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ERCA honours award winners, receives $100K donation By Ron Giofu
A group of organizations and individuals were honoured with Conservation Awards from the Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) last week. One of the winners, who lives and has made a major contribution in River Canard, also contributed even more during the course of the meeting. The awards, according to ERCA, are for the recipients’ “contributions to creating a sustainable future of the Windsor-Essex-Pelee Island region.” The Collavino Family was honoured with an Environmental Achievement Award for their donation of 150 acres of wetland habitat in River Canard for the creation of the Collavino Conservation Area. Loris Collavino told the crowd at ERCA’s annual general meeting (AGM) last Thursday night that his family moved to River Canard in 1983. “Having a home on the banks of River Canard was a whole new life for me,” he said. A “bug in my ear” about the lands was placed there by now-ERCA CAO Tim Byrne and Collavino noted he and his son Michael worked to make the project a reality. It was unveiled last fall, though work still has to be done to make it accessible to the public. “I think this might be a different wetland and conservation area than others in Essex County,” said Collavino. To help expedite the work into making it available for the public, Collavino announced a donation of $100,000 to the Essex Region Conservation Foundation. The donation will help support the ongoing management of the wetland and assist with the creation of laneways, parking and trails to allow the public to come onto the property. A total of seven organizations and individuals were honoured as part of the award ceremony, held at the Essex County Civic Centre. The awards have been presented by ERCA annually since 1992, with this being the first in-person ceremony since 2020. Quinlan Farms captured the Conservation Farm Award for their commitment to sustainable farming through Best Management Practices that protect soil health. The Harrow Early Immigrant Research Society (HEIRS) captured the John R. Park Homestead Award for 50 years of preserving and encouraging research into local history, artifacts and buildings in the Harrow area and the greater
The Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) presented its annual Conservation Awards last Thursday night, one of which was an Environmental Achievement Award to the Collavino family. (Above photo) Loris Collavino (second from right), daughter Lauren (far left) and son Michael accept the award from ERCA vice chair Sue Desjarlais (centre) and chair Jim Morrison (right). The family then made a $100,000 donation to ERCA.
Windsor/Essex County region. Mike St. Pierre, a teacher with Cardinal Carter Secondary School in Leamington, won the Education Award for 30 years of inspiring student and school-wide stewardship, environmental consciousness, outdoor education and experiential learning across the WindsorEssex Catholic School Board. St. Pierre said it was “magic” to take students out and see them learn about nature. Pelee Island Butterfly Sanctuary and Teaching Garden
also won an Education Award for engaging hundreds of learners of all ages about the importance of pollinator and habitat conservation and protecting endangered butterfly species. The Friends of Ojibway Prairie (FOOP) were presented a Volunteer Award for more than 30 years of undertaking protection, restoration, and education for the Ojibway Prairie Complex, and advocating for its inclusion as a National Urban Park.
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