More Public Input Sought by Pelee Coastal Resilience Committee

The Pelee Coastal Resilience Committee is seeking more public input, as it continues to develop potential climate-change adaptation solutions along Lake Erie’s northern shore.

The committee is hosting four open houses, June 24-25 – two in Colchester, two in Leamington. See details below.

“Input from community members and stakeholders is very important,” the committee said in a statement.

Each open house will start with a formal presentation that provides updates on adaptation concepts, followed by a Q&A and informal discussions with committee members and consultants.

The Pelee Coastal Resilience Committee was formed in 2023 with funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada. Funds were also received from the County of Essex, local municipalities and conservation authorities.

The committee received a mandate from Natural Resources Canada’s Climate-Resilient Coastal Communities Program, to develop a Coastal Resilience Action Plan for the Pelee Coast – specifically, along Lake Erie’s north shore from the mouth of the Detroit River in Amherstburg, eastward to Port Alma in Chatham/Kent, an area defined geographically as the Pelee West (west of Point Pelee) and Pelee East (east of Point Pelee) littoral cells.

Dates, locations and times of the four open houses:

To attend any session, please RSVP by registering at this website:

https://peleecoastal.ca/engagement/

For more details on the project, the committee, community engagement, etc., go to https://peleecoastal.ca.

For more information about the open houses contact: Janice Forsyth jforsyth@foresightconsulting.ca.