Meet the conservation leaders protecting our forests, wetlands, wildlife, and the natural wonders that make Windsor-Essex unlike anywhere else.
If you haven’t been to Jack Miner, what are you waiting for? Mr. Jack Miner’s love and concern for a depleted waterfowl led to the beginning of his sanctuary. His bird-banding was one of the earliest documented migratory links in North America. Its success was so beneficial to understanding Canadian bird migration, new legislation was created. He was honored with the Order of the British Empire by King George IV for his conservation work which continues today.
We live in the Place for Life — the most biologically diverse region in Canada. ERCF has been raising and stewarding the funds that keep it that way since 1977. Trees planted, trails connected, wetlands restored, generations inspired. Every donation helps keep Windsor-Essex-Pelee Island the place we love to call home.
Tucked into west Windsor lies the most endangered ecosystem in Canada — tallgrass prairie and savannah. The Friends of Ojibway Prairie have spent decades championing its protection, and right now they’re helping make Ojibway National Urban Park a reality. More rare species call this place home than anywhere else in Ontario. Your support keeps that wild Windsor heart beating.
Carolinian forest, prairie pockets, marsh edges, monarch butterflies — the volunteers of Essex County Nature know every quiet corner of our region’s wild side. Through field trips, citizen science, and habitat advocacy, they’ve been the friendly local naturalists of Windsor-Essex for generations. Curious? Come along.
Founded in 1981, this was one of Canada’s first charitable cooperating associations for a national park. The Friends support ecological restoration, scientific research, and the joyful work of teaching kids and grown-ups about the marsh, the migration, and the magic of the country’s southernmost mainland. Pelee belongs to all of us.
Twice a year, billions of birds pour through the western Lake Erie flyway — a phenomenon that simply takes your breath away. PIBO has been counting, banding, and protecting them for two decades from a tiny field station on Pelee Island. They say roughly 80% of every dollar raised goes straight to the research. Hard to find a more efficient act of love for our living world.