Manitoulin Planning Board - Public Notices

The Manitoulin Planning Board hosted a virtual Public Information Session for the Natural Heritage System on Wednesday, November 10 2021. This project is on-going and a Draft Natural Heritage System document will be available on ouir website when it has been completed. Included here is the presentation that was made at the meeting, as well as draft mapping showing candidate core areas, open space areas, and linkages identified from existing available Natural Heritage feature mapping.

Manitoulin Natural Heritage System - Presentation

Manitoulin Natural Heritage System - Draft Maps with Candidate Areas
Cockburn Island
Dawson and Robinson Township
Municipality of Burpee-Mills
Municipality of Gordon/Barrie Island
Municipality of Billings
Municipality of Central Manitoulin
Township of Tehkummah
Municipality of Assiginack

The Planning Board hired a consultant to review the policies of a 1st draft Natural Heritage System and will be working towards updating draft policy and draft schedules to reflect this policy guidance. The report prepared by the consultant is available here: Natural Heritage System Policy Review. A 2nd draft document, once completed, will be available on our website.

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he Manitoulin Planning Board hosted a public information session for the creation of a Natural Heritage System Strategy (NHS) at the Mindemoya Community Centre at 6032 Highway 542 on Wednesday, August 21st from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. A summary of the meeting is available here: Natural Heritage Information Session Summary

The maps shown at the meeting may be downloaded here:
Natural Heritage System - Administration
Natural Heritage System - Land Cover
Natural Heritage System - Surface Water
Natural Heritage System - Known Significant Wildlife Habitat
Natural Heritage System - Sample
Natural Heritage System - Sample2