We are happy to announce the Town of Clearview has decided to withdraw from permitting the proposed reconstruction of 26/27 Sideroad. We want to say thank you for your donations, support and all the hard work of the Trust members/volunteers during this long endeavour. The fight is not over as we [...]
The 15th season promises to be a great one, extending from January to November 2023. Presented by Chestnut Park Real Estate / Georgian Bay Group, BTC’s environmentally- and socially-conscious movies will screen indoors at 7pm: $12 / $7 / $0 for general, student and under 12 admission. “You may think you know a lot about [...]
February 6, 2023 This Article is prepared by George Powell of the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust (BMWT) regarding the proposed closing of former Simcoe County Road 91 (Cty Rd 91), now owned by the Township of Clearview (Clearview), and its replacement by the reconstruction of Nottawasaga Sideroad 26/27 to a rural township [...]
The Ontario government passed Bill 23, a piece of legislation that purports to solve the housing crisis, when in fact it does the opposite. At the same time, it diminishes environmental protections and guts the ability of Conservation Authorities to correct bad development ideas. The Watershed Trust believes that legal recourse [...]
The Blue Mountain Watershed Trust continues our fight against Bill 23 and its plan to bulldoze our wetlands and green spaces, joining the Protest Rally in Stayner on Saturday Nov 26th outside MPP Brian Saunderson's office. Together with our sister environmental groups, we marched against Bill 23's plan to develop the Greenbelt and strip Nottawasaga Conservation Authority of the [...]
The Blue Mountain Watershed Trust (BMWT), concerned area residents, and sister organizations have united to support the Niagara Escarpment Commission’s (NEC) denial of the Township of Clearview’s Application Permit to reconstruct Nottawasaga Side Road 26/27 and close a section of former Simcoe County Road 91 abutting the Walker Aggregate existing and [...]
Castle Glen has long been a massive proposed development in The Blue Mountains on County Road 19 near Osler Bluff Ski Club. The development has been on the books since 2006, when the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) gave approval for the development proposal on the 620-hectare property, which could include up [...]
This is a long-standing application and one in which the Trust has been extremely active over many years, based on its direct adjacency to the Provincially Significant Silver Creek Wetlands. The 37.16-hectare Bridgewater development lies to the north of Highway 26 West and to the south and west of Bartlett Boulevard [...]
The Huntingwood Trail (West Lands) are the 21-hectare portion of the larger 5 Silver Creek Drive property, which lies to the south of Highway 26 West between the Silver Glen Preserve condominium development on the east and the Forest Subdivision on the west (as seen below, number 37). This residential development [...]
Formed in 1994, BMWT is an all-volunteer grass roots organization supported by donations and fundraising. We have no paid employees and do not receive funding from any level of government. As you will read in this Newsletter, we are facing severe development pressures like we have never seen before. We also [...]
