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  • Volunteers 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, 2025

  • Invasive 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, 2025

  • Managing 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

  • Volunteers help plant 1,000 plants at wetland site

    Members of the Goderich Lions Club, local residents, and a retiree from Ducks Unlimited Canada, were among the volunteers who took part.
    Posted: Friday, September 26, 2025

  • Hundreds attend turtle release

    The Tenth Annual Turtle Hatchling Release Event attracted several hundred people despite a little rain at times.
    Posted: Friday, September 5, 2025

  • Goutweed crowds out native plants

    On trails and yards in Bayfield and area, Goutweed is growing rapidly and is crowding out native species of plants that are needed in our ecosystem.
    Posted: Tuesday, September 2, 2025

  • Junior Conservationist shares experiences

    Mercedes Prout, a student at South Huron District High School in Exeter, was Junior Conservationist (a summer job experience program funded by Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation) in 2025.
    Posted: Friday, August 29, 2025

  • Invasive plant spreads easily, is toxic to cats

    Japanese Spurge (Pachysandra terminalis) is toxic to cats and is hard to remove as it spreads easily and can regenerate from small piece of root.
    Posted: Tuesday, August 5, 2025