Town of Collingwood opposed Huntingwood Trails East development, but now appears ready to settle despite significant risks The Silver Creek Wetland is the largest remaining wetland on the south coast of Georgian Bay. It’s an important stop for migratory birds that is teeming with life of all kinds. Straddling the Town [...]
Get your tickets and join us at the Escarpment Corridor Alliance's Nature Corridor Summit: https://myescarpment.ca/nature-corridor-summit-2025/. Taking place on October 24th, 2025, at the Osler Bluff Ski Club. The second year of the Summit introduces new unity & innovation sessions that will immerse attendees into specific topic areas they want [...]
In a significant move to enhance environmental protection and sustainability efforts in South Georgian Bay, we are excited to announce that the Friends of Silver Creek (FoSC) will merge with the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust (BMWT) effective immediately. This strategic alliance brings into the fold, the grassroots actions and commitment of the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
(Submitted by WAG member Chris Mifflin) Golf courses are known for having perfect, weed-free turf. But this perfection comes at a price. Many kinds of grass on our local golf courses are not native to Ontario and require intense maintenance not only to stay green and lush but to ensure its [...]
The Blue Mountain Watershed took participant status at the OLT (Ontario Land Tribunal) hearing (May 17th – 19th, 2023) regarding the town’s “lack of decision” on the increased density request by the developer. This development had previously been approved by the OMB in 2007 with concessions made to the Trust regarding [...]
Huntingwood Trails, virtually on the banks of Silver Creek, and surrounded by provincially significant wetlands, is a development for which the Town of Collingwood had closed the file due to failure to fulfill conditions for Draft Plan of Subdivision. The proponent appealed to the OLT and Watershed Trust members took party [...]
We are happy to announce the Town of Clearview has decided to withdraw from permitting the proposed reconstruction of 26/27 Sideroad. Thank you for your donations and support and especially to the Trust members and volunteers who worked so hard during this long endeavour. We’re not finished! On the heels of [...]
