Meet New Watershed Action Group Member, Leah Hagreen By Eleanor Ward Welcome to Leah Hagreen, the newest member of the WAG committee, the Watershed Action Group. Leah has lived in Collingwood for 10 years, drawn to the area because of the lifestyle it offers – hiking, skiing, water sports − and [...]
Golf Course Pesticides Monitoring THE ISSUE IN BRIEF: Golf Course Pesticides Golf courses are known for having perfect, weed-free turf. But this perfection comes at a price. Many grasses on our local golf courses are not native to Ontario and require intense maintenance not only to stay green and lush [...]
DATE: October -March 2018 See show times below TIME: 5PM & 7:30PM ADDRESS: Simcoe Street Theatre, 65 Simcoe St, Collingwood, ON, L9Y 1H7. 705-888-8502 BE THE CHANGE FILM SERIES Season 10 of Be The Change Film Series starts October 2018 with a great lineup of films [...]
Since this photo was taken, the Abbotts site has been completely grubbed to the lot lines. We Helped Save Woodlots in Thornbury By George Powell, WAG member, and Blanka Guyatt, Board and WAG member The residents of west Thornbury formed a group, the Harbour West Concerned Residents Group, [...]
We Received a Gift of Trees by Blanka Guyatt, member of the Watershed Trust Board and Watershed Action Group The Blue Mountain Watershed Maple Trees newly planted at Bayview park in Thornbury Two years ago, my cousin David Braun sent ten certificates for nine-foot tall red maple trees and [...]
We Are A Voice for Improving Legislation for Protection of the Ecosystem By Don Kerr, Board and WAG member Over the years, the Trust has been sending submissions to government commenting on ways to improve the legislation that we must operate under in order to better protect the ecosystem. Here are [...]
See the Salmon Run 2017 By Carl Michener Event organizer, Carl Michener, left with Sonny Foley who not only provided the property but also helped set up tables and booths and chairs For the second year running, the Watershed Trust put on See the Salmon Run, our main yearly [...]
We Were One of Many Sponsors of The Heart of Turtle Island: The Niagara Escarpment By Blanka Guyatt, WT Board and WAG member The Heart of Turtle Island is a new book about the Niagara escarpment by photographer and artist Mark Zelinski. His diverse career as a professional photographer has taken [...]
Touring the EcoPark, from left, Don Kerr, Wendy Smeh, both Watershed Trust representatives, Fred Dobbs of NVCA and Carl Michener, Watershed Trust board member. Restoring Our Streams: A Land Stewardship Project in Clearview By George Powell, WAG member At the invitation of Fred Dobbs of Nottawasaga Valley Conservation [...]
Cooper is also the vice chair of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, a group of mayors whose aims are to protect the Great Lakes. Mayor Cooper Wants to Protect the Great Lakes Sandra Cooper was recently named to the Great Lakes Water Quality Board, a [...]
