COUNTY PLANNING STUDY ON NATURAL HERITAGE
A partner study completed by South Nation Conservation for the United Counties of Prescott-Russell and Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry.
What is a Natural Heritage System?
A Natural Heritage System (NHS) is a network of interconnected natural features and areas such as forests, lakes, rivers, agricultural lands, and wetlands.
The Province of Ontario requires municipalities to identify Natural Heritage Systems and preserve the diversity and connectivity of these features.
This requirement is translated into policies that inform development, stewardship actions, climate change resiliency, environmental studies, and conservation efforts.
The combination of habitat loss and landscape fragmentation poses one of the greatest threats to biodiversity conservation and can adversely affect many wildlife species. Using landscape connectivity as a driver of sustainable development benefits both human and natural systems and protects our local environment.
COMPONENTS OF A NATURAL HERITAGE SYSTEM
Click Here to View Draft Maps
Keystone wildlife sightings as reported by residents through Survey123 are identified on the map below.
Click here to help us identify wildlife corridors and linkages across the local landscape.
