Tadenac Conservation Foundation

Active outreach to academic research organizations to further ongoing research investigating climate change impacts on the habitat of the Spotted Turtle and Blanding's Turtles in the Tadenac Bay region. In 2024 we entered a Donor Agreement with the Georgian Bay Land Trust (#131958811RR0001) that outlines details of a 3-year research funding commitment of $90 000 for wildlife and wetlands research on the Tadenac watershed. The purpose and use of donations is to support research projects that include: (A) Motus tagging of Eastern Whip-poor-will to assess breeding habitat migratory pathways and critical habitat; (B) Motus tagging of Prairie Warbler to determine territory size breeding habitat and migratory timing which will be used to inform potential species-at-risk status; (C) A survey of wetlands to provide a more inland site for tracking wetland changes over time; and (D) developing a Multi-Species Action Plan approach to summarizing Georgian Bay’s status regarding provincially significant species.