Paul Renaud

Coalition To Protect South March Highlands

[All photos in this presentation were taken in or of the South March Highlands]

SMH

Shirley’sBay

GatineauPark

30 Eco-TypesOf Vegetation

10 DistinctHabitats

Visible CanadianShield

Old Growth Trees > 100 Years Old

Over1 Billion

Years Old

BeachfrontProperty40,000

Years AgoWhen

ChamplainSea

Covered Ottawa

South MarchHighlands

Shirley’sBrook

Shirley’sBay

KizellDrain

SMHHeadwaterFeeds 50%

of Shirley’s

Bay Wetland

SMHNatural Eco-Connection

ToShirley’s Bay

Wetlands

Fish of Special Concern(Bridle Shiner)

SMH = Densest Bio-Diversity In Ottawa[Brunton, 2008]

Unknown Number ofInsect & Bryophyte

Species

Over 679 Species:440 Native Plants

164 Avian75 Mammals, Fish,

Amphibians, Reptiles

All Within anArea of 3 x 4 km

895 HectaresRated ANSI

440 SpeciesNative Vascular Plants

2 Endangered6 Provincially Rare64 Regionally Rare

50 UncommonNative Vascular Plants

5.08 = Highest Coefficient of

Conservation in Ottawa

Highest Floristic Diversity of Any

Natural Area in Ottawa

114 HectaresRated ANSI

164 Avian SpeciesObserved

136 Avian SpeciesKnown To Nest in SMH

1 Endangered3 Threatened

5 Special Concern30 Regionally Rare

Avian Species

Over 26 identified species of Herpetofauna

3 Threatened Species2 Special Concern Insect of Special Concern

(Monarch Butterfly)

Endangered or

Threatened American Ginseng Butternut Loggerhead Shrike Blanding's Turtle Whip-poor-will Golden Winged Warbler Western Chorus Frog Olive Sided Flycatcher Eastern Musk Turtle

(suspected not observed)

Special

Concern

Bridle Shiner

Short Eared Owl

Black Tern

Common Nighthawk

Snapping Turtle

Eastern Milksnake

Monarch Butterfly

Bald Eagle

Red Headed Woodpecker

UnprotectedSteady Loss ToDevelopment

Already Lost Since PhotoWas Taken

PiecemealProtection

Gaping holein centre

Urban Clear-CuttingScheduled for July 17

Terry Fox DriveExtension Creates

“Berlin Wall”

NorthMarch

ConstanceLake

SMH

CreatesNational Symbol

OfStewardship

StonySwamp

SMH

StonySwamp

SMHLeitrim

MerBleue

IslandsGatineau

Park

11 Eco-Corridors Linking

7 EcologicalReservoirs

Shirley’sBay

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