By MONTE SONNENBERG, SIMCOE REFORMER The public will soon be invited to make formal submissions on a plan to make the Long Point causeway more friendly to local wildlife. Norfolk County and the Long Point Causeway Improvement Steering Committee have tapped the Orangeville engineering firm S. Burnett & Associates to conduct an environmental assessment on a proposal to install three culverts. These “ecopassages” would allow snakes, turtles and other wildlife to travel between the Big Creek Marsh and Long Point Bay without risking death on the causeway. The culverts would also reestablish water flows and fish traffic between the bodies[…]
LPCIP News
“When it comes to turtles, we can all be Hall of Famers”
In the spirit of the season, this article was submitted by Dr. Dave Ankney with the note that Mike Berardino of Baseball America wrote this wonderful piece in 1994: Ah yes, the turtle. Pat Gillick came upon a turtle trying to cross the road, it was holding up traffic on one of those godforsaken two-lane roads in central Florida, and somebody had to do something. So Gillick, one of the most powerful and successful sports executives in recent memory, got out of his rental car, walked past several equally perplexed motorists to the source of trouble, picked up the turtle[…]
Causeway Ecopassage Plan
From “Port Rowan Good News” community newspaper — December 2010 Norfolk County has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for engineering and environmental services for three wildlife culverts, or ecopassages, to be constructed under the Causeway at Long Point. The closing date for tenders is November 30. The project will be awarded on December 21, 2010 with the final report due to Council on June 14, 2011. It’s the first step in addressing problems related to the Causeway, from wildlife mortality to siltation in the Inner Bay to public safety. After the Causeway Improvement Committee received confirmation of nearly $400,000[…]
Wildlife barrier fencing
From “Port Rowan Good News” community newspaper — December 2010 Over ten thousand feet of heavy tarp was installed on both sides of the Causeway, with another 750 feet secured around the Canadian Wildlife Service building, in an effort to reduce wildlife mortality on the heavily travelled road. “It’s heavy” commented one worker from her truck, “like trampoline or ginseng tarp.” Project superintendent Steve Armstrong is “very happy” with the progress of the crew. Steve has been clearing a trench-like path beside the road for Jim Cook and John Armstrong to install “about a thousand” stakes. A second crew secured[…]
Thousands of New Trees Coming to the Causeway
Posted by Ashley DeGroote, CD 98.9, November 28, 2010 The Long Point Causeway will be getting thousands of new trees and shrubs thanks to nearly $10 thousand in funding from the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation. Nearly one thousand new Carolinian trees and 15 hundred native shrubs will be planted along the road. Chair of the Steering Committee, Paula Jongerden says these will be the first new trees and shrubs to be planted along the Causeway in many, many years.
New greenery to line Causeway
Simcoe Reformer, Nov. 27, 2010. Thousands of Carolinian trees and native shrubs will be planted along the Long Point Causeway next year. TD Friends of the Environment Foundation has donated $9,965 to purchase almost 1,000 Carolinian trees and more than 1,500 native shrubs. The Long Point Causeway Improvement Project, in corporation with the county’s forestry department, will be carrying out the planting. “These will be the first new trees and shrubs to be planted along the Causeway in many, many years,” said Paul Jongerden, chair of the project’s steering committee. “While we’re committed to preserving the existing trees, it’s essential[…]
Causeway Project receives funding for tree planting
Port Rowan, Nov. 23, 2010 – Nearly 1,000 new Carolinian trees and more than 1,500 native shrubs will be planted along the Long Point Causeway next year thanks to $9,965 in funding from the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation. The tree and shrub planting will be carried out by the Long Point Causeway Improvement Project (LPCIP) in cooperation with Norfolk County’s Forestry Department. “These will be the first new trees and shrubs to be planted along the Causeway in many, many years,” said Paula Jongerden, chair of the LPCIP’s steering committee. “While we’re committed to preserving the existing trees,[…]
Motorists getting the message
Published by the Simcoe Reformer, August 30th, 2010. The message appears to be sinking in. The number of snakes, turtles and frogs killed on the Long Point Causeway this year appears to be way down. That’s encouraging news for supporters of the Long Point Causeway Improvement Project. They have made it their mission to stop the carnage, much of which affects endangered species. “The numbers are notably down from previous years, especially for species at risk,” Rick Levick, co-ordinator of the improvement project, said at the NatureFest event at the Port Rowan Community Centre Sunday. “We have to attribute that[…]
Causeway Project seeking donations for Wildlife Barrier Fencing
Port Rowan, July 08, 2010 – The Long Point Causeway Improvement Project (LPCIP) has launched a fundraising campaign to install and maintain heavy-duty barrier fencing to reduce wildlife road mortality along the Long Point Causeway. The work will complement the installation of three ecopassages under the roadway that the LPCIP has proposed for next year. The LPCIP’s monitoring program over the past two years has shown that barrier fencing is an effective way to reduce road kill of turtles, snakes and frogs along the Causeway. However, it has also found that the low-cost black silt fencing that was initially installed[…]
Next phase in the Long Point Causeway Improvement Project
By Renee Berube, CD 98.9 FM, Simcoe, Ontario in July of 2010 The Long Point Causeway Improvement Project is getting set to move on with their next big phase. They’ve secured 400 thousand dollars worth of grants to fund an environmental assessment on three eco-passages, which would allow wildlife and water to pass the underneath the road safely. Project Coordinator, Rick Levick says now they just need Norfolk County on board as the acting body and for staff’s expertise. The County has agreed to take the role because they believe it will be nothing but a benefit to have these[…]