Sydenham River Conservation Action Plan

(completed March 2014)

The Sydenham River Conservation Action Plan (CAP) area covers 267, 524 ha (2675 km2) of land covering most of the Sydenham River watershed.  This includes portions of the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Lambton and Middlesex Counties.  The Sydenham River CAP is situated in the southernmost part of Canada and is home to a remarkable diversity of southern flora and fauna.  Some of this diversity includes at least 153 species of breeding birds, 34 mussels, and 80 fish.  The CAP area provides habitat for at least 56 extant terrestrial and aquatic Species at Risk (SAR), with another 13 SAR having occurred historically, plus 94 rare species tracked by the Natural Heritage Information Centre.