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Help create a Songbird Meadow in Oakville through Shell's Fuelling Change initiative
The next round of the Shell Fuelling Change contest Shell Fuelling Change is underway and the Conservation Halton Foundation is in the running to raise $50,000 for the Songbird Meadows project. The project's goal is to create new wetland and grassland areas at the Glenorchy Conservation Area in Oakville.
The project needs to finish in the top four in the category to receive $50,000 to create needed habitat for songbirds and wetland birds and creatures. Songbird Meadows is currently in third place, we hope you can provide your support to keep us in the top four. Conservation Halton Foundation Songbird Meadow project
Shell FuellingChange
It's easy to support the Conservation Halton Foundation Glenorchy Songbird Meadows project:
- Click on the Shell FuellingChange website to log into your existing account or to register for a new account.
- Click on "Redeem Votes" You get ten free votes, then save your receipts from buying Shell gas (any payment method o.k.) and each $dollar is a vote.
- Vote for the Conservation Halton Foundation Glenorchy Songbird Meadow project.
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About Glenorchy Conservation Area
Conservation Halton is restoring the natural habitat at Glenorchy Conservation Area, which is not currently open to the general public. Less than three per cent of pre-settlement grasslands remain in Ontario and wetland areas have been reduced by 60 per cent through urbanization and conversion to agriculture.
The Shell Fuelling Change funding will help to create grassland habitat to benefit songbird and grassland bird species such as the Eastern Meadowlark, Eastern Kingbird and Spotted Sandpiper, and wetland habitat to provide foraging and nesting areas for ducks, and creatures like the Snapping Turtle and Western Chorus Frog.
To achieve this, we will create almost 5 acres of wetland (an area the size of 4 1/2 football fields) and 33 acres of grassland habitats (covering an area the size of 30 football fields). The grasslands surrounding the wetland are key to providing habitat.
The wetland and grassland areas will be created by excavating select areas, creating a berm to contain surface waters, and planting plant material to create the habitats.
How Our Project Helps the Environment
The Songbird Meadows project will positively impact the environment by creating important new wetland and grassland habitat for songbirds and other wildlife.
The expected benefits are: the creation of 5 acres of wetlands and 33 acres of grassland areas. This will provide important habitat areas for songbirds, ducks, turtles and frogs.
We will measure the success of this project by the completion of this project by May 2013; by the establishment of the wetland and grassland areas; and by the use of these new habitat areas by songbirds and other wildlife.
About Conservation Halton Foundation
Biodiversity and Wildlife protection/management
Contact information
Legal Name: The Halton Region Conservation Foundation
Phone: 905-336-1158
Email:bhobbs AT hrca.on.ca
Website: www.conservationhaltonfoundation.ca
Address: 2596 Britannia Road West
Burlington, ON
CA, L7P 0G3
The Shell Fuelling Change funding will help to create grassland habitat to benefit songbird and grassland bird species such as the Eastern Meadowlark, Eastern Kingbird and Spotted Sandpiper, and wetland habitat to provide foraging and nesting areas for ducks, and creatures like the Snapping Turtle and Western Chorus Frog.
To achieve this, we will create almost 5 acres of wetland (an area the size of 4 1/2 football fields) and 33 acres of grassland habitats (covering an area the size of 30 football fields). The grasslands surrounding the wetland are key to providing habitat.
The wetland and grassland areas will be created by excavating select areas, creating a berm to contain surface waters, and planting plant material to create the habitats.
How Our Project Helps the Environment
The Songbird Meadows project will positively impact the environment by creating important new wetland and grassland habitat for songbirds and other wildlife.
The expected benefits are: the creation of 5 acres of wetlands and 33 acres of grassland areas. This will provide important habitat areas for songbirds, ducks, turtles and frogs.
We will measure the success of this project by the completion of this project by May 2013; by the establishment of the wetland and grassland areas; and by the use of these new habitat areas by songbirds and other wildlife.
About Conservation Halton Foundation
Biodiversity and Wildlife protection/management
Contact information
Legal Name: The Halton Region Conservation Foundation
Phone: 905-336-1158
Email:bhobbs AT hrca.on.ca
Website: www.conservationhaltonfoundation.ca
Address: 2596 Britannia Road West
Burlington, ON
CA, L7P 0G3
Thank you for helping us raise $50,000 for new habitat in Oakville!
