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Meadowlily Woods Environmentally Significant Area Natural Heritage Inventory and Evaluation

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May 22, 2013

• map

• Private and public property map

• McCormick, Patricia and Heather Ford. 1978. The Future of Meadowlily Woods. A Course paper for

Geography 335, U.W.O.

• Stephenson, David E. 1987. Topographic Mapping, Vegetation Analuysis, and Life Science Inventory
• f Meadowlily Woods.
• Upper Thames River Conservation Authority. 1988. Meadowlily Woods Master Plan.
• Delcan. 1989. Class Environmental Assessment Servicing Proposal for Jackson District.
• Gartner Lee Limited. 1993. Environmental Impact Statement, Proposed Sports Park, City of London.
• Gartner Lee Limited. 1993. MW Ecological Restoration Plan – Jackson District Servicing Project.
• BioLogic. 1998. Park Farm Landscape Plan Report.
• Bowles, Jane. 1999. National Recovery Plan for Wood Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) prepared for

the Recovery of Nationally Endangered Wildlife Committee.

• City of London. 2000. Tree Cutting Permit for Oliva property.
• ESG International. 2002. Meadowlily Subdivision. City of London Environmental Impact Study.
• BioLogic. 2006. Old Victoria Area Plan. Natural Environment.
• Thames Talbot Land Trust. 2006. Conservation Management Plan for Meadowlily Nature Preserve –

Richardson Property.

• City of London 2006. Tree Cutting Permit for Mayr property.
• Dillon Consulting Limited. 2008. Commissioners Centres Ltd. Meadowlily Road South and

Commissioners Road Environmental Impact Study.

• AECOM. 2009. Sifton Properties Limited, Victoria Ridge Plan of Subdivision: Environmental Impact

Study.

• AECOM. 2011. City of London, Meadowlily Area Plan: Natural Heritage Study (Draft).
• AECOM. 2012. Meadowlily Footbridge Rehabilitation EA.

Natural Heritage Inventory and Evaluation for the Meadowlily Woods ESA

• Task 1: Ecological Resources Inventory
• Task 2: Refinement of the MW ESA Boundaries
• Task 3: Analysis (Environmental Management

Strategy)

Task 1: Ecological Resources Inventory

– Amphibians – Reptiles – Flora – Breeding Birds – Migratory Birds – Mammals – Butterflies and Odonata – Aquatic Habitat – Other

Amphibians

• Marsh Monitoring Program
• Active searches for salamanders and egg masses
• April - June

Reptiles

• Active searches - May
• Basking surveys
• Hibernacula

Flora

• Ecological Land Classification
• May, June, July, September
• Deer exclosure plots

Breeding Birds

• Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas
• Point Counts - June

Butterflies and Odonata

• Active searches – May, July, August

Mammals

• Visual Encounter Surveys

Aquatic Habitat

• Detailed characterization - June

– Aquatic habitat features – Fish habitat assessment – Riparian habitat characteristics – Tributaries and seepages – Critical habitat assessment

Other

• Evidence of disturbance
• Areas of restoration

Task 2: Refinement of the MW ESA Boundaries

Task 2: Refinement of the MW ESA Boundaries

Task 3: Analysis (Environmental Management Strategy)

• Management Zones
• Restoration
• Naturalization
• Wildlife Habitat Zones

What’s Next:

• Amphibian call survey – early June
• Breeding bird surveys – June; 2 visits, 10 days apart
• Vegetation inventories – June, July, September
• Aquatic habitat – June
• Insect surveys – July, September

Now it’s your turn!