Westheights Park Natural Area Restoration
The City of Kitchener is developing a plan for the ecological management, restoration, and stewardship of the Westheights Park Natural Area (Westheights Park). Westheights Park is a key natural feature within the city. It supports biodiversity and habitat for wildlife. It also contributes to the physical and mental wellbeing of the surrounding community.
Westheights Park’s ecological functions and local community have matured and evolved over time. It is important to plan for how this special natural area in the City will be protected, restored, enhanced and managed into the future.
This project will:
- create a vision for Westheights Park
- develop a plan to protect the natural features
- offer opportunities for community members to become ecological stewards
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Westheights Park Natural Area provides a daily enjoyment of nature
For over 36 years my family and I have enjoyed the pond and stretch of forest in our neighbourhood. I particularly keep watch for the majestic heron who visits the pond. We hope we can clean up the pond as well as the entire natural area of the garbage and excess/invasive species of weeds that are choking out native plants or at least the potential for native plants. We support the pond clean up in stages to keep the wildlife and pond ecology from further harm. At the community meeting, there were good ideas to try to improve oxygen at... Continue reading
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My Husband Proposed Here
Hopefully the title of this post shows clearly how significant this park is to us! We go on walks here almost daily, and when my husband proposed to me on a morning walk in May 2023, I knew that we would have to capture the significance of this pond in all of our memories to come. Although still very beautiful, we have definitely noticed the deterioration of this pond through the years and changing seasons. We are concerned when we see the many goldfish in the pond, water line receding and lack of wildlife returning, that we would notice in... Continue reading
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