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Westminster Ponds / Pond Mills Westminster Ponds / Pond Mills Environmentally Significant Area Environmentally Significant Area Master Plan Update 2005 Master Plan Update 2005 p Overview Overview th 2012 Community Meeting October 24 October

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Westminster Ponds / Pond Mills Westminster Ponds / Pond Mills Environmentally Significant Area Environmentally Significant Area Master Plan Update 2005 Master Plan Update 2005 p

Overview Overview

October 24 October 24th

th 2012 Community Meeting

2012 Community Meeting

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Process Process

A 21-member Local Advisory Committee (LAC), representing 12 agencies and groups, ( ), p g g g p , worked with City of London and UTRCA.

Mission statement Mission statement

The City of London, the UTRCA, and community partners will preserve the ecological integrity of Westminster Ponds / ecological integrity of Westminster Ponds / Pond Mills Environmentally Significant Area while providing compatible educational and recreational opportunities educational and recreational opportunities.

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Master Plan Update 2005 Master Plan Update 2005

vegetation communities

inventoried

17 maps created

17 maps created

86 recommendations developed

to guide decision-making over next 10 years y

Recommendations ranged from

the need for:

additional property

acquisitions, to

naturalization work, to
encroachment deterrents, to
reduction of the number of
reduction of the number of

trails Ab t 75% f th d ti h b About 75% of the recommendations have been completed or started.

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Si ifi Si ifi Significance Significance

Largest publically owned natural area in London (about

g p y ( 203 ha or 502 ac). Additional lands are in private

wnership.
Significant for its size, rich variety of natural habitats,

rolling topography and unique kettle ponds.

5 ponds

200 t ti iti

200 vegetation communities
757 species of vascular plants
30 plants rare nationally or provincially
200 species of birds

200 species of birds

19 species of fish
14 species of amphibians
9 species of reptiles

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Map 14 Map 14 – – Buffer and Naturalization Buffer and Naturalization

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Ssling fish
14 species of amphibians
9 species of reptiles

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Map 16 Map 16 – – Trail Recommendations (Conceptual) Trail Recommendations (Conceptual)

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Cathy Quinlan, Terrestrial Biologist, UTRCA October 2012

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