The Niagara Escarpment Foundation congratulates Donald Avery, a retired professor of history from Western University, on the publication of the first-ever book on the history of the long struggle to protect the Niagara Escarpment from inappropriate development and to foster its continuous natural corridor and critical habitats.

Avery, who lives near the Escarpment in Collingwood, Ontario, has spent 10 years researching and writing this book. As NEF President Rob Leverty states on the book’s back cover, this book is “a stunning history of Canada’s first large-scale environmental land use plan — the Niagara Escarpment Plan — a United Nations Biosphere and part of Ontario’s Greenbelt.”

“The book is wonderfully readable for everyone concerned for our planet’s future. It traces over 50 years of political and community advocacy to preserve natural habitats, protect farmland, challenge bad development, and maintain ecological corridors along the Escarpment… It documents a pivotal facet of Ontario’s history with a cast of characters and plot twists fit for any Shakespearean play.”

To order a copy of Avery’s book (hardcover, softcover or ebook), please visit his website here: https://protectescarpmentontario.ca/.