Meadowlily Woods Environmentally Significant Area Natural Heritage - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Meadowlily Woods Environmentally Significant Area Natural Heritage Inventory and Evaluation May 22, 2013 225 Labrador Drive, Unit 1, Waterloo, Ontario, N2K 4M8 Tel: (519) 725-2227 Web: www.nrsi.on.ca Email: info@nrsi.on.ca

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• McCormick, Patricia and Heather Ford. 1978. The Future of Meadowlily Woods. A Course paper for Geography 335, U.W.O. • Stephenson, David E. 1987. Topographic Mapping, Vegetation Analuysis, and Life Science Inventory of Meadowlily Woods. • Upper Thames River Conservation Authority. 1988. Meadowlily Woods Master Plan. • Delcan. 1989. Class Environmental Assessment Servicing Proposal for Jackson District. • Gartner Lee Limited. 1993. Environmental Impact Statement, Proposed Sports Park, City of London. • Gartner Lee Limited. 1993. MW Ecological Restoration Plan – Jackson District Servicing Project. • BioLogic. 1998. Park Farm Landscape Plan Report. • Bowles, Jane. 1999. National Recovery Plan for Wood Poppy ( Stylophorum diphyllum ) prepared for the Recovery of Nationally Endangered Wildlife Committee. • City of London. 2000. Tree Cutting Permit for Oliva property. • ESG International. 2002. Meadowlily Subdivision. City of London Environmental Impact Study. • BioLogic. 2006. Old Victoria Area Plan. Natural Environment. • Thames Talbot Land Trust. 2006. Conservation Management Plan for Meadowlily Nature Preserve – Richardson Property. • City of London 2006. Tree Cutting Permit for Mayr property. • Dillon Consulting Limited. 2008. Commissioners Centres Ltd. Meadowlily Road South and Commissioners Road Environmental Impact Study. • AECOM. 2009. Sifton Properties Limited, Victoria Ridge Plan of Subdivision: Environmental Impact Study. • AECOM. 2011. City of London, Meadowlily Area Plan: Natural Heritage Study (Draft). • AECOM. 2012. Meadowlily Footbridge Rehabilitation EA.

Natural Heritage Inventory and Evaluation for the Meadowlily Woods ESA • Task 1: Ecological Resources Inventory • Task 2: Refinement of the MW ESA Boundaries • Task 3: Analysis (Environmental Management Strategy)

Task 1: Ecological Resources Inventory – Amphibians – Reptiles – Flora – Breeding Birds – Migratory Birds – Mammals – Butterflies and Odonata – Aquatic Habitat – Other

Amphibians • Marsh Monitoring Program • Active searches for salamanders and egg masses • April - June

Reptiles • Active searches - May • Basking surveys • Hibernacula

Flora • Ecological Land Classification • May, June, July, September • Deer exclosure plots

Breeding Birds • Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas • Point Counts - June

Butterflies and Odonata • Active searches – May, July, August

Mammals • Visual Encounter Surveys

Aquatic Habitat • Detailed characterization - June – Aquatic habitat features – Fish habitat assessment – Riparian habitat characteristics – Tributaries and seepages – Critical habitat assessment

Other • Evidence of disturbance • Areas of restoration

Task 2: Refinement of the MW ESA Boundaries

Task 2: Refinement of the MW ESA Boundaries

Task 3: Analysis (Environmental Management Strategy) • Management Zones • Restoration • Naturalization • Wildlife Habitat Zones

What’s Next: • Amphibian call survey – early June • Breeding bird surveys – June; 2 visits, 10 days apart • Vegetation inventories – June, July, September • Aquatic habitat – June • Insect surveys – July, September

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