Increase Connectivity Between Parks and Natural Areas

Objective C9: Increase Connectivity Within and Between our Parks and Natural Areas

The following actions are needed to complete this objective:

• Conduct an assessment of the current state of Windsor’s parks and natural area linkages by performing a landscape analysis. Include the number of hectares of parks and natural areas that are “linked” to each other as a baseline.
• Identify linkage improvement opportunities and reflect these in Official Plan updates.
• Develop strategies for acquiring these strategic lands through the following mechanisms
• Development applications
• Purchase
• Park dedication
• Land swap
• Conservation easements
• Land trust
• Voluntary property tax fund
• Land contribution by public agencies
• Work with surrounding municipalities to plan for and strengthen natural linkages across municipal boundaries.
• Incorporate the use of eco-passages to support the movement of wildlife between natural areas.
• Acquire properties through the development process.
• Develop a natural heritage offsetting process.

These indicators show the progress the City is making to achieve this objective:

• Parks landscape analysis

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