information and contacts

SECTION 7 –
EASTERN MASSASAUGA
RATTLESNAKE: INFORMATION
AND CONTACTS
This section provides general information sources and contacts as well as
contacts specific to each population.
ORGANIZATIONS TO CONTACT
WEBSITES
The Sistrurus Information Network – by the Eastern Massasauga Recovery Team
www.terra-plex.com/sin
The Ojibway Prairie website, rattlesnake page
http://www.city.windsor.on.ca/ojibway/rattler.htm
The Environment Canada Species at Risk Website
http://www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca/species/English/
SearchDetail.cfm?SpeciesID=277
WORKSHOPS
Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles
Toronto Zoo
361 – A Old Finch Ave.
Scarborough, ON, M1B 5K7
alentini@zoo.metrotor.on.ca
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EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Rattlesnake Tales – newsletter
Born to be Wild – rattlesnake poster
Snakes of Ontario – identification poster
Snakes of Ontario – identification card
Living with Rattlesnakes – video
Available through:
Toronto Zoo
361A Old Finch Avenue
Scarborough, ON
Canada, M1B 5K7
GENERAL INFORMATION
• Canadian Wildlife Service
c/o Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON, K1A 0H3
(819) 997-1095
• Committee on the Status of Endangered
Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC)
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON, K1A 0H3
Volunteers aiding in snake searches
along Georgian Bay.
www.cosewic.gc.ca/COSEWIC
• Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles
Toronto Zoo
361 – A Old Finch Ave.
Scarborough, ON, M1B 5K7
bjohnson@zoo.metrotor.on.ca
alentini@zoo.metrotor.on.ca
• Ministry of Natural Resources (Head Office)
P.O. Box 7000
300 Water St.
Peterborough, ON, K9J 8M5
(705) 755-2000 or 1-800-667-1940
www.ontarioparks.com
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• Nature Conservancy of Canada
Suite 400, 110 Eglinton Ave. W.
Toronto ON
(416) 932-3202 or 1-800-465-0029
• Parks Canada Agency – Species at Risk Program
25, Eddy Street, 6th Floor
Hull, Quebec, K1A 0M5
www.parkscanada.gc.ca
• Science North
100 Ramsey Lake Rd.
Sudbury, ON, P3E 5S9
(705) 522-3701
www.sciencenorth.ca
• World Wildlife Fund
Suite 410, 245 Eglinton Ave. E.
Toronto, ON, M4P 3J1
(416) 489-8800 or 1-800-26PANDA
www.wwfcanada.org
OJIBWAY AREA
• Ojibway Nature Centre
5200 Matchette Road
Windsor, ON, N9C 4E8
(519) 966-5852
www.city.windsor.on.ca/ojibway/index.htm
WAINFLEET BOG AREA
• Ministry of Natural Resources
(Niagara Area)
P.O. Box 5000
4890 Victoria Ave. N.
Vineland, ON, L0R 2E0
(905) 562-4147
Volunteers aiding a rattlesnake search
in Wainfleet Bog.
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• Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority
250 Thorold Rd. W. 3rd Floor
Welland, ON, L3C 3W2
(905) 788-3135
www.conservation-niagara.on.ca/conservation-areas/WainfleetBog.html
BRUCE PENINSULA AREA
• Bruce Peninsula National Park of Canada/Fathom Five
National Marine Park of Canada
P.O. Box 189
Tobermory, ON, N0H 2R0
(519) 596 2233
www.parkscanada.pch.gc.ca
email: bruce_fathomfive@pch.gc.ca
• Ministry of Natural Resources
(Owen Sound Area)
1450 7th Avenue East
Owen Sound, ON, N4K 3E4
(519) 376-3860
GEORGIAN BAY AREA
• Awenda Provincial Park
P.O. Box 5004
Penetanguishene, ON, L9M 2G2
(705) 549-2231
• French River Provincial Park
Sudbury District Office
Ministry of Natural Resources
Exploring Georgian Bay for all of its
unique mysteries.
3767 Highway 69South, Suite 5
Sudbury, ON, P3G 1E7
(705) 522-7823
• Georgian Bay Islands National Park of Canada
P.O. Box 28
Honey Harbour, ON, P0E 1E0
(705) 756-2415
www.parkscanada.phc.gc.ca
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email: Info_gbi@pch.gc.ca