OUR MISSION: As our climate changes, ACER supports communities with grassroots initiatives to plant trees, and educates on how to measure, monitor and report on tree health and growth.

TRCA

In 2014, through funding from the Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund, ACER worked with the Toronto Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) to restore and naturalize the northern part of the Lake Ontario Watershed. ACER’s Riparian Rangers, a group of citizen scientists, came together to improve and protect the habitat of native species, enhance riparian buffer zones, and mitigate flood risks in the urbanized Lake Ontario Watershed. By involving volunteer citizen scientists, the program restored and will be able to monitor the following riparian areas:

– Valleywood Park Restoration Area

– Wildwood Park Restoration Area D1

-Wildwood Park Restoration Area D2

-Wildwood Park Restoration Area D3

Other project related links:

Riparian Rangers Etobicoke Preliminary Report

Riparian Rangers Etobicoke Final Report

Riparian Rangers Etobicoke Program Handout