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| | Couchiching Conservancy - The Oro Moraine Habitat Project |
 | | The significance of the forests of the Moraine can be considered in two contexts: first, their significance in comparison to elsewhere in southern Ontario; and second, the relative significance of the various sites within the Moraine examined as part of this study. |
 | | One of the primary ecological values of the Oro Moraine is the presence of relatively large, intact cores of forest, which provides the forest interior conditions needed by a group of songbirds, raptors, and other wildlife that are under serious stress in southern Ontario. |
 | | In several places in the central section of the Moraine, notably along the 4th line, the 6th/7th line, and the 9th line, there is a risk that future expansion of non-forest land uses could break the continuity of the forest corridor without careful planning. |
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