRCC PAC (Public Advisory Council) meeting is coming up on Feb 24, 4:30 to 6:30 at Mackenzie Hall! Check out the presenters and the wonderful information and initiatives you can get involved with to ensure the health and restoration of our Detroit River

Consider visiting or volunteering in the 2025 season! An opportunity to be in awe of what we share this part of the Planet with and how restoration initiatives can provide the safe haven needed for species to thrive (yes, including us!)

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Date & Time Jan 30, 2025 06:30 PM

This free webinar will be hosted by Friends of Ojibway Prairie president, Mike Fisher and Ontario Nature’s Nature Network Organizer, Lesley Rudy. The focus is about how national and provincial urban parks can not only protect nature but also connect urban dwellers to local wildlife and green space.

Windsor-Tecumseh MPP and Parliamentary Assistant for the Ministry or Environment, Conservation and Parks, Andrew Dowie will share his vision for the Ojibway Prairie Complex in Windsor and potentially other surrounding nature areas, which is slated to become a national urban park thanks to an agreement between Parks Canada and the City of Windsor.

MPP Dowie will speak about the province's urban provincial parks and his Bill 193 that seeks to create new legislation for a class of urban park within the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act

Join us on Wednesday January 29th, 2025 at 6:30pm , located at 37 University Avenue east, between Freedom Way and Ouellette Ave.

All Too Clear uses cutting-edge underwater drones to explore how quadrillions of tiny invasive mussels, known as quaggas, are re-engineering the ecosystem of the Great Lakes at a scale not seen since the glaciers. To capture this epic change, the husband-and-wife filmmaking team of Zach Melnick and Yvonne Drebert spent more than 150 days filming underwater, making it the most ambitious underwater film ever made about the Great Lakes. Part scientific exploration, part natural history adventure – the film showcases freshwater wildlife and environments like never before.

Announcing our Keynote Speaker for Living Landscapes on February 22nd. Check out all the details here- https://wheatleyhorticulturalsociety.com/living-landscapes/

Get your tickets by January 31st for a chance to win our speakers books!

Our Living Landscapes Session 2 Seminar Options! Check out the full details at wheatleyhorticulturalsociety.com/living-landscapes/

Tickets are selling fast! Make sure you get yours and are entered to win our draw for tickets purchased in January.

Farms of all sizes and types can play a crucial role in supporting conservation and biodiversity. Join Samantha Lyon of Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association and Brenda Hsueh of Farmers For Climate Solutions - Fermiers pour la transition climatique for a practical exploration of best management practices (BMPs) that you can implement on your farm to enhance its ecological value. From improving soil health to creating habitats for wildlife, this webinar will provide you with actionable insights to make a positive environmental impact, no matter what kind of farm you operate.

This webinar is in partnership with Kawartha Land Trust’s Passport to Nature series

Some links shared during the presentation via the chat

- https://www.agroforestryfarming.com/.../windbreaks...

- https://www.nvca.on.ca/.../Multi-functional-Windbreaks...

-https://beecitycanada.org/no-mow-may-a-bee-city-canada.../

> Late in the day on Friday, December 20th, just before the holidays, the federal government announced that they will not designate Highway 413 for a new impact assessment.

This decision, combined with changes to provincial environmental assessment rules in Bill 212, means that Premier Ford’s destructive, expensive and unnecessary highway will not be subject to a comprehensive review of its impacts.

But that doesn’t mean this highway is a done deal. The Ministry of Transportation has yet to complete the necessary planning and engineering work. Much of the land required to build the highway hasn’t yet been acquired by the provincial government. There are also environmental values that the federal government is still legally obliged to protect.

The federal government can and should issue a protection order for the endangered redside dace by January 25th

According to the federal recovery strategy for this rare and colourful fish, the headwaters of the Humber and Credit rivers - both of which are in the path of the proposed highway - are critical habitat that must be protected. Issuing permits for Highway 413 could very well lead to the extinction of this species from Canada. This protection order could also protect the headwaters of the Carruthers Creek from unnecessary sprawl.

As communities strive to build climate resilience and reverse the trend of biodiversity loss, demand for readily available, ecologically appropriate native seed and plants continues to increase dramatically.

Today, Carolinian Canada presents a new strategy as a regional solution to address the crises of climate change and biodiversity loss in southern Ontario.

This report was prepared by Carolinian Canada Coalition in partnership with the Southern Ontario Seed Strategy collective and with support from Greenbelt Foundation, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and Canadian Wildlife Federation.

>Link to Carolinian Canada’s Commitment to Creating Ethical and Safe Spaces: https://caroliniancanada.ca/safe

Hi Friends, be sure to check the Windsor Star for an update on efforts to establish Ojibway National Urban Park.

"However, according to the Parliament of Canada website, once the Senate is reconstituted in March, a senator could make an order of reference motion to have the bill brought back for study at the same committee so that they do not have to redo the full process."

"In the meantime, Fisher is urging Windsor-Essex residents to keep their lawn signs supporting the proposed national park on display."

> Wildlands League created these signs to show our support

OLTA- Ontario Land Trust Alliance

“Working on building partnerships with local First Nations but not sure where to start? Looking to read and learn but overwhelmed by the resources out there and need help separating culturally relevant resources from white-washing? A project of the Conservation Through Reconciliation Partnership and others, The Indigenous-Led Conservation Reading List offers a wide range of reading recommendations.”

Join us as we shape ERCA's Clean Water~Green Spaces grant and Healthy Headwaters Lab to better serve our agricultural community.

Our team will be at the Shaheen Room at the Essex Centre Sports Complex (60 Fairview Avenue West Essex) on Wednesday January 29 2025 from 4pm to 7pm.

Hear updates on local research, monitoring and funding programs. Be ready to participate! We want to hear from you on key topics related to these programs and the agricultural community

Toolkit from ON Nature
Building more and bigger highways comes at a cost to our environment and communities. The proposed Bill 212 and Highway 413 will exacerbate biodiversity, climate, and health problems that already impact southern Ontario by destroying thousands of acres of remaining ecosystems and native habitat, including populations of rare and at-risk species.

We encourage you to take action and share your voice on this matter. Sign the David Suzuki Foundation's petition and use Ontario Nature's toolkit to call and email decision-makers. Our landscape matters, and your voice can make an impact