Join the Youth Engagement Team (YES Team!)
The Essex Region Conservation Authority Youth Engagement Team (YES Team) is a group of youth aged 16 - 29 interested in making a positive impact on the local Windsor-Essex environment....
May 2018
Garlic Mustard Pull
Camp Cedarwin
Cost: FREE
Join the Friends of Cedar, Mill and Wigle Creeks and Essex Region Conservation pull Garlic Mustard at Camp Cedarwin on May 15 2018. The event will run from 5:30pm to...
Sturgeon Creek Restoration and Community Planting
Sturgeon Creek
Cost: FREE
REGISTRATION IS FULL! Join ERCA, Caldwell First Nation and the Essex County Field Naturalists' Club to plant native trees, shrubs, wildflowers and grasses at the new restoration project along Sturgeon...
June 2018
South Coast Adventure Race – Call for Volunteers
Holiday Beach, and other areas throughout Windsor-Essex
Cost: FREE
The South Coast Adventure Race is a multi-sport adventure race that takes place in several municipalities in the Windsor-Essex region, starting at the Holiday Beach Conservation Area. Making an adventure...
Tree Monitoring and Citizen Science
Green space near Florence and Wyandotte
Cost: FREE
Join Essex Region Conservation and the Association for Canadian Educational Resources (ACER) as they collect information from a sample of the Earth Day trees planted on April 22 2018. Volunteers...
August 2018
Project Purple
Hillman Marsh Conservation Area
Cost: FREE
Calling all citizen scientists – Hillman Marsh needs your help! Purple Loosestrife is an invasive species that came to North America in the early 1800s. It has spread rapidly due...
September 2018
Essex Region Conservation Bike Tour – Call for Volunteers
Mettawas Park,
Essex Region – The Essex Region Conservation Bike Tour, a multi route cycling event incorporates the wandering roads of Windsor-Essex County, and our wonderful Greenway trail system. Upwards of 500...
October 2018
Windsor TD Tree Day Community Planting
Aspen Lake
Cost: FREE
Join ERCA, the Detroit River Canadian Cleanup, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, Little River Enhancement Group and the City of Windsor as we plant 300 trees in the Little...
November 2018
Marsh Monitoring Advanced Training Workshop
Hillman Marsh Conservation Area
Cost: FREE
Did you help collect important amphibian and aquatic bird data this year for Bird Studies Canada in Windsor-Essex County? We would like to hear from you! Bird Studies Canada (BSC),...
Leamington TD Tree Day Community Planting in Lebo Creek Watershed
Lebo Creek
Cost: FREE
Join ERCA and TD Friends of the Environment Foundation as we plant 150 trees in the Lebo Creek watershed! As TD’s flagship volunteer and urban greening program, TD Tree Days...