Photo courtesy of ALUS Canada
13 local projects are getting provincial funding through the Species at Risk Stewardship Program.
The Ontario government is investing up to $4.5 million to help protect and recover plants and animals that are in danger of disappearing in the province.
This includes nearly $1.9 million in Haldimand-Norfolk over the next few years.
ALUS Canada is the largest of the recipients locally, receiving $750,000 in multi-year support.
This money will be used to work with farmers and local community partners to create, enhance, restore and manage on-the-ground habitat conservation projects.
Birds Canada also received multi-year funding for three separate initiatives.
These are research and stewardship for declining aerial insectivore populations, conservation and stewardship for piping plover populations and habitat creation for multiple at-risk bird species in the province.
Taquanyah Conservation Area in Haldimand will benefit from nearly $38,000 in funding through Wilfrid Laurier University to establish Virginia Mallow in areas where invasive phragmites currently exists or where control efforts have been implemented.
Other organizations from outside the riding also received funding for work in Haldimand and Norfolk.