Lake Huron Biodiversity Conservation Strategy
- How healthy is biodiversity in Lake Huron?
- What are the most critical threats to Lake Huron’s biodiversity?
- Where are the most important unprotected coastal wetlands on Manitoulin Island?
What coastal region of Saginaw Bay is under the greatest threat?
- Where are the last coastal areas with high-quality bird stop-over habitat in southern Lake Huron?
These are just some of the questions you can answer with the Lake Huron Biodiversity Conservation Strategy, a collaborative, international vision for conserving Lake Huron’s biodiversity. The Strategy provides conservation practitioners across the basin with a framework for conserving and restoring Lake Huron’s native flora and fauna.
Accomplishments of the Strategy include:
- Selection of biodiversity features that collectively represent all of Lake Huron’s biodiversity and a health assessment for each feature.
- Identification of the most critical threats to Lake Huron biodiversity including in-depth analysis of how they affect biodiversity.
- Recommended strategies to abate the most critical threats and enhance the health of the biodiversity features.
- Identification of priority biodiversity conservation areas for implementation of strategies based on spatial data analysis.
- Suggested next steps to implement recommendations.
The Sweetwater Sea: Summary is an abridged, reader-friendly version of the Strategy’s full technical report and is intended to succinctly put the substance of the Strategy and priority biodiversity conservation areas in the hands of decision makers and implementers. The Sweetwater Sea: Technical Report provides much more detailed information about the findings and recommendations of the Strategy, as well as the planning process and broad stakeholder participation used to develop the Strategy and next steps for implementation. Both documents are available through the links at the right.
Process
The Lake Huron Biodiversity Conservation Strategy is the product of a two-year, collaborative, science-based planning process involving nearly 400 individuals from more than 100 agencies and organizations from around the Lake Huron basin. The process involved expert consultation, literature reviews, workshops, conference calls, on-line surveys and meetings.
Partners
The Lake Huron Biodiversity Conservation Strategy was led by The Nature Conservancy, Environment Canada, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Michigan Sea Grant and The Nature Conservancy of Canada.
Project Support
Funding for the Lake Huron Biodiversity Conservation Strategy was provided by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environment Canada, the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation, Chrysler Foundation and the Mott Foundation. Funding was also provided by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources via the Canada Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem. Michigan Sea Grant and Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment provided significant in-kind support.
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