Bonus: Field Trip Friday
Would you like to see remnant stands of Original Tallgrass Prairie?
We have over 20 options, one that is right in our backyard (close enough).
Many of these locations also have very specific birds and butterflies so there are quite a few interesting things to get to know better.
1. Wasaga Beach Provincial Park
Beach Area 1, Jenetta St, Wasaga Beach, ON (about 20 minutes)
2. Holland Landing Prairie
8 Cedar St, Holland Landing, ON (about 1.15 hours)
https://www.ontarioparks.com/park/hollandlandingprairie
3. Carden Alvar
Carden Alvar Provincial Park, Carden, ON (about 1.5 hours)
https://www.ontarioparks.com/parksblog/carden-alvar-provincial-park-one-of-ontarios-newest-parks/
We’ve been to the Carden Alvar a couple times now in May for some amazing birding. Next time I’m going to try to catalogue all of the plants that I see, not just the birds.
4. High Park
1873 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON (about 1.75 hours)
https://highparknature.org/article/prairie-grasses-in-high-park/
5. Lambton Park Prairie
4100 Dundas St W, York, ON (about 1.75 hours away)
https://highparknature.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2017-02-TFN-Newsletter-PrairieArticle-FR.pdf
6. Lorne Park Prairie
1070 Queen St W, Mississauga (about 1.75 hours)
http://www7.mississauga.ca/Departments/Parks/Parks365/lorne.html
7. Bronte Creek Provincial Park
1219 Burloak Dr, Oakville, ON (about 2 hours)
8. Spencer Gorge
Harvest Rd, Dundas, ON (about 2 hours)
https://www.conservationhamilton.ca/images/PDFs/Parks/Spencer%20Gorge%20Brochure%202012.pdf
9. Waterloo-Clyde Road Prairie, Shade Mills CA
450 Avenue Rd, Cambridge, ON (about 2 hours)
https://ontarionaturetrails.com/trail/shades-mills/
10. City of Brantford Greenway
Also known as the Gordon Glaves Memorial Pathway/Parkway
379 Grand River Ave, Brantford, ON (about 2.5 hours)
htps://ontarionaturetrails.com/trail/gordon-glaves-memorial-pathway/
11. FWR Dickson Conservation Area
699 N Dumfries Twp Rd 5, Ayr, ON (about 2.5 hours)
https://www.grandriver.ca/en/who-we-are/Dickson-Wilderness-Restoration.aspx
12. Niagara Gorge
3050 Niagara Pkwy, Niagara Falls, ON (about 2.5 hours)
https://www.niagaraparks.com/corporate/about-us/environmental-protection/
13. Longpoint Provincial Park
350 Erie Blvd, Port Rowan, ON (about 3 hours)
14. Pinery Provincial Park
9526 Lakeshore Rd, Grand Bend, ON (about 3hours)
https://pinerypark.on.ca/habitats/
15. St. Williams Tract
St Williams Conservation Reserve - Turkey Point Tract, Regional Road 10, St Williams, ON (about 3 hours)
https://www.ontario.ca/page/st-williams-conservation-reserve-management-plan
16. Dutton-Dunwich Prairie
Coyne Rd, Southwest of Dutton, ON (about 3.5 hours)
https://www.elginstewardshipcouncil.com/natural-areas/dutton-dunwich-prairie/
17. Turkey Point Provincial Park
194 Turkey Point Rd, Turkey Point, ON (about 3.5 hours)
18.Goodrich Loomis Conservation Area
1331 Pinewood School Rd, Castleton, ON (about 3.5 hours)
http://www.ltc.on.ca/conservation/ca/gl/
19. Rondeau Provincial Park
18050 Rondeau Park Road, Morpeth, ON (about 4 hours)
https://ontarionature.org/put-nature-first-in-rondeau-provincial-park/
20. Ojibway Prairie Complex
5200 Matchette Rd, Windsor, ON (about a 5 hour drive)
http://www.ojibway.ca/index.htm
21. Point Pelee National Park
1118 Point Pelee Dr, Leamington, ON (about 5 hours)
For other restoration projects that are going on in Ontario click here.
