Earthfest 2025 – Uniting our community for Earth Day

Sunday, April 27th 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Collingwood Leisure Time Club The Collingwood Climate Action Team (CCAT) in partnership with the Town of Collingwood presents our fourth annual EarthFest event. EarthFest will feature a Toy Drive, interactive exhibits, live music, and fun activities for all ages. Let’s work together to [...]

2025-04-08T11:34:12-04:00April 8th, 2025|Categories: Events, News, Uncategorized|

COLUMN: Nature’s hidden drinking water must be protected

As the population of our region continues to balloon, this is why the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust is committed to protection of streams and Wetlands, in our Watershed, in particular, the provincially significant Silver Creek Wetland.   Column by Ian Ockenden on CollingwoodToday - full article below   Have you ever [...]

2025-04-08T11:17:01-04:00March 8th, 2025|Categories: News, Uncategorized|

Annual General Meeting 2024

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of members of the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation will take place at the hour of 6:00 PM on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, for the purposes shown below. 1. To receive and approve the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation audited financial statements [...]

2024-11-14T16:38:42-04:00November 14th, 2024|Categories: Events, News, Uncategorized|

Be The Change Film Series is back for Season 17!

Be The Change Film Series is excited to start Season 17 on Wednesday October 16th at 7pm at the Simcoe Street Theatre in Collingwood with the screening of 500 Days in the Wild. Canadian award-winning director and cinematographer, Dianne Whelan, made this film about her epic journey across Canada on the Trans-Canada trail. For a woman in her [...]

2024-09-27T12:45:43-04:00September 27th, 2024|Categories: Be the Change Film Series, Events, News|

Be the Change Film Series Concludes Season 16

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 [...]

2024-06-20T18:18:57-04:00June 20th, 2024|Categories: News|

AMCTO Charity of Choice Donation

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 [...]

2024-06-18T09:00:11-04:00June 11th, 2024|Categories: News, Uncategorized|

Become A Change Agent!

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 [...]

2024-05-17T11:43:56-04:00May 17th, 2024|Categories: News|

WAG Member Awarded Town of Blue Mountains Sustainability Award

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 [...]

2024-03-27T13:27:36-04:00March 27th, 2024|Categories: News, Uncategorized|

Huntingwood Trails East Development Proposal Rejected by Town of Collingwood

  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 [...]

2024-03-03T17:15:37-04:00March 3rd, 2024|Categories: Development, Issues, News, Silver Creek Wetland, Uncategorized|

Our greatest success of 2023 – Clearview Township’s withdrawal of the Development Permit Application to the Niagara Escarpment Commission to redevelop Side Road 26/27.

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 [...]

2024-02-06T15:59:37-04:00February 6th, 2024|Categories: Development, Issues, News, Uncategorized|
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