Carolinian Zone Library
Learn more about the CAP process in this brochure.
What is Conservation Action Planning?
What is a Biodiversity Hotspot?
What is Carolinian Canada?
And more...
(completed March 2014)
The Grand River Conservation Action Plan (CAP) area covers 203,544 ha (2035.44 km2) of land north of the eastern portion of Lake Erie, encompassing a large part of Haldimand County, part of Brant County and the Six Nations of Grand River. The Grand River CAP is...
(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...
(completed August 2013)
The Lake St. Clair Coastal Conservation Action Plan (CAP) area covers 47790.45 ha (477.9 km2) of land along the eastern shoreline of Lake St. Clair. Wetlands are the dominant ecosystem in the Lake St. Clair Coastal CAP area, but prairie habitats of high conservation...
(completed August 2013)
The Rondeau – Erie Coast Conservation Action Plan (CAP) area covers 67044 ha (670.44 km2) of land along the north shore of western Lake Erie. Wetlands are the dominant ecosystems in the CAP area, along with forest, savannah and prairie habitats of high conservation...
(completed March 2012)
The Elgin Greenway CAP (EGCAP) area extends across the central part of Lake Erie’s north coast (188,100 ha) encompassing all of Elgin County. The area is home to a remarkable diversity of flora and fauna, many of them “Carolinian”, at the northern edges of their...
The Upper Thames River CAP covers 39,040 ha (96,470 acres; 390.4 km2) of land extending from Fanshawe Lake at the northeast end of the City of London southwest to the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation. The CAP includes portions of five subwatersheds of the Upper Thames River as well as a...
(completed March 2010)
The Ausable River – Kettle Point to Pinery CAP (ARKPP CAP) covers approximately 60,000 ha of land along the southeastern shore of Lake Huron between Kettle Point and Grand Bend, and extends inland to include the lower sections of the Ausable River and several other...