{"id":11179,"date":"2020-05-21T08:33:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T13:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/blog\/?p=11179"},"modified":"2026-10-22T10:59:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T15:59:58","slug":"diversity-on-the-prairie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/diversity-on-the-prairie\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity on the prairie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-98xnv4b-55cda3817b03952637b5501d6d30af31 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  blog-inner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-11179'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mm3txm8u-ed03662dc16a9ecb0cae95f79bdff117\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mm3txm8u-ed03662dc16a9ecb0cae95f79bdff117 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mm3txm8u-ed03662dc16a9ecb0cae95f79bdff117 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mm3txm8u-ed03662dc16a9ecb0cae95f79bdff117 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first  inner-blog-banner-full-width-img'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-52327 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-52327 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DiversityOnPrairie_TallGrass.png' alt='' title='DiversityOnPrairie_TallGrass'  height=\"738\" width=\"1019\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mm3tx34f-78c52f63e1b3d7439ad1d6948c472324\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mm3tx34f-78c52f63e1b3d7439ad1d6948c472324{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mm3tx34f-78c52f63e1b3d7439ad1d6948c472324 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mm3tx34f-78c52f63e1b3d7439ad1d6948c472324 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mm3tx34f-78c52f63e1b3d7439ad1d6948c472324 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_post_metadata'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Diversity on the prairie<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mm3tx65q-06bbd1d7db8d14121304273440944a01\">\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-mm3tx65q-06bbd1d7db8d14121304273440944a01{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-mm3tx65q-06bbd1d7db8d14121304273440944a01 .av-post-metadata-container-inner{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-post-metadata-container av-mm3tx65q-06bbd1d7db8d14121304273440944a01 av-metadata-container-align-left  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  av-metadata-container-1'><div class='av-post-metadata-container-inner'><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-meta-content\"><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-published\"><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-published\">Publi\u00e9 le<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-published-date\" >mai 21, 2020<\/span><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-separator\"><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-author\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-author\">par<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-author-name\" >Ojibway Massasauga<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-7pu8eff-2360efc6649de83f5726f8228735cee6 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  species-inner-content-intro-wrapper avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-11179'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6zmi7fv-935293d670ca9523eceb94a2b9869c79\">\n.flex_column.av-6zmi7fv-935293d670ca9523eceb94a2b9869c79{\npadding:25px 25px 25px 25px;\nbackground-color:#f8fbf4;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-6zmi7fv-935293d670ca9523eceb94a2b9869c79 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-5  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  light-section first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mm3tyjmu-7f201d4ee9edf9edd5fc144ae2285290'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Qu'est-ce que le Programme de r\u00e9tablissement des reptiles de la prairie Ojibway ?<\/strong> The Ojibway Prairie Complex and Greater Park Ecosystem (OPCGPE) in Ontario\u2019s Windsor-LaSalle region is home to several reptile species threatened by urban development, habitat fragmentation and road mortality, including eastern foxsnakes, Butler\u2019s gartersnakes, Blanding\u2019s turtles and a critically endangered population of massasauga rattlesnakes. The Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery Team (OPRREC) works to protect and monitor these species.\u2060<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-6tvjxkb-bacad4a2b7daba6e31b84251ddc3a33a av_one_full  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mm3ugx92-98e0790200413e1ac8075456a3423355'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Meet Matt Macpherson, WPC\u2019s Lead Field Technician for the Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery (OPRREC) team in southwestern Ontario. When Matt joins a project, he likes to do some preliminary research. Here, he shares his discoveries of the natural history of the Ojibway Prairie Complex and the greater park ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p><b>Land Composition<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>This area is characterized by poorly drained sandy soils overlaying a thick bed of clay and very flat topography, resulting in very wet and flooded springs and very hot and dry summers. This unique combination makes the area better suited to prairie vegetation than trees, resulting in the tallgrass prairie and oak savannah remnants found in the area. These features also make the land ideal for development and agriculture; less than 0.5% of the original prairies and savannah are thought to remain in all of Southwestern Ontario. Unsurprisingly, the patches that do remain in Windsor and LaSalle are not continuous and instead constitute five closely situated natural areas\u00a0that together form the Ojibway Prairie Complex (OPC), in addition to a number of smaller natural features nearby in the greater park ecosystem (GPE).<\/p>\n<p>Although remaining habitats are fragmented, an incredible amount of animal and plant diversity still exists within the OPC and Greater Park Ecosystem. Several rare reptiles, birds, plants, insects and mammals are found in the area, some of which occur nowhere else in Canada. In the springtime, Acadian flycatchers and yellow-breasted chat can be heard singing within the Kentucky coffee trees and American chestnuts. Later on, dense blazingstar, colicroot, and eastern prairie-fringed orchid begin to bloom, and are frequented by several different butterfly species including monarchs.<\/p>\n<p><b>Up to 49 butterfly species can be seen in a day if you\u2019re lucky!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>At nighttime, make sure to keep your eyes peeled for little brown bats and common nighthawks flying overhead. And last but not least, Massasauga rattlesnakes, eastern foxsnakes, and Butler\u2019s gartersnakes can be found happily basking under clumps of vegetation.\u00a0This is only a handful of the flora and fauna found in the complex.<\/p>\n<p><b>18 reptile and amphibian species, 119 provincially rare plant species, 252 bird species, and thousands of insect species have been recorded.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-6e7502z-62dd75ca0bad29f7a889e750b387e8a4 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mm3uho65-0535f5f151dff41407c2b25779f2c2e4\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mm3uho65-0535f5f151dff41407c2b25779f2c2e4 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mm3uho65-0535f5f151dff41407c2b25779f2c2e4 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mm3uho65-0535f5f151dff41407c2b25779f2c2e4 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-10  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img class='wp-image-52328 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-52328 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DiversityOnPrairie_EAFO.png' alt='' title='DiversityOnPrairie_EAFO'  height=\"738\" width=\"1019\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5ke3gi3-092501aad9c5a4ceb67706542fc970f7\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-5ke3gi3-092501aad9c5a4ceb67706542fc970f7{\nheight:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-5ke3gi3-092501aad9c5a4ceb67706542fc970f7 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock'><span class='hr-inner'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mm3uhxyj-1608f202e0ca0d9a6b5342d65e1902de'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><i>Juvenile eastern foxsnake.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-5cwidsb-875aebb763cd5aaf187af345d6973df5 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_hr  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mm3ui5t1-7e5ef6f237c9f974cba7bc4ec5fa955e'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Despite the incredible diversity that still remains, flora and fauna of the OPC and GPE are under significant pressure from several human activities including ongoing habitat loss and degradation, pollution, illegal collection, road mortality, and climate change. A substantial number of species in the complex are considered species at risk, including all of the plants and animals named in the previous paragraphs.<\/p>\n<p>However, there is hope! Several of the OPRREC team\u2019s stewardship activities in the area have a beneficial effect on other species at risk, though the work primarily focuses on Massasauga rattlesnakes and other at risk snakes,\u00a0 Such activities include invasive species removal, installation of wildlife barrier fencing along roads, and public outreach and education.<\/p>\n<p>Although the future of Ojibway Prairie\u2019s flora and fauna remains uncertain, our team continues to collaborate with our local, provincial and national partners and to protect this beautiful and important area.\u00a0 I\u2019m quite excited to be a part of this goal!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4pffpqj-3b4fbc48c29c9127a51686a8fac5de99\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-4pffpqj-3b4fbc48c29c9127a51686a8fac5de99{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-4pffpqj-3b4fbc48c29c9127a51686a8fac5de99 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last'><span class='hr-inner'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_3'  class='avia-section av-4eaxf3f-cace5edd70b1a258d6c721dd045b769e main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  blog-inner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-11179'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3zla7cb-dba8af9a2663d17b390a299e8a6e3fdb av_one_full  avia-builder-el-17  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  author-section first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mm3ujmdf-3f64e7e39d3cd0cb418f818c68bd25b3'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Matt Macpherson<\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">Lead Field Technician &#8211; Ojibway Prairie Reptile Recovery<\/h5>\n<p>Matt is currently finishing up his Master\u2019s degree in Biology at Queen\u2019s University where he has been working on developing and improving conservation strategies for gray ratsnakes. Over the years he has worked on several different conservation projects primarily focusing on reptile, bird, and insect species-at-risk both in Canada and abroad.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mm3ujwsz-ba929f9cd1ce1e1122e561c029769626\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mm3ujwsz-ba929f9cd1ce1e1122e561c029769626 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mm3ujwsz-ba929f9cd1ce1e1122e561c029769626 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mm3ujwsz-ba929f9cd1ce1e1122e561c029769626 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  author-pic'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img class='wp-image-30292 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-30292 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Matt-Mcpherson-blog-photo.jpg' alt='' title='Matt Mcpherson blog photo'  height=\"1000\" width=\"1000\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='blog-inner'  class='avia-section av-3lt9z9n-c73819ba9b2c9439f49572aa5662c8d5 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-20  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  blog-section avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-11179'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  id=\"recent-articles-project\"  class='flex_column av-324ykvf-098240effb105750c5ac38e728c9b955 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-21  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  more-articles-section first 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itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Blog\" ><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-51064 post-loop-1 post-parity-odd single-big with-slider post-51064 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blogs project-ojibway-prairie-reptile-recovery specific-species-massasauga-rattlesnake\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Post: The carnage on Matchett Rd. continues\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title'  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/carnage-matchett-road\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: The carnage on Matchett Rd. continues\">Le carnage sur la route Matchett continue<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/category\/blogs\/\" rel=\"tag\">Blogs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/project\/ojibway-prairie-reptile-recovery\/\" rel=\"tag\">R\u00e9tablissement des reptiles des prairies Ojibway<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/species\/massasauga-rattlesnake\/\" rel=\"tag\">Massasauga de l'Est<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/carnage-matchett-road\/\"  title=\"GordoLeSerpent_AdamDell_Miniature\" ><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GordoTheSnake_AdamDell_Thumbnail.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-51069 avia-img-lazy-loading-51069 attachment-entry_without_sidebar 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