St. Clair Region Conservation Foundation

05/25/2026

📣 REMINDER – Less than one week to submit your applications to the SCRCA’s 2025 Conservation Scholarships.

📅 Deadline: May 31, 2026

👉 Apply today: www.scrca.on.ca/foundation/scholarships

Are you a graduating high school student pursuing studies in environmental fields like biology, ecology, agriculture, or wildlife?

The SCRCA is currently accepting applications for its 2026 Conservation Scholarship program.

Up to two $1,000 and two $500 scholarships will be awarded to successful candidates.
📅 Apply by May 31, 2026
👉 Learn more and apply: www.scrca.on.ca/foundation/scholarships

05/18/2026

When you play, local charities win!

The St. Clair Region Conservation Foundation is proud to be part of Charitable Gaming. Funds raised through Charitable Gaming Chatham Kent help support St. Clair Region Conservation Authority programs and make a difference in our community.

Funds raised go towards:
📚 Outdoor Education Programming
🥾 Trail Maintenance
🌲 Habitat Restoration Projects
🐢 Species at Risk Monitoring and Recovery Programming

05/15/2026

It’s Endangered Species Day, and we want to celebrate by highlighting some exciting discoveries at the Keith McLean Conservation Lands!

This week, St. Clair Region Conservation Authority Biology staff documented two endangered fish species at the McLean Lands: the Spotted Gar and, for the first time ever at this site, the Lake Chubsucker!

The Lake Chubsucker thrives in warm, calm wetlands with clear water and abundant aquatic vegetation, making the channels and coastal wetlands at the McLean Lands ideal habitat. Because this species is sensitive to muddy or polluted water, its presence is a strong indicator of a healthy wetland ecosystem.

The Spotted Gar is equally fascinating. This unique fish can breathe air using a specialized swim bladder that acts like a lung, allowing it to survive in low-oxygen environments. Young Spotted Gar even help control mosquito populations by feeding on mosquito larvae!

Discoveries like these highlight the importance of conserving coastal wetlands, which provide essential breeding habitat, shelter, and food for countless wildlife species, including many at-risk species.

On Endangered Species Day, we are proud of the work that the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority staff are conducting across the watershed to protect and restore these critical habitats.

Want to help support conservation efforts like habitat restoration and Species at Risk monitoring? Support the St. Clair Region Conservation Foundation today: https://shop.scrca.on.ca/product/sydenham-reptile-recovery-initiative/

05/11/2026

Are you a graduating high school student pursuing studies in environmental fields like biology, ecology, agriculture, or wildlife?

The SCRCA is currently accepting applications for its 2026 Conservation Scholarship program.

Up to two $1,000 and two $500 scholarships will be awarded to successful candidates.
📅 Apply by May 31, 2026
👉 Learn more and apply: www.scrca.on.ca/foundation/scholarships

04/28/2026

The SCRCF is seeking volunteers in the Chatham-Kent area to assist in the charitable gaming initiatives at Riverview Gaming in Chatham. This is a fun volunteering oppourtunity for those looking to get out and be social, all the while helping to raise funds for local conservation. The best part? It can be done with a friend! If you, and/or someone you know is interested, please reach out to us!

Please like and share to spread the word!

Riverview Gaming Centre
Charitable Gaming Chatham Kent

02/11/2026

The St. Clair Region Conservation Foundation is a proud participant of Charitable Gaming! Through funds raised in partnership with Riverview Gaming Centre, we can continue our important work in the community.

Charitable Gaming Chatham Kent

11/27/2025

10/29/2025

Some fun facts about Blue Jays!!

Go Jays Go!

10/29/2025

Fall colours are still popping!

Check out Ontario's Conservation Areas Step Into Nature app to find local spots for some nature viewing!

Reconnect with yourself through a Forest Therapy Walk — guided or on your own — at your local Conservation Area. 🍃
Breathe deep. Slow down. Feel the forest.

Download the Step Into Nature app today! 📱 https://ontarioconservationareas.ca/step-into-nature-app/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=ap_fpi9fezg3j

09/30/2025

Today is an opportunity to reflect on the history and legacy of residential schools in Canada, to honour Survivors, their families and communities, the children who did not make it home, as well as acknowledge the important role we each play in the ongoing journey of reconciliation.

Today marks the fifth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It is a day for reflection, learning, and honouring Survivors and the children that did not return home from Canadian residential schools and the impacts of that system. Today serves as a reminder of our shared responsibility in the ongoing journey of truth and reconciliation.

The St. Clair Region Conservation Authority and its staff live, work, and play on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabek (Ah-nish-i-na-bek), Haudenosaunee (Ho-den-no-show-nee), Lūnaapéewak (Len-ah-pay-wuk), and Chonnonton (Chun-ongk-ton) Nations.

Please join us in learning and recognizing our local history and First Nations today:

🧡 Read about the Mount Elgin Residential School (1867-1946), where children came to this school, located on the lands of the Chippewas of the Thames, from over 18 Indigenous communities in Ontario and Quebec, including from local communities.
Provided by the Elgin County Archives: To learn more, please click the links below to watch “Our Healing Journey”, a two-part video created by residential school survivors from the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation:
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bb1G6Sjcn4
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WlUvYKC6s0
Timeline of Mount Elgin Indian Residential School: https://bit.ly/3dRxvon

🧡 Learn about and from the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point, which is located along the Gichi-Aazhoogami-Gichigami, aka the “Great Crosswater Sea”, in Anishinaabemowin (named Lake Huron by French explorers) https://kettlepoint.org/history-culture/

🧡 Learn about and from Bkejwanong (be-kezh-wah-nong) First Nation, also known as Walpole Island First Nation, which means "where the waters divide" in Anishinaabemowin, describing the waters around the island to Lake St. Clair: https://www.walpoleislandfirstnation.ca/treatyinformation

🧡 Learn about and from Aamjiwnaang (oahm-jih-nong) First Nation, which means "meeting place by the rapid water" in Anishinaabemowin, as this is the First Nation outside of Sarnia, along the St. Clair River: https://www.aamjiwnaang.ca/history/