Wikwemikong unceded Indian reserve species at Risk assessment of Wikwemikong GIS Applications for Land Use Planning

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Wikwemikong uncededIndian reservespecies at
Risk assessmentof WikwemikongGIS Applications
for Land Use Planning
Species at Risk Project Wikwemikong
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Background Information- Wikwemikong
Wikwemikong Facts/Information

• Population
• On-Reserve- 3400
• Off-Reserve- 4,100
• Ojibway/Odawa Pottawatomi tribes
• Band Administration
• Membership
• Lands dept.
• Public Works
• Technical Services
• Estates
• Finance
• Recreation
• Tourism
• Heritage (WHO)
• Housing
• Family Services

• The Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve is
  located on the eastern coastline of Manitoulin
  Island. With a land base of 54,000 hectares
  comprising of Wikwemikong and the Point Grondine
  Settlement Lands, Wikwemikong is one of the
  largest First Nation land base communities in
  Ontario.
• The shoreline of Wikwemikong itself represents
  approximately 220 kilometres.

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Project Background- Land Use Plan

• Wikwemikong is currently in the process of
  developing a land use plan
• Data- required updating or attaining new
  information
• Resources- Forest, Wildlife, Plants, Development
• Shoreline data required updating
• Species at Risk- no knowledge at the time

Wikwemikong Shoreline Species at Risk
Assessment
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Wikwemikongs attachment to the Land

• Wikwemikongs people have always had a connection
  to our land and waters.
• Traditional medicines are utilized to a great
  extent to this day. (Wikwemikong was the first
  community to initiate a Traditional Medicine
  program within our Health Centre)
• The emphasis of traditional place names are still
  utilized today to assist in our people to get
  from one place to another.

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Shoreline Facts- Wikwemikong

• Wikwemikong
• - approximately 220 km.
• - waterbodies that surround Wikwemikong -
  Manitowaning Bay (NW) North Channel (N) ,
  Georgian Bay (E), Owen Channel (S), Lake Huron
  (SW)
• - comprises of pebble, boulder, limestone,
  limestone shelf, sand or exposed bedrock
• - majority of the southern shoreline is untouched
  (90-95)
• - highest concentration of SAR found along this
  shoreline area

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Shoreline Facts- Point Grondine

• - approximately 60 kms.
• - comprises of either exposed bluff, exposed
  bedrock (shelving bedrock), low vegetated bank,
  fringing wetland or broad wetland
• - majority of shoreline is untouched
• - only 10 cottage lots along this 60 km.
  shoreline area
• - Massassauga Rattlesnake area

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GIS capabilities

• Part of good governance is storing utilizing
  data for management decisions
• Lands dept. GIS utilizations
• - Land Allotments
• - Forest Management
• - Shoreline mgnt.
• - Land Use Plans
• - Infrastructure
• GIS/GPS Programs
• ArcGis 9.2
• Auto-Cad
• Trimble GeoXT- gt30cm accuracy

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Project Management

• Project Components

• Funders

• Hiring and training of new staff
• (training opportunity)
• Assessment for SAR (field surveys)
• GIS- SAR database, Maps
• Community Workshops
• Education on SAR
• Public Library
• Schools (Grades 5-8, High School)
• Newsletter

• Environment Canada- Aboriginal Critical Habitat
  Protection Fund
• First Nations Forestry Program
• Wikwemikong Development Commission- Wii-ni
  nguch-tood LDM
• OMNR- SAR Stewardship Fund

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Species at Risk- Results (Federally Listed)

• Plants- Dwarf Lake Iris
• - Hills Thistle
• - Gattingers Agalinis
• - Houghtons goldenrod
• Birds- Bald Eagle Golden Eagle
• - Red Headed Wood Pecker
• - Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Least
  Bittern were
• not found but suitable
  habitat is present
• Reptiles- Massassauga Rattlesnake
• - Blandings Turtle
• - Milksnake
• - Eastern Fox Snake

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Species at Risk- Results (Provincially Listed)

• Plants- Rams Head Orchid (shoreline and interior
  of Reserve)
• - Coopers Milkvetch- (interior of
  Reserve)
• - Cylindric Blazing Star- (mostly on
  southern shoreline of Reserve)
• - Northern Dropseed Grass- (interior
  of Reserve)
• - Grooved Yellow Flax- (interior
  alvars of Reserve)
• - Oregon Woodsia Fern- (interior and
  along bedrock bluffs of
  
  shoreline of Reserve)

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Species at Risk Maps

• SAR- Plants

• SAR- Birds Reptiles

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SAR Educational Component

• School Presentations Field Trips
• Community Workshops
• Elders Plant Interviews
• 2009-10 Plans
• Plant Booklet
• Kiosk/display

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Successes/Challenges/Lessons Learned

• Phase 2- Species at Risk- interior and more
  evaluation of shoreline SAR found in 2007
• Developing of a Shoreline Management Plan and
  SAR management/recovery strategies
• Involving the youth in surveys, interactions,
  field trips
• Invitation to set on Alvar Recovery Team (Dwarf
  Lake Iris, Houghtons Golden rod, Hills Thistle)
• Funding allocations (start times)
• Ensuring that you have the right
  trainers/consultants staff members
• Manage your time and your staff members time
  according to the work plan
• Have the necessary equipment required to complete
  the components of the project

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Acknowledgements

• - Environment Canada- Tania Morias
• - First Nations Forestry Program, Maureen
  McCliwrick
• - Wii-ni nguch-tood LDM, Lorraine Fox-Recollet
• - OMNR
• - Judith Jones, Botanist
• - Rob West, Bird Guy
• - Staff- Theo Flamand, Joe Peltier, George
  Pitawanakwat Joe Noakwegijig , Norman Assiniwe
  and Noella Jacko

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Contact Information

• John Manitowabi, Land Use Planner or
• Theodore Flamand, Species at Risk Coordinator
• 19 A Civic Complex Drive
• Wikwemikong, ON.
• P0P 2J0
• 705-859-3122 ext. 249
• Email wehseeik_at_yahoo.ca

Wikwemikong Species at Risk Assessment