Essex Forests and Wetlands Conservation Action Plan

(completed July 2009)

The Essex Forests and Wetlands CAP covers 109,958.6 ha of forests, wetlands, prairies and beaches in the most south-westerly portion of Ontario along the Lake Erie shore. The area supports plants and animals characteristic of the Carolinian Life Zone, many of which are provincially, nationally and globally rare. The CAP area includes a number of Provincially Significant Wetlands and Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest, as well as a National Park, a Provincial Park and a Ramsar Site.