About This Meeting

The Trust Area is a hotspot for biodiversity in Canada, and for species at risk. The combined pressure of climate change, habitat loss, and invasive species has brought many species to the brink in this very special place. More than 300 terrestrial species that occur in the Trust Area are at risk of extirpation or extinction including species of owl, bat, snake, frog, butterfly, flowering plant, moss, and lichen.

Protecting the habitat species need to live and to reproduce is the best way to prevent their further decline. In the Trust Area, where more than 65% of the land base is in the hands of private landowners, collaborative habitat stewardship, harnessing the passion and energy of residents, is an important approach.

This session will introduce Trust Area residents to species at risk they might find in their backyards and community, and explain how they can become habitat stewards for the benefit of biodiversity, especially species at risk.