Spotted Gar: Endangered Living Fossil of Ontario

Spotted Gar: Endangered Living Fossil of Ontario

Watersheds Canada, in partnership with the River Institute and Quinte Conservation, is delivering a two-year (2025-2027) riparian habitat restoration, monitoring, and outreach project aimed at improving the conditions of riparian zones and associated aquatic ecosystems for the Spotted Gar and other species. With funding from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada Habitat Stewardship Program for Aquatic Species at Risk, this project will implement riparian buffer zones along the shores of East Lake, Moira River, and the St. Lawrence River in benefit of these species at risk, addressing habitat degradation, sedimentation and nutrient loading threats.