Green Speaker Expert Panel – Mitigating Species at Risk Road Mortality
To further promote awareness of Species at Risk road mortality in the Ojibway Prairie Complex as well as along other roads in Windsor and Essex County, WECEC coordinated a Green Speaker Expert Panel on Mitigating Species at Risk Road Mortality.
The event was held on October 30th, 2019 and discussion included current measures taken to protect Species at Risk, as well as Eco Passage project examples and other options to decrease road mortality.
Panel experts included Jonathan Choquette, Lead Biologist – Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery from Wildlife Preservation Canada who is currently researching and implementing protection strategies in Windsor; Rick Levick, President of the Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation which is home to Eco Passage projects; Kari Gunson, Principal Road Ecologist at Eco-Kare International and author of the "Wildlife on Roads: A Handbook"; as well as Dinu Filip, President of ACO Systems and installer of Eco Passages.
Over 60 people attended the event including CTV, Blackburn and CBC news outlets, City councillors, administrative staff and interested community members.
- Meetings
- WECEC held four meetings in 2019, in April, July, September and November. The Air Subcommittee also met during the year.
- Website Hosting
- City of Windsor administration maintains our website, wecec.org. Here we post news and events along with information about WECEC and our meeting agenda's and minutes. The website is an important part of our communication and advocacy strategy. We pay yearly website hosting fees as well as a domain renewal fee.
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- WECEC has an active Facebook page where administration posts information about our events, campaigns and reports to Council, as well as other environmental information.
- Promotional Supplies
- WECEC often participates in community events such as Earth Day. At our booth we hand out promotional supplies such as WECEC customised pens or magnets to encourage members of the public to visit our website and learn more about what we do. Currently WECEC has water bottles, coffee cups, magnets, pens and brochures to give away to the public.