Ontario is supporting 118 projects across the province that will help protect and recover species at risk.

As part of the province's $18-million, four-year Species at Risk Stewardship Fund, this year funding of more than $4-million will support many diverse projects, including:

• Developing educational shows for schools about species at risk, biodiversity, climate change and conservation
• Supporting recovery of the butternut, an endangered native tree, including landowner education, monitoring and seed collection
• An assessment of American eel abundance in the Ottawa River area, using both western science and aboriginal traditional knowledge
• The development of a grasslands restoration model for rehabilitating sand pits and quarries for species at risk habitat.

 The fund supports greater public involvement in a variety of species at risk protection and recovery activities, and is available to many eligible individuals and groups across the province.