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Area gets C for water quality, D for forest cover
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most of the forests.
While Environment Canada rec-
ommends 30 per cent of a water-
shed be forested, ABCA ranges from
5.9 per cent south of Exeter to 69
per cent forest cover at the Pinery
Provincial Park.
In the Bayfield Headwaters sur-
rounding Seaforth, the forest cover
is seven per cent (earning a D) and
in the Main Bayfield watershed, the
forest cover is 19.9 per cent (earning
a B).
The Bayfield Headwaters receive
an F in forest interior with only .8
per cent of the area inside a woodlot
needed for the breeding of some bird
species, when 10 per cent is recom-
mended by Environment Canada.
The Main Bayfield has 4.4 per
cent forest interior (earning a C).
Recommendations in the report
card to improve forest conditions in
the Bayfield Headwaters includes
-�G reforestation and
�--�z a� reestablishing
c� woodlots on
ff farms.
"Reforestation is
critical in this
area, particular-
ly in areas with
hickory bark bee-
tle devastation,"
says the report
card.
It adds : that
woodlots were
removed in
Hibbert and
Logan Townships
to support the
railway that
runs parallel to
Highway 8.
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Mari Veliz, of the Ausable Bayfield
Conservation Authority, presents the
watershed report card Friday.
recommends making sure official
plans support Ontario's natural her-
itage policies concerning issues such
as tree cutting.
The report card gives a thumb's
up to local environmental group
Friends of the Bayfield River for
recognizing the connection between
degraded downstream water quality
and the lack of forest cover in the
headwaters.
"This community group has
helped private landowners in the
headwaters secure grants to plant
trees along headwater drains," says
the report.
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In the Main Bayfield watershed,
the report card recommends con-
necting small woodlots to the main
Bayfield River Valley Forest and
planting native trees and shrubs
around existing woodlots or retiring
land near woodlot edges.
As well, it recommends investi-
gating the costs associated with a
Bayfield River Trail from Parr Line
to Bayfield.
Under water quality, the whole
ABCA watershed is shown to have
moderate to poor water quality with
phosphorous concentrations above
Ministry of Environment objectives
and extremely variable levels of e -
coli bacteria.
Both the Bayfield Headwaters
and the Main Bayfield watersheds
receive a B in phosporous content, C
in e -coli content and C in benthic
invertebrates, tiny animals without
backbones that live in stream or
lake sediment.
Recommendations to improve
water quality include looking for
further wetland re-creation oppor-
tunities associated with the
Seaforth wastewater treatment
plant, better manure management
practices, the planting of wind-
breaks and practice of conservation
tillage, fixing faulty septic systems,
decomissioning abandoned wells
and completing environmental
action plans.
Other recommendations include
protecting cold water tributaries
and wetlands, assessing Trick's
Creek watershed to identify wet-
land and stream restoration pro-
jects and investigating rainbow
trout distribution and spawning
requirements.
Veliz says the report card is
intended as a tool to promote local
action.
"Look at where you live in the
watershed and how the grades
relate to your practices. We're
encouraging everyone to make the
best environmental decisions they
can," she says, adding that there are
many conservation programs that
can be assessed to improve the situ-
ation before the next report card is
released in five years.
For more information, visit
www.abca.on.ca/reportcard.php.
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