environmental Achievement
The Environmental Achievement Award recognizes the efforts of individual operators who have proactively and successfully developed and implemented industry-leading policies, programs or projects that protect and/or improve the environment.
For the purposes of this award, environment refers to natural heritage including: air, land, water, flora and fauna and ecological systems.
waynco ltd.
township of north dumfries
In 2005, Waynco Ltd. was approached by the Waterloo Stewardship Network with a request to become a partner in enhancing restoring and creating one of Ontario’s Largest Prairie remnants from the tallgrass prairies and savannahs on its property. Soon after, a plan to regrow a Waynco Prairie was launched with a goal to protect and enhance the endangered tallgrass ecosystem and its native plant and animal species.
Over the past 20 years, the Waynco rehabilitation project has included prescribed burns, the creation of an invasive species management plan, extensive seeding and planting, seed collection and ongoing monitoring.
The site has also hosted tours for naturalist groups and has been a focus of study for students at the University of Waterloo. Seeds collected from the project have contributed to the restoration of the other prairie lands, including a project at the nearby Savannah Golf Links.