Alnwick/Haldimand sits at the eastern end of the Oak Ridges Moraine near the Rice Lake Plains and is shaped by places such as Alderville First Nation and Peter’s Woods Provincial Park, where efforts are underway to restore tallgrass prairie and the globally rare black oak savannah habitats native to the area. Planning pressures here are typically cumulative and rural in nature, showing up through incremental changes that can reduce wetland function and habitat connectivity over time.