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Long Point Causeway Improvement Project
c/o Long Point World Biosphere Reserve
P.O. Box 338
Port Rowan, ON
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Friday, February 22 2008 @ 08:29 AM EST
The Long Point Causeway Improvement Project is a community-based effort to revitalize the 3.5 kilometre-long causeway that links the Long Point Peninsula on Lake Erie with mainland southern Ontario. The Project began in October 2006.
As a first step, a $40,000 contract was awarded to Ecoplans Limited of Kitchener, Ontario to conduct a feasibility study of potential improvements that would reduce wildlife mortality and restore the hydrological connections between Big Creek Marsh and Long Point Inner Bay. The improved Causeway could also provide ancillary social benefits including improved road safety and enhanced recreational opportunities while maintaining the rural character of the Long Point countryside.
The Project is managed by a Steering Committee which includes representatives from Bird Studies Canada, the Nature Conservancy of Canada, Parks Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Norfolk County, the Norfolk Land Stewardship Council, the Long Point Region Conservation Authority, the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority, the Norfolk Field Naturalists, the Long Point Country Chamber of Commerce, the Long Point Anglers Association, the Long Point Waterfowlers' Association, the Toronto Zoo, and the Ruffed Grouse Society. There are also three individual citizen members who are well-known in the local community.
The Committee receives administrative and management support from the Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation, which promotes research, monitoring, education and projects that support the goals of conservation and sustainable use in the Biosphere Reserve.
The study was completed in April 2008 and recommended the following improvements:
Tuesday, September 15 2009 @ 12:16 PM EDT
Come out and join us for some community service as we clean up garbage from our local shorelines -- Long Point Beach (off Cove St. and Hastings Drive) and The Causeway on Sunday, September 20th, 2009
Volunteers will meet at the Canadian Wildlife Service parking lot on the Causeway at 10 a.m. All volunteers will be asked to fill out a waiver and will be supplied with garbage bags, plastic gloves, etc.
Please call Terri Groh @ 519-586-9545
or Bernie Solymár @ 519-426-7124 to sign-up.
The Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up is sponsored by the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation and the Vancouver Aquarium
Thursday, August 20 2009 @ 05:18 PM EDT
Letter to the Editor, Simcoe Reformer, Tillsonburg News
We wish to counter some erroneous information presented by the “Friends of the Causeway Association” (FOCAS) in a deputation to Norfolk Council recently about the low-level temporary fencing that the Long Point Causeway Improvement Project Committee has installed to reduce the large annual roadkill of turtles and other wildlife, some of which are species at risk, along the Long Point Causeway.
Unfortunately, your newspaper repeated this incorrect information under the headline “Doing more harm than good,” giving your readers an inaccurate perception of our conservation efforts on the Causeway. If your reporter had contacted us to fact-check the story, he would have learned that:
• Our proposal to install fencing was reviewed and approved by scientists at Environment Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Both levels of government provided grants to support the work.
Wednesday, August 19 2009 @ 01:39 PM EDT
Sun Media
The London Free Press
August 14, 2009
SIMCOE -- The willow and cottonwood trees along the causeway to Long Point will not be cut down, says the latest policy statement from the Long Point Causeway Improvement Project committee.
Co-ordinator Rick Levick said the committee wants to be "loud and clear." The initial project called for cutting down some of the trees for a wider roadway and other safety improvements to the 3.5-kilometre road. But the group has responded to public concern about the plan.
Wednesday, August 19 2009 @ 01:33 PM EDT
Posted By ASHLEY HOUSE, Simcoe Reformer
The willow and cottonwood trees along the causeway out to Long Point will not be cut down, says the latest policy statement from the Long Point Causeway Improvement Project steering committee.
Rick Levick, co-ordinator of the project, said the committee wants to be "loud and clear" on the subject. The initial project did call for the cutting down of some of the picturesque trees to allot for a wider roadway and other safety improvements to the 3.5 km of road. But the group has responded to the public's concerns.
"The (LPCIP) is committed to working with the community and Norfolk County to define a vision and comprehensive landscape plan that includes the retention of existing trees," the policy reads.
Tuesday, August 18 2009 @ 04:41 PM EDT
Here is a downloadable version of the PowerPoint presentation at the August 8 Open House for the Causeway Project. Dial-up users should be aware that this is a very large file (45 MB) that will take some time to download.
Monday, August 10 2009 @ 12:37 PM EDT
Port Rowan, August 10, 2009 -- The Steering Committee of the Long Point Causeway Improvement Project (LPCIP) today announced a policy statement on preserving the Causeway’s existing willow and cottonwood trees and developing a comprehensive long term landscape plan that would include planting Carolinian species of trees, shrubs and plants along the 3.6 kilometre roadway.
The statement was issued in response to inaccurate information that the proposed Improvement Plan required the removal of all trees along the Causeway. However, the plan did recognize that some dead or damaged trees might have to be removed for public safety reasons or to allow for possible widening of the roadway’s narrow shoulders.
“We have always been committed to maintaining the natural rural quality of the Causeway and never intended to remove many, let alone all, of the existing trees,” said Paula Jongerden, chair of the LPCIP steering committee. “This inaccurate information has created a lot of speculation in the community and we want to make sure everyone understands our intentions concerning both the existing trees and any new plantings being considered.”
Sunday, August 02 2009 @ 04:13 PM EDT
If you’re puzzled by the conflicting information you’re hearing about the proposed improvements to the Long Point Causeway, please attend our Open House at the Port Rowan Community Centre on Saturday, August 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will feature:
• Presentations on improvements being proposed and question and answer sessions at 10:30 a.m. and again at 12:30 p.m.
• Representatives of the 16 organizations involved
• Displays and information on supporting organizations
• Our new landscape design and artist’s concepts of how the improved Causeway could look in the future
• Free refreshments
Please note that no donations or membership fees required. All are welcome.
We are committed to community involvement in this effort to restore the Big Creek Marsh-Inner Bay ecosystem, reduce wildlife road kill, improve public safety and make the Causeway a vital asset to our community. We welcome your comments, questions and ideas.
Steering Committee*
Long Point Causeway Improvement Project
Thursday, July 16 2009 @ 09:05 PM EDT
Posted By Monte Sonnenberg, SIMCOE REFORMER
The committee that hopes to rebuild the Long Point causeway is committed to sparing as many trees along the road as possible.
Rick Levick, spokesperson for the Long Point Causeway Improvement Project, said yesterday that the message from the community on this count has been heard "loud and clear."
"We've heard from the community that this is an issue," Levick said. "We're going to see what we can do to ensure no trees are removed."
When the causeway project was first proposed, the people behind it spoke of removing trees that impede bike paths and pedestrian walkways and trees that got in the way of viewing areas for bird watchers. They also spoke about replacing existing trees with native Carolinian species.
Wednesday, July 01 2009 @ 12:39 PM EDT
June 30, 2009 -- Efforts to protect wildlife by reducing the annual road kill of endangered turtles and snakes along the Long Point Causeway got a $69,000 boost thanks to funding from both the federal and Ontario governments.
The Long Point Causeway Improvement Project (LPCIP) will receive $48,000 from Environment Canada’s Habitat Stewardship Program and $21,250 from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources’ Species at Risk Stewardship Fund to carry on with barrier fencing, turtle nest mounds, signage, and monitoring activities along the 3.6 kilometre roadway, ranked the fifth deadliest in the world for turtle mortality. The HSP funding will also support the LPCIP’s efforts to inform and educate the public about the ecological issues being addressed by the Project, including protection of Species at Risk.
“This continued funding from both levels of government represents a real vote of confidence in the scientific validity of our work and the urgent need to protect the endangered species that are regularly killed on the Causeway”, said Paula Jongerden, chair of the LPCIP Steering Committee. She noted that funding applications to both programs are reviewed by scientific experts before approval is granted.
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