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The Community Council is currently at capacity. Thanks for your interest in joining our Board.

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To find out more about getting involved in restoration work and trail maintenance, contact the Community Council: info@swcr.ca.

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Welcome

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The St. Williams Conservation Reserve is a special place: Designated as a conservation reserve in 2004 because of its important natural heritage and cultural significance. The natural ecosystems and other special features found here are being protected and restored to sustain biodiversity.  These public lands can be explored and enjoyed by the public. The St. […]
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Our goals

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Why Was The CR Established? Ontario established the St Williams Conservation Reserve so that: ‘…these tracts will be a flourishing example of extraordinary biological diversity representing their pre-European settlement natural legacy of ecological communities while protecting their unique cultural heritage and providing opportunities for compatible public land uses.’ — SWCR Management Plan 2007 – 2057 […]
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History

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From Forest to Desert Our pioneer forefathers were faced with deeply forested, impenetrable bush when they arrived in this area. By law they had to clear their free land and farm it.  Without plant or forest cover, however, the sandy topsoil of this region blew away in the wind. Within 50 years parts of Norfolk […]