ERCA Releases 2017 – 2021 Watershed Report Card 5-year Watershed Checkup also marks World Water Day Windsor, ON – The Essex Region Conservation Authority launched its ERCA Watershed Report Card 2023, a 5-year watershed checkup, today. Conservation Authorities across the province rolled out similar reports to mark World Water Day. […]
Leamington – Throughout history, fire has been nature’s method of revitalizing and maintaining tallgrass prairie ecosystems, keeping them open and free of shrubbery, allowing rare plants and animals to flourish. Periodic prescribed burns provide the same benefits but in a very controlled fashion. Protecting and enhancing biodiversity are among ERCA’s […]
The Kingsville Horticultural Society held Seedy Saturday on March 11. It was wonderful to see people of all ages come out to this event. Children had fun decorating small planters with an assortment of stickers. Then they were given small Calibrachoa plants to pot. Visitors who stopped by on Seedy […]
Kingsville Military Museum will play host to local military historian and author Rev. Gene Lotz on Saturday, March 18. His book The Anguish of War is a compilation of stories of over 1300 individuals from Windsor and Essex County who lost their lives in wars from the Boer War to […]
Spring is on its way, officially at least. The days will keep on getting longer, and after the time change this weekend, our daylight will stretch even further into the evening. After the winter, this can be an exhilarating time. Still, better weather doesn’t ease the financial burdens for those who […]
I’m sure you’ve seen some interesting looking mushrooms as you walk in the woods, parks, in your garden or on your lawn. Did you ever wonder what kind of mushrooms they are? The members and guests of the Kingsville Horticultural Society learned a lot about identifying these fungi from Grant […]
With Wednesday’s ice storm, ERCA is urging members of the community to refrain from using conservation areas and trails until the ice has melted. “The weight of this ice on tree branches can cause even healthy trees to fall,” says ERCA Director of Conservation Services Kevin Money. “For safety reasons, the […]
We’re about halfway through winter now and soon it will be Valentine’s Day. Those are cheery thoughts this time of year. Unless you are facing serious financial difficulties. Then the idea of more winter with its extra costs are not so cheery. And Valentine’s Day just becomes another hard day […]
February marks Black History Month across Canada and there’s no better place to take a deep dive into Windsor-Essex’s African-Canadian history than the Amherstburg Freedom Museum. According to Museum Curator Mary-Katherine Whelan, if you’ve never been, you’re missing out. “Founded in 1975 by local residents of Amherstburg, it tells the story […]
South Essex Community Council (SECC) began as a vision in 1973 by Fr. G. H. Duchene and JoAnne Fillimore to create a community sponsored agency that would address the various needs of the people of South Essex. Fifty years later their legacy lives on and continues to expand and grow […]
