The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation is into its third year of a three-year action plan to examine threats to the coast line.
Stewardship Coordinator Daniela Klicper said the ecosystems that are threatened stretch from Sarnia to Tobermory, and they are looking ahead to identify future threats.
"We know that there's an increase in tourism on the West Coast and we know there's a demand for development, a lot more folks are settling permanently along the shore rather than just using their shoreline property as a summer home," said Klicper. "And of course changing climate along with things such as invasive species."
Klicper was one of the guest speakers at the recent annual Speakers Series at the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation.
She said they continue to monitor the shoreline from Sarnia to Tobermory. It stretches about 900 kilometres and the ecosystems are quite different.
"You start in the southeastern shore with a lot of sandy beaches, some marsh, some wetland areas and then you move into bluff and some gullies," said Klicper. "And a little bit of forested area and then you move bit further north into a bit more wetland, marsh area."
She said we can reduce some of the threats, but for others t,he most we can do is acknowledge them and adapt to them.
