Primary BUI Addressed: BUI 14b: Loss of Wildlife Habitat
Project Location:
Fox Unit Property project adds to the network of complex ecosystems that provides critical wildlife habitat near Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge to enhance the coastal wetland corridor. This 40-acre project is located directly across State Route 2 from the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center. The property includes an 8-acre woodlot, which was maintained and enhanced and is the first project for the Friends of the ONWR group.
Project Benefits:
This project increases critical wildlife habitat around the shores of Lake Erie.
- Reestablish wetland and upland prairie
- Provide habitat for wildlife
Project Objectives:
- Plant 3.7 acres of native short grass sedge meadow
- Restore 15 acres of native short grass sedge meadow interspersed with scattered trees
- Maintaining and enhancing 11 acres of forest
In 2020, the Fox Unit property was seeded with moist meadow and woodland sedge. This April the Fox Unit Property received a prescribed burn to facilitate the restoration process. An aerial video of the burn can be found here https://youtu.be/b5Pbqh4AYz4. The project is scheduled to be completed by December 2021.