Threats to wildlife

Of course, things that have an impact on water and land have an impact on all the lifeforms connected to them.

The water, skies, bogs, swamps and marshes of the Eastern Shore and North Channel of Georgian Bay are home to many species that are unique to the area or closely connected with it. This is one of the reasons that UNESCO declared the Georgian Bay Littoral one of the globe's Biosphere Reserves.

Many of these species are now classified as threatened or even more alarmingly, endangered. They span flora and fauna and include Blandings turtles and the Massassauga Rattlesnake.

The work of the GBLT helps preserve the essential habitat for these animals. A good case in point is the South East Wooded Pine, where terns occupied nesting grounds that had been vacated for more than a decade. The GBLT continues to be essential to making sure the grounds are not disturbed during key breeding periods, allowing the terns to maintain their reclaimed nesting grounds.

When you support the GBLT, it is exactly this kind of stewardship and monitoring - as well as acquisition of new properties - that helps assure Georgian Bay's wildlife population remains healthy for future generations.