{"id":502,"date":"2014-03-02T17:27:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T17:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/ontario\/?page_id=502"},"modified":"2026-05-25T10:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:48:43","slug":"field-trips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/ontario\/activities\/field-trips\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoration Field Trips"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>SERO Field Trip Program<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\"><strong>Objective:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">To promote a dialogue between practitioners and to introduce the public to notable restoration efforts that are occurring in Ontario.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\"><strong>Methods:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">Organizing short field trips led by restoration practitioners and researchers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">Promoting these trips within the wider community.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">Providing information for each trip to promote the practice, principles, and benefits of ecological restoration.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>2026 Restoration Field Trip Program<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/ontario\/files\/2026\/05\/SERO-2026-Field-Trips-FINAL-.pdf\">DOWNLOAD BROCHURE<\/a><\/h3>\n<table width=\"623\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"131\"><strong>Property<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"131\"><strong>Agency<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"112\"><strong>Trip Leader<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"159\"><strong>Restoration Efforts<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"90\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"131\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Turkey Point \/Long Point<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"131\">Nature Conservancy of Canada \/ Birds Canada \/ Long Point EcoAdventures<\/td>\n<td width=\"112\">Kyle Borrowman, NCC<\/td>\n<td width=\"159\">Landscape Scale Phragmites Management<\/td>\n<td width=\"90\">Thursday, June 18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"131\"><strong>O\u2019Conner Park \/ Mattamy \/ Windrush Woods<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"131\">City of Mississauga<\/td>\n<td width=\"112\">Jennifer Evans &amp; Cassidy Mowbray, City of Mississauga<\/td>\n<td width=\"159\">Wetland, Forest, &amp; Meadow Restoration in Action<\/td>\n<td width=\"90\">Tuesday, Sept 9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"131\"><strong>Westminster Road Natural Heritage Study<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"131\">City of London<\/td>\n<td width=\"112\">Marnie Shepley, City of London<\/td>\n<td width=\"159\">Restoration Pre-Planning &amp; Site Development<\/td>\n<td width=\"90\">Friday,<br \/>\nSept 18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Archive:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/ontario\/files\/2025\/05\/SERO-2025-Field-Trips-FINAL-V1.pdf\">2025 Field Trip Brochure<\/a> &#8211; Nobleton Tract Trail (York Region\/TRCA), Derry Green Corporate Business Park (GIS), Salt Creek Nature Reserve (NCC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/ontario\/files\/2024\/06\/SERO-2024-Field-Trips-FINAL-V4-06112024.pdf\">2024 Field Trip Brochure<\/a> &#8211; Redhill Valley (Hamilton), Rogers Creek (Erin), Northern Wildflower Farm &amp; Kivi Park (Sudbury)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/ontario\/files\/2023\/05\/SERO-2023-Field-Trips-FINAL-V1-230501.pdf\">2023 Field Trip Brochure<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2022 &#8211; Rouge National Park<\/li>\n<li>2020 Field Trip\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/serestoration.ontario\/live\">Jim Tovey Conservation Area SERO Tour &#8211; Watch a video of the field trip<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/ontario\/files\/2019\/06\/SERO-2019-Field-Trips-20190611-FINAL.pdf\">2019 Field Trip Brochure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/ontario\/files\/2018\/05\/SERO-2018-Field-Trip-Brochure-FINAL.pdf\">2018 Field Trip Brochure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/ontario\/files\/2017\/05\/SERO-2017-Field-Trips-FINAL.pdf\">2017 Field Trip Brochure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/ontario\/files\/2014\/03\/SERO-2016-Field-Trips-FINAL-PROGRAM.pdf\">2016 Field Trip Brochure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chapter.ser.org\/ontario\/files\/2015\/06\/SERO-2015-Field-Trips-Final.pdf\">2015 Field Trip Brochure<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">Over a Decade of Restoration Field Trips<\/span><\/h4>\n<hr align=\"center\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Drumquin Park &#8211; September 2020<\/li>\n<li>Mount Pleasant NHS &#8211; September 2019<\/li>\n<li>Luther Marsh &#8211; June 2018<\/li>\n<li>Courcliffe Park Creek Restoration Project, Carlisle &#8211; September 2017<\/li>\n<li>Redhill Creek Parkway &#8211; 10 Years Later, Hamilton &#8211; June 2017<\/li>\n<li>Oshawa Second Marsh &#8211; October 2016<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto &#8211; October 2016<\/li>\n<li>Rattray Marsh, Mississauga &#8211; October 2016<\/li>\n<li>Rd. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway &#8220;Parkway in a Prairie&#8221; in Windsor &#8211; August 2016<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grandriver.ca\/index\/document.cfm?sec=34&amp;sub1=15&amp;sub2=10\">Taquanyah Conservation Area<\/a> in Cayuga &#8211; June 2014<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/ontario\/files\/2014\/01\/SERO_2013_Field_Trips.pdf\">Glenorchy Conservation Area<\/a>\u00a0in Oakville &#8211; August 2013<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/ontario\/files\/2014\/01\/SERO_2013_Field_Trips.pdf\">Windermere Basin<\/a>\u00a0in Hamilton &#8211; July 2013<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/ontario\/files\/2012\/08\/Red-Hill-Valley-Project-2008.pdf\">Red Hill Valley Project<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Natural Heritage Impact Mitigation and Ecosystem Rehabilitation Workshop &#8211; June 2008<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">Restoration Tour in the Kitchener-Waterloo Area &#8211; July 2006<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serchapter2018.wpengine.com\/ontario\/files\/2012\/08\/Earth-Day-at-Raven-Lake-2006.pdf\">Earth Day Restoration at Raven Lake<\/a>, Kawartha Highlands &#8211; April 2006<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">Morningside Tributary, Rouge River, Toronto &#8211; September 2004<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">Scuttle Holes and Tyendinaga Prairie, North of Belleville &#8211; July 2004<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">Wetland Drain Restoration sites in the Long Point Area &#8211; July 2004<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">Massassauga Point Conservation Area, Bay of Quinte &#8211; July 2003<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">Carolinian Restoration Weekend, Walshigham near Long Point &#8211; May 2003<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">Oshawa Second Marsh &#8211; September 2002<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">Sudbury and Elliot Lake Mine Reclamation Tour &#8211; July 2002<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">One-Day Wetland Workshop at the Toronto Zoo &#8211; October 2001<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">The Annual Pterophylla Restoration Weekend in Walsingham, near Long Point &#8211; May 2001<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">Vellore Woods Bioengineering and Wetland Habitat Creation &#8211; May 2001<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">Brooklin Lions Wilderness Trail, in Brooklin north of Whitby &#8211; May 2001<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">High Park Oak Savanna Restoration &#8211; September 2000<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">Long Point Carolinian Weekend &#8211; 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