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  • Jackson Janmaat, of the Conservation Auction Committee.

    Auction raises $30,000 for community

    Thanks to a generous watershed community, the 35th Conservation Auction, online for 2025, raised more than $30,000 for projects, in the community, that could not happen without this support.
    Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2025

  • Pretty? No! Pretty destructive. Invasive Yellow Iris.

    Invasive Yellow Iris displaces native plants

    The Invasive Yellow Iris plant species displaces native plants and makes wetlands drier.
    Posted: Tuesday, May 6, 2025

  • A photo, of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata), from Invasive Species Centre's Best Management Practices in Ontario

    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

  • ABCF Chair Dave Frayne presents prize to winner.

    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

  • ABCA Chair Ray Chartrand presents award to LSNT.

    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

  • Angela Van Niekerk and David Carter.

    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 is pleasant to the eye ... but not to our ecosystem ...

    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

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  • Jackson Janmaat, of the Conservation Auction Committee.
    Auction raises $30,000 for community
    Thanks to a generous watershed community, the 35th Conservation Auction, online for 2025, raised more than $30,000 for projects, in the community, that could not happen without this support.

    2025-05-21