Please continue to protect…

Please continue to protect the piping plovers! I have read about and am very concerned about the protection and management of important Piping Plover habitat at Wasaga Beach.

Piping Plovers and tourism have co-existed at Wasaga Beach Provincial Park for 18 years. With the support of stewardship programs, millions of visitors enjoy the beach every year while Piping Plovers are raising their young. This conservation success story should not end now!

If the currently proposed land transfer to the town of Wasaga Beach goes through, the responsibility falls to the town itself to continue protecting the plovers. But support from the Province will be needed.

Piping Plovers must be meaningfully integrated into the beach management plan at Wasaga Beach. Currently, the only condition proposed in the land transfer is that the beach remains public. If the transfer goes ahead, we ask the Province to include conditions or commitments that help support Piping Plover conservation and habitat protection.

Thank you.