Saturday September 21, 2024, 10am-2pm 609830 Side Rd 12 The Blue Mountains, ON L9Y 0P5 (Just west of the intersection of 6th Street and Grey Road 19, also known as Osler Bluff Road) Bring the family and join us! This year we offer more fun than ever, including the traditional [...]
Blue Mountain Watershed Trust and Collingwood Climate Action Team Present: 'What You Won't Do For Love' Join us for a movie night under the stars on August 21st at The Collingwood Brewery! We'll be screening 'What You Won't Do For Love,' an intimate look into the life, love, and motivations [...]
Introducing the Greta McGillivray Award Before the film was presented, Watershed Trust Board member Christopher Baines introduced the newly-minted Greta McGillivray Award and delivered a heartfelt tribute to Greta, a local role model and change-maker celebrated for her conservation efforts. The Greta McGillivray Award was established to recognize inspiring young leaders following in her [...]
To our total surprise and delight, the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust was selected by the Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario as their Charity of Choice for their Annual Conference at Blue Mountain Resort. We shared the honour, and a very generous donation, with My Friends House. Pictured [...]
Calling all high school students! Think we aren’t doing enough for the environment? You’re not wrong, but here’s your chance. Come to the Change Agents info session Tuesday May 21, grab a slice, and learn how YOU can plan and create real change, right here in Collingwood/Blue Mountains. As a Change [...]
Congratulations to Watershed Action Group member Stella Presthus Juhasz, who has been awarded the Town of Blue Mountains Sustainability Award. Thank you for your dedication to the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust and your community. Without your volunteerism many services, spaces, programs, and cultural opportunities would not be possible. The award will [...]
February 21, 2024 The east side of the Silvercreek Wetland south of Highway 26 has survived another development application. The Blue Mountain Watershed Trust was pleased with Town of Collingwood Council’s unanimous rejection of the Huntingwood Trails East development application. On February 5th the Town of Collingwood Planning Department recommended [...]
Welcome to Season 16 of the Be The Change Film Series! We are proud to present this year’s amazing line up. Our first presentation on Wednesday March 6, 7:00PM at the Simcoe Street Theatre is The Magnitude of All Things, by southern Georgian Bay native, Jennifer Abbott. Seating [...]
Our legal efforts at the Ontario Land Tribunal represent an almost 10-year odyssey of research, opposition and advocacy, that resulted in a massive win for the Trust and for the environmentally significant Sideroad 26-27, protecting the two most sensitive land use designations within the Niagara Escarpment and preserving cold water fisheries [...]
From the Escarpment Corridor Alliance: What can the Talisman lands become? We're calling the Beaver Valley community to help us paint a picture of the future! We've hired architects to create a visionary visual example to help developers, governments and other stakeholders see what the community wants. We believe there is [...]
