Fall 2022 Monitoring Matters newsletter
January 9, 2023
Read the Fall 2022 Monitoring Matters newsletter to learn about the most recent Watershed Planning and Ecosystem Science team activities and accomplishments, including:
Project Highlights
- TRCA’s Updated Regional Target Natural Heritage System
- 2022 Field Finds from the Terrestrial Monitoring Team
- Municipal forest studies in Aurora, King, Markham, Richmond Hill, and Vaughan
- Summer intern placement with Jason Raposo from the Environmental Visual Communications program at Fleming College
Reports, Plans and Research
- Scientific Paper: Urban Avian Conservation Planning Using Species Functional Traits and Habitat Suitability Mapping
- Report: Climate Change in the Great Lakes Basin: Summary of Trends and Impacts
- Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Story Map, sharing the results of Environment and Climate Change Canada’s climate change vulnerability assessment
- Spotting Salmon in Toronto and Region citizen science campaign and results
Events
- List of team presentations from the 2022 Latornell Conservation Symposium: Re-imagining Conservation
- Brief for the “Meet the Monitoring Team” booth engagement at the TRCA Adventures of Salmon Festival
- Overview of the October 2022 Public Engagement Webinars for the New Humber River Watershed Plan
- Summary of the November 23rd 2022 Climate Symposium: Impacts of Climate Change on Health and Equity in the Greater Toronto Area
Visit the Environmental Monitoring section of TRCA’s Web site to view past issues.