News

Dec 16, 2015

Partnership Protects Ecological Hotspot

New land acquisitions (in red) creates wildlife corridor from Cootes Paradise to the Niagara Escarpment Burlington, ON, December 15, 2015 – Nearly 100 acres of natural lands situated in the Greenbelt in Hamilton have been safeguarded ...

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Jun 30, 2015

Guiding Preservation : Cootes to Escarpment EcoPark System

Posted with permission of the publisher of NRU Publishing Inc. Original article first appeared in Novae Res Urbis – GTA Edition, Vol. 18 No. 23, Wednesday, June 10, 2015

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Jun 05, 2015

Protecting important habitats in the Cootes to Escarpment EcoPark System

Wildlife in Aldershot have more protected land to call home thanks to the City of Burlington which purchased 5 acres of natural lands on Snake Road, in the middle of the Cootes to Escarpment EcoPark System. The property is adjacent to the...

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Mar 12, 2015

Burlington's RBG ramps up its efforts to help save monarch butterfly

Read about Royal Botanical Gardens' efforts to help save the monarch butterfly in this article from the Burlington Post: Burlington's RBG ramps up its efforts to help save monarch butterfly If you're interested in helping monarchs and ot...

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Jan 09, 2015

Biosphere Reserve Turns 25!

Read about the 25th anniversary of the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve designation on the Giant's Rob Escarpment Education Network's blog: Biosphere Reserve Turns 25!

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Jan 09, 2015

Cootes to Escarpment: An Urban Park System - blog

Read a great summary of the Cootes to Escarpment EcoPark System on the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Fund's blog: Cootes to Escarpment: An Urban Park System.

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