Creating Wildlife Habitat
The safekeeping and well-being of wildlife habitat depend on the efforts of private landowners. To help support, create and enhance wildlife habitat, landowners can:
- limit disturbances and access to forested areas on their property;
- expand forest size by planting native trees and shrubs to create travel corridors and food, to increase core woodland habitat and provide shelter and protection for wildlife;
- consider the needs of wildlife before undertaking any projects on their property;
- Schedule timber harvests carefully!
These smart forest management efforts will help sustain Ontario’s diminishing forest interior habitat, and bolster regional biodiversity and are part of a good forest management plan.
Downloads
- A Land Manager’s Guide to Conserving Habitat for Forest Birds in Southern Ontario (4.77 MB)
- Birds on the Farm: A Stewardship Guide (3.35 MB)
- Building Nesting Platforms for Ospreys (214 KB)
- Cavity Trees are Refuges for Wildlife (281 KB)
- Conserving the Forest Interior: A Threatened Wildlife Habitat (594 KB)
- Do You Have a Healthy Woodlot? (262 KB)
- Management Options for Abandoned Farm Fields (416 KB)
- Naturalizing Your Local Park or Backyard (510 KB)
- Options for Controlling Beaver on Private Land (286 KB)
