Faculty of Environment Ecology Lab

Project Partner
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Who Are They?

The Faculty of Environment Ecology Lab is a one-stop resource center that “supports lab and field activities, courses, projects, and outreach initiatives” at the University of Waterloo. 

They host a variety of different monitoring projects in the UW Urban Forest, including:

  • Annual bird surveys 
  • Tree mapping of approximately 1,500 trees
  • Mapping of all European Buckthorn in the woodlot
  • Mapping of all invasive herbaceous plants
  • Monitoring of weather and snow depths throughout winter months