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ABCA to submit response to ERO consolidation proposal
The ABCA is submitting a response to ERO posting 025-1257, a proposal which would create a new conservation authority stretching 1,500 km from Grand Bend to Thunder Bay, spanning two Great Lakes and 80 municipalities.
Posted: Thursday, December 11, 2025Student uses craftsmanship skills for nature
Ryan Wilson, a Grade 11 student from the Grand Bend area, is creating birdhouses and turtle nesting cages to enhance wildlife habitat. He is doing this work as part of a self-directed learning project.
Posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2025Producer profile - Peter Nonkes
Meet Peter Nonkes. He is a local farmer who has planted 100 per cent of his acres in cover crops.
Posted: Wednesday, December 3, 2025Help to send more young people to nature day camp
Help sponsor a deserving young person, who might not be able to attend otherwise, to attend nature day camp.
Posted: Tuesday, December 2, 2025Invasive tree threatens native Red Mulberry
White Mulberry poses a serious threat. It not only out-competes Ontario's native Red Mulberry for habitat but it also readily hybridizes with it, leading to genetic dilution.
Posted: Tuesday, December 2, 2025Producer profile – Nathan Cann
Meet Nathan Cann, a Huron County farmer who recently reached the milestone of having planted cover crops on 100 per cent of his acres.
Posted: Thursday, November 27, 2025Huron County presents Foundation with award
Huron County honoured Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation with Award of Merit for Barrier-Free Access, for South Huron Trail Mobile, which provides a nature experience for people with limited mobility.
Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2025English Ivy sap can irritate skin, fruit is toxic
The fruits of invasive English Ivy are toxic to humans and livestock, and its sap can irritate skin. This invasive plant also threatens trees.
Posted: Monday, November 3, 2025Volunteers plant at Serenity Nature Reserve
Ausable Bayfield Conservation would like to thank the 14 volunteers who helped to plant more than 500 plants, all native species, around a restored wetland at Serenity Nature Reserve on October 1, 2025.
Posted: Tuesday, October 21, 2025Invasive Creeping Jenny invades wetlands
The same properties that make the invasive Creeping Jenny plant an enticing ground cover for gardeners and landscapers turn it into an effective invader in natural wetland ecosystems.
Posted: Monday, October 20, 2025Managing Canada's 'worst invasive plant'
The Ontario Phragmites Action program has announced support for 87 new invasive Phragmites management projects in 2025 through Invasive Phragmites Control Fund. ABCA is one of the funding recipients for an initiative in Huron County.
Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
