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planning policies, land management, stewardship and education opportunities, and longterm
monitoring.
2.2.3 Aquatic and Terrestrial Habitat Reports
In the past twenty years, management plans have been developed to preserve and improve
the aquatic and terrestrial conditions along the Rouge River watershed. The Rouge River
watershed is viewed is the largest natural environment park in an urban area in North
America, and as such it is important to sustain this rare environment of aquatic and terrestrial
habitats for future generations.
This Class EA incorporates a number of studies completed over the last thirty years in order
to provide a broad understanding of the environmental conditions within the Rouge River
watershed. The following sources of information are only several of the resources that were
used to define the aquatic and terrestrial conditions for the study area:
CFN# 38392: Nos. 30 – 48 Royal Rouge Trail Slope Stability Analysis and Erosion
Risk Assessment, TRCA Corporate Records.
CFN# 21901: Royal Rouge Trail, TRCA Corporate Records.
Environment Canada, Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources,
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.1989. Metro Toronto and Region
Remedial Action Plan. Stage 1. Environmental Conditions and Problem Definition.
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA). 1982. Environmentally
Significant Areas Study.
Toronto Ornithological Club. 2007. Species of Birds in Rouge River Watershed.
Retrieved November 17, 2009. (www.torontobirding.ca).
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR). 2008. Natural Heritage Information
Centre, Rouge River Watershed. Retrieved December 1, 2009.
(nhic.mnr.gov.on.ca/nhic_old.cfm).
Government of Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in
Canada (COSWIC). 2009. Retrieved December 1 2009. (www.cosewic.gc.ca).
Terrestrial and aquatic data was obtained by TRCA. Data from these inventories are
referenced in this report where applicable.
2.2.4 Socioeconomic and Cultural Heritage Studies
The following sources of information are only several of the resources that were used to
define the socioeconomic conditions and cultural heritage resources for the study area:
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. 2009. Archaeology Department.
City of Toronto website. 2001 and 2006. Royal Rouge Neighbourhood Profile.
(http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/cns_profiles/cns131.htm).
Roots, B., Chant, D.A. and Heidenreich, C.1999. Special Places: The Changing
Ecosystems of the Toronto Region.
Toronto Neighbourhoods website. 2009. Rouge Hill. (http://www.torontoneigh
bourhoodguide.com/regions/scarborough/139.html).
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