The Essex Region Conservation has approved several 2017 projects.
They include improving and streamlining customer service, opening the Cypher Systems Group Greenway, rehabilitating a significant Lake Erie coastal wetland at Sturgeon Creek in Leamington and proposed Water and Erosion Control Infrastructure projects totaling $1.2 million.
The budget totals just over $11 million and includes a levy contribution from member municipalities of approximately $3 million.
Other work includes the creation of a 70 acre managed wetland cell at Cedar Creek Conservation Area and a new 10-acre experimental wetland at Hillman Marsh.
Also on the radar is restoring at least 125 acres of land, planting 120,000 trees, 20 acres of prairie and collecting 2,000 pounds of seed to propagate and replant.