2015-04-10

Essex – The Essex Region Conservation Authority will undertake an update of its Strategic Plan in 2015.  ERCA’s programs and priorities are guided by this plan, which was first developed in 1995 with broad input from the Windsor-Essex community, and most recently updated in 2011.

Since its inception, ERCA’s Strategic Plan has been updated every five years, and identifies the priorities programs to be implemented over that period in striving to achieve our community Vision 2020:  To achieve a sustainable environment with healthy watersheds, highlighted by clean creeks and rivers, and Great Lakes, thriving natural areas, productive agricultural lands, and vibrant places.

“ERCA’s current plan, Connect-Engage-Collaborate-Discover, will reach the end of its lifespan in 2015,” explains Danielle Breault Stuebing, ERCA’s Director of Community Outreach Services. “As such, an update is required, and we plan to consult with a variety of sources including stakeholders, other regional agencies and individual members of the community we serve.”  Because measurable improvements to the environment take some time to be recognized, this iteration of the Strategic Plan will span a ten-year period.

“We want to examine a number of questions,” Breault Stuebing goes on to say.  “Where are we now?  How do we get where we want to be?  What do we have to work with?  These are all elements that will be considered, and most importantly, we have to look at how to best engage our community in environmental sustainability.”  Over the coming months, ERCA will be implementing a wide range of initiatives to gain this input.

Since 1973, the Essex Region Conservation Authority has served as a community-based organization dedicated to protecting, restoring and managing the natural resources of the Essex Region.

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