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Westminster Ponds / Pond Mills Westminster Ponds / Pond Mills Environmentally Significant Area Environmentally Significant Area Master Plan Update 2005 Master Plan Update 2005 p Overview Overview th 2012 Community Meeting October 24 October 24 th 2012 Community Meeting

Process Process A 21-member Local Advisory Committee (LAC), representing 12 agencies and groups, ( ), p g g g p , worked with City of London and UTRCA. Mission statement Mission statement The City of London, the UTRCA, and community partners will preserve the ecological integrity of Westminster Ponds / ecological integrity of Westminster Ponds / Pond Mills Environmentally Significant Area while providing compatible educational and recreational opportunities educational and recreational opportunities.

Master Plan Update 2005 Master Plan Update 2005 vegetation communities • inventoried 17 maps created 17 maps created • 86 recommendations developed • to guide decision-making over next 10 years y Recommendations ranged from • the need for: additional property • acquisitions, to naturalization work, to • encroachment deterrents, to • reduction of the number of reduction of the number of • • trails About 75% of the recommendations have been Ab t 75% f th d ti h b completed or started.

Si Significance Si Significance ifi ifi Largest publically owned natural area in London (about g p y ( • 203 ha or 502 ac). Additional lands are in private ownership. Significant for its size, rich variety of natural habitats, • rolling topography and unique kettle ponds. 5 ponds • 200 vegetation communities 200 t ti iti • 757 species of vascular plants • 30 plants rare nationally or provincially • 200 species of birds 200 species of birds • 19 species of fish • 14 species of amphibians • 9 species of reptiles p p •

Map 14 Map 14 – – Buffer and Naturalization Buffer and Naturalization ce ce ss • Ss • Ssling fish • 14 species of amphibians • 9 species of reptiles •

Map 16 Map 16 – – Trail Recommendations (Conceptual) Trail Recommendations (Conceptual)

Cathy Quinlan, Terrestrial Biologist, UTRCA October 2012

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