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  • Help remove invasive Garlic Mustard

    When an invasive plant like Garlic Mustard crowds out Milkweed in the area, it depletes crucial food sources for the caterpillars and therefore contributes to the decline of Monarch butterflies.
    Posted: Monday, April 7, 2025

  • 50-50 Raffle winner name drawn

    Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation (ABCF), Exeter Lions Club, and the Conservation Auction Committee would like to congratulate Kaleigh Clemens, of Grand Bend, winner of the 2025 50-50 Raffle Draw.
    Posted: Friday, April 4, 2025

  • Lambton Shores Nature Trails wins award

    We are pleased to announce that Lambton Shores Nature Trails is the winner of the Conservationist of the Year Award in 2025.
    Posted: Friday, March 21, 2025

  • Wetland is growing collaboration, speaker says

    A new wetland, at Serenity Nature Reserve in the Grand Bend area, is a growing community collaboration, speaker tells Partner Appreciation Evening.
    Posted: Friday, March 21, 2025

  • Periwinkle difficult to control, quick to dominate

    The invasive plant featured in March is Periwinkle - Vinca minor. It's pretty to look at but its effect on our ecosystem is not pretty at all.
    Posted: Monday, March 3, 2025

  • Presenters recount impacts of major flood event

    Guest speakers, at Ausable Bayfield Conservation's Flood Emergency Planning Meeting, spoke about an Essex County flood event that hit on August 23-25, 2023.
    Posted: Friday, February 28, 2025

  • Norway Maple threatens native species

    As Canadians, we rally around the national symbol of the Maple leaf. The Norway Maple may look similar to our native Sugar Maple but it's an invasive tree that out-competes native tree species.
    Posted: Monday, February 3, 2025

  • Mystery Quilt donated to Conservation Auction

    Some of the fabric used in the design of this quilt, donated by Janet Clarke, is of mysterious origin. This is one of many one-of-a-kind items donated to this year's auction in support of needed community projects.
    Posted: Thursday, January 23, 2025