SERO Field Trip Program
Objective:
- To promote a dialogue between practitioners and to introduce the public to notable restoration efforts that are occurring in Ontario.
Methods:
- Organizing short field trips led by restoration practitioners and researchers.
- Promoting these trips within the wider community.
- Providing information for each trip to promote the practice, principles, and benefits of ecological restoration.
2026 Restoration Field Trip Program
| Property | Agency | Trip Leader | Restoration Efforts | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Point /Long Point | Nature Conservancy of Canada / Birds Canada / Long Point EcoAdventures | Kyle Borrowman, NCC | Landscape Scale Phragmites Management | Thursday, June 18 |
| O’Conner Park / Mattamy / Windrush Woods | City of Mississauga | Jennifer Evans & Cassidy Mowbray, City of Mississauga | Wetland, Forest, & Meadow Restoration in Action | Wednesday, Sept 9 |
| Westminster Road Natural Heritage Study | City of London | Marnie Shepley, City of London | Restoration Pre-Planning & Site Development | Friday, Sept 18 |
Archive:
- 2025 Field Trip Brochure – Nobleton Tract Trail (York Region/TRCA), Derry Green Corporate Business Park (GIS), Salt Creek Nature Reserve (NCC)
- 2024 Field Trip Brochure – Redhill Valley (Hamilton), Rogers Creek (Erin), Northern Wildflower Farm & Kivi Park (Sudbury)
- 2023 Field Trip Brochure
- 2022 – Rouge National Park
- 2020 Field Trip
- 2019 Field Trip Brochure
- 2018 Field Trip Brochure
- 2017 Field Trip Brochure
- 2016 Field Trip Brochure
- 2015 Field Trip Brochure
Over a Decade of Restoration Field Trips
- Drumquin Park – September 2020
- Mount Pleasant NHS – September 2019
- Luther Marsh – June 2018
- Courcliffe Park Creek Restoration Project, Carlisle – September 2017
- Redhill Creek Parkway – 10 Years Later, Hamilton – June 2017
- Oshawa Second Marsh – October 2016
- Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto – October 2016
- Rattray Marsh, Mississauga – October 2016
- Rd. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway “Parkway in a Prairie” in Windsor – August 2016
- Taquanyah Conservation Area in Cayuga – June 2014
- Glenorchy Conservation Area in Oakville – August 2013
- Windermere Basin in Hamilton – July 2013
- Red Hill Valley Project – Natural Heritage Impact Mitigation and Ecosystem Rehabilitation Workshop – June 2008
- Restoration Tour in the Kitchener-Waterloo Area – July 2006
- Earth Day Restoration at Raven Lake, Kawartha Highlands – April 2006
- Morningside Tributary, Rouge River, Toronto – September 2004
- Scuttle Holes and Tyendinaga Prairie, North of Belleville – July 2004
- Wetland Drain Restoration sites in the Long Point Area – July 2004
- Massassauga Point Conservation Area, Bay of Quinte – July 2003
- Carolinian Restoration Weekend, Walshigham near Long Point – May 2003
- Oshawa Second Marsh – September 2002
- Sudbury and Elliot Lake Mine Reclamation Tour – July 2002
- One-Day Wetland Workshop at the Toronto Zoo – October 2001
- The Annual Pterophylla Restoration Weekend in Walsingham, near Long Point – May 2001
- Vellore Woods Bioengineering and Wetland Habitat Creation – May 2001
- Brooklin Lions Wilderness Trail, in Brooklin north of Whitby – May 2001
- High Park Oak Savanna Restoration – September 2000
- Long Point Carolinian Weekend – May 2000
- Bring Back the Don Field Day – October 1999
- Tour of Restoration Projects at Metro Toronto Zoo – May 1999
- Cawthra Woods, Mississauga, Ontario – May 1998
- Ravines of Toronto – October 1997
- Oshawa Second Marsh Restoration – September 1996
If you have any ideas or would like to host field trips to show your restoration project in Ontario, please contact:
Ryan Stephenson, Field Trip Coordinator