POTENTIAL ACADEMIC PROJECTS

SOUTHWESTERN ZONE, ONTARIO PARKS

September 1999

 

 

Park Management Plans (Linked/Grouped)

(preparation of Background Information Documents - Issues and Options Reports and/or Preliminary Management Plans for several provincial parks with common links (e.g., located within same planning area, same park classification, similar permitted activities, similar resource management issues, etc.)

 

·       Provincial Nature Reserves (Cabot Head, Lion’s Head, Smokey Head - White Bluff, and Hope Bay Forest), Niagara Escarpment Planning Area, Bruce County

 

 

Park Management Plans

(preparation of Background Information Documents - Issues and Options Reports and/or Preliminary Management Plans)

 

·       Black Creek Provincial Park

·       Blue Mountain Slopes (proposed) Provincial Park

·       Boyne Valley Provincial Park

·       East Sister Island Provincial Nature Reserve

·       Ira Lake Provincial Nature Reserve

·       James N. Allan Provincial Park

·       Komoka Provincial Park

·       Noisy River Provincial Nature Reserve

·       Nottawasaga Lookout Provincial Nature Reserve

·       Pretty River Valley Provincial Park

 

 

Park Management Plan Reviews

(preparation of Background Information Documents - Issues and Options Reports and/or Preliminary Management Plans)

 

·       Craigleith Provincial Park

·       Devil’s Glen Provincial Park

·       Earl Rowe Provincial Park

·       Long Point Provincial Park 4

·       MacGregor Point Provincial Park 4

·       Rock Point Provincial Park

·       Pinery Provincial Park

·       Point Farms Provincial Park 4

·       Rondeau Provincial Park 4

·       Sauble Falls Provincial Park

 

Resource Stewardship Plans

 

·       Mono Cliffs Provincial Park Vegetation Management Plan 4

·       Mono Cliffs Provincial Park Trail Implementation Plan 4

·       Boyne Valley Provincial Park Trail Implementation Plan

·       Bronte Creek Provincial Park Vegetation Management Plan 4

·       Bronte Creek Provincial Park Trail Implementation Plan 4

·       Earl Rowe Provincial Park Vegetation Management Plan

·       Forks of the Credit Provincial Park Trail Implementation Plan

·       Komoka Provincial Park Vegetation Management Plan 4

 

 

Inventories and Surveys

(LS = life science, ES = earth science, CR = cultural resources, AR = archaeological resources)

 

·       Lyal Island (LS - marine) 4

·       Rondeau Provincial Park (LS) 4

·       Boyne Valley Provincial Park (LS)

·       Devil’s Glen Provincial Park (LS)

·       Blue Mountain Slopes (proposed) Provincial Park (LS)

·       Lion’s Head Provincial Nature Reserve (LS)

·       Cabot Head Provincial Nature Reserve (LS)

·       Pretty River Valley Provincial Park (LS)

·       Upper Beaver Valley (proposed) Provincial Nature Reserve (LS)

·       Inverhuron Provincial Park (AR)

 

 

Research and Monitoring

 

·       Inventory and Evaluation of Adjacent Land Uses for Provincial Parks, Southwestern Zone

·       Inventory, Assessment and Rationale for Water Boundaries for Provincial Parks, Southwestern Zone

·       Slope Stabilization for a Trail Linkage at Forks of the Credit Provincial Park 4

·       Ecological Study of Spotted Turtles at MacGregor Point Provincial Park

·       Developing a Model for the Siting of Smithsonian Institute Man and Biosphere (SIMAB) Cumulative Effects Monitoring Plots in Provincial Parks (in either Niagara Escarpment and/or Long Point World Biosphere Reserves) 4

·       Wheatley Provincial Park Shoreline Erosion Monitoring and Forecasting

·       Ojibway Prairie Provincial Nature Reserve Tree Survey and Study 4

·       Pinery Provincial Park, Vulnerable, Threatened and Endangered Plant Species Geographic Information System (GIS) Referencing and Monitoring

·       Bronte Creek Provincial Park, Viability of Utilizing Abandoned Hydro Transmission Towers a Raptor Nesting Platforms

 

Position Papers

 

·       Position Paper on Rock Climbing in Ontario Parks along the Niagara Escarpment 4

·       Position Paper on Caving in Provincial Parks 4

·       Position Paper on “No Access” Provincial Nature Reserves and Nature Reserve Zones

 

 

General Planning and Research

 

·       A Resource Stewardship Strategy for the Southwestern Parks Zone 4

·       A Research Strategy for the Southwestern Parks Zone 4

·       A Study of Potential Candidate Historical Class Parks in the Southwestern Parks Zone

·       A Review of the Status of Port Bruce Provincial Park and its Contribution to the Provincial Parks System

·       A Report on Provincial Park Land Securement Targets Within the Niagara Escarpment Planning Area

·       A Report on Provincial Park Land Securement Targets Within the Southwestern Zone

·       A Summary of Research Needs for Provincial Parks in the Southwestern Zone

·       A Summary of Life Science, Earth Science and Cultural Resource Inventory Needs for Provincial Parks in the Southwestern Parks Zone

 

 

4 -  Denotes a Higher Priority Project within the Southwestern Zone

 

 

For additional information please contact:       

 

Brian Huis

Parks Planning Specialist

Southwestern Zone, Ontario Parks

Ministry of natural Resources

4th Floor, 659 Exeter Road

London, Ontario  N6E 1L3

Tel: (519) 873-4617

Fax: (519) 873-4645

E-mail: brian.huis@mnr.gov.on.ca