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Community Plan Themes, Goals & Actions Environmental Natural Areas

Theme EN 4: Natural Areas

Theme Statement

Kingston is actively conserving, protecting, restoring, enhancing, and expanding natural areas and green space for public enjoyment, community health, and ecosystem resiliency.

Indicators

  • Dense treed areas (Tree Canopy cover as a percentage of total City land area).
  • Greenspace (Total hectares of parkland and protected areas as a percentage of total municipal area).

Goals

  • Preserve the most environmentally-valuable natural areas in the City.
  • Increase the amount of natural areas within Kingston including natural corridors, shorelines, and significant woodlots.
  • Protect local biodiversity through habitat protection.
  • Restore and remediate degraded natural areas where possible.
  • Enhance the environmental aspects of park management.
  • Increase the number of trees in park areas and in the City.

Actions

Action Action Lead Target Status

Record keeping of birds, plants and other wildlife

Kingston Field Naturalists

To identify the most environmentally-valuable natural areas in the City, in order to facilitate their protection, and theprotection of the native species found there.

Ongoing since 1949

New Official Plan
A new Official Plan for the City of Kingston to replace and consolidate the 3 previous Official Plans of the former City of Kingston, Kingston Township and Pittsburgh Township.

City of Kingston

Completion of a new Official Plan for the City of Kingston by 2010.

The new Official Plan was completed and in force on January 27, 2010.

Acquisition of Former Muttart's Property
Property located within Little Cataraqui Creek floodplain near Kingston Via Rail Station (conservation of wetland habitat).

 

Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority

Protection of wetland habitat in natural state.

Acquisition successful