Lake Erie North Shore Watershed Plan - Niagara Peninsula ...
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LAKE ERIE NORTH SHORE WATERSHED PLAN<br />
Table 22: Point Abino Drain Subwatershed Restoration Strategy<br />
Restoration Opportunities Recommended Restoration Strategies<br />
Riparian Wetland Upland and Ecological Linkages<br />
1. Headwater region priority should be placed on<br />
establishing riparian buffer<br />
habitat; the headwaters run<br />
through agricultural lands and<br />
along roadways with little to no<br />
buffer strip<br />
riparian buffers will help to<br />
reduce sediment and<br />
contaminant loads from adjacent<br />
land uses, and cool the water to<br />
enhance water quality and fish<br />
habitat while creating corridors<br />
connecting fragmented natural<br />
areas providing cover for wildlife<br />
existing riparian should be<br />
maintained<br />
watercourses are in part<br />
managed as municipal drains<br />
therefore establishment of<br />
riparian corridors (e.g. deep<br />
rooted grasses & shrubs)should<br />
consider future maintenance<br />
activities (refer to engineers<br />
report and drainage BMP<br />
practice recommendations)<br />
protect existing wetlands (e.g.,<br />
create a buffer of trees and shrubs<br />
between the wetlands and the<br />
agricultural activities)<br />
wetland restoration suitability<br />
mapping identifies very high<br />
suitability for enhancement and<br />
filling in gaps surrounding Point<br />
Abino Wetland Complex<br />
very high suitability for wetlandriparian<br />
restoration linking<br />
fragmented natural areas<br />
wetland restoration suitability<br />
mapping identifies numerous areas<br />
suitable for wetland creation: see<br />
map<br />
very high suitability exists for<br />
upland restoration in and around<br />
Point Abino Wetland Complex<br />
extending into the adjacent<br />
subwatershed creating ecological<br />
linkages or infilling increasing interior<br />
size of feature<br />
high suitability for creating a<br />
Critical Function Zone surrounding<br />
PSW‟s. This will provide for a variety<br />
of critical functions for wetlandassociated<br />
fauna (e.g. nesting<br />
habitat)<br />
focus in this portion of the study<br />
area should be on enhancement of<br />
existing natural areas and the<br />
creation of ecological linkages<br />
2 watercourses receive cover<br />
from adjacent Point Abino<br />
Wetland Complex with small<br />
segments with little to no riparian<br />
habitat; focus should be on<br />
establishment and enhancement<br />
of riparian buffers in areas with<br />
little to no existing riparian<br />
(watercourse between ANSI<br />
complexes is critical fish habitat<br />
with little to no buffer strip)<br />
riparian buffers will help to<br />
reduce sediment and<br />
protect existing wetlands<br />
suitability mapping indicates very<br />
high suitability for filling in gaps<br />
west of Mathews Road and for<br />
wetland-riparian restoration along<br />
watercourses segments between<br />
Point Abino Complex creating<br />
ecological linkages between<br />
fragmented natural<br />
221<br />
very high suitability for infilling and<br />
enhancement surrounding Point<br />
Abino Wetland Complex PSW and<br />
ANSI providing a Critical Function<br />
Zone, increasing interior size, and/or<br />
creating larger contiguous which<br />
would enhance the natural areas<br />
ability to support a larger diversity of<br />
flora and fauna<br />
opportunity for creation of<br />
ecological linkages between<br />
fragmented natural areas facilitating<br />
in the movement of flora and fauna