Current Projects
The Bert Miller Nature Club is actively involved in a variety of projects. Click on the links below to learn more about each project. Please consider volunteering your time to help us with one or more projects.
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Chimney Swift Monitoring
The Chimney Swift monitoring program of Niagara provides important data for developing strategies to aid in their conservation.
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Shagbark Nature Park
The Shagbark Nature Park initiative is one that the Bert Miller Nature Club is currently working on. It involves the rehabilitation of a Town-owned municipal nature area. The long term vision is to preserve the existing Maple/Beech forest and rehabilitate surrounding lands to increase the extent and diversity of the woodlot.
![(X) BMNC Group Lake Erie Shore Marcy's Woods 26 Apr 2015](https://vxsites.com/bertmiller/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2017/10/X-BMNC-Group-Lake-Erie-Shore-Marcys-Woods-26-Apr-2015-640x360.jpg)
Lake Erie Coast
The Lake Erie Dune Restoration Brochure lists the types of coastlines along the Lake Erie coast from Fort Erie to Dunnville. This project was completed through a grant from the province in partnership with the Coastal Centre. Check out this brochure on the link below.
Past Projects
Here is some information about some of our past projects.
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Grass Pickerel
This smaller species of pickerel lives in several creeks in Fort Erie, including a section of Beaver Creek where the Town of Fort Erie would like to increase the rate of flow.
![(X) BMNC Group Lake Erie Shore Marcy's Woods 26 Apr 2015](https://vxsites.com/bertmiller/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2017/10/X-BMNC-Group-Lake-Erie-Shore-Marcys-Woods-26-Apr-2015-640x360.jpg)
Marcy's Woods
Marcy's Woods is an intact Carolinian sandhill forest lying at the Eastern end of Lake Erie on the Point Abino peninsula.
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Fowlers Toads
Under the leadership of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and McGill University, we have been contributing volunteer hours to the Fowlers Toad Recovery Project for many years.