Meet Snappy Pants, a legendary snapping turtle discovered in Garson in 2023, weighing in at 10.5 kg with a 33 cm shell. Snapping turtles are Ontario’s largest turtle species and listed as Special Concern. They help keep wetlands healthy by feeding on dead plants and animals, and are important indicators of ecosystem health.

The Junction Creek Stewardship Committee conducts biodiversity monitoring and field research, including long-term turtle studies, to advance the conservation and recovery of species at risk. Our work supports evidence-based stewardship, informs conservation efforts, and helps protect the biodiversity of the Junction Creek watershed.

The largest woodpecker in North America, this striking bird is a key forest health indicator. They help control insect populations and create nesting cavities in trees used by many other wildlife species, playing an important role in mature forest ecosystems along Junction Creek.

Purchase a Junction Creek sticker and help support wildlife monitoring initiatives, including bird surveys, while creating valuable applied learning opportunities for students in our Environmental Conservation Placement Program. Together, we're advancing research and protecting the rich biodiversity of the Junction Creek watershed.

One of eight bat species found in the Junction Creek watershed, the Big Brown Bat is a powerful natural pest controller, they are the primary predators of many nighttime insects, helping to reduce insect populations and benefiting both public health and biodiversity.

Support bat conservation in Greater Sudbury with a Big Brown Bat wildlife sticker. Every purchase helps fund local bat monitoring, close critical knowledge gaps about bat populations, and restore habitat that provides safe roosting and foraging opportunities.

A symbol of the success of restoration efforts along Junction Creek, Brook Trout are highly sensitive to pollution and require cold, clean water to thrive. Their reintroduction and return to sections of the creek are powerful indicators of improving water quality and the positive impacts of ongoing habitat restoration throughout the watershed. 

Show your support for local conservation! Proceeds from Brook Trout sticker sales help fund habitat restoration and water quality improvement projects in Junction Creek, supporting efforts to restore brook trout populations in Greater Sudbury. 

Bumblebees are essential pollinators, supporting both wild plants in Greater Sudbury and local food crops. This sticker highlights native pollinators found in the watershed, including species at risk, and celebrates efforts to restore native plant habitats along Junction Creek.

Purchasing a Bumblebee on a Thistle sticker helps support our annual pollinator surveys and pollinator habitat restoration efforts throughout the Junction Creek watershed.