Beaver Valley Community School Grade 7 & 8 students at Lions Park, Clarksburg 86 Grade 7 & 8 students Partnership with GSCA Funded by the Town of the Blue Mountains' Susty Fund BMWT Volunteers partnered with Grey Sauble Conservation Authority Staff to deliver a program of tree identification, soil layer exploration, [...]
BLUE MOUNTAIN WATERSHED TRUST FOUNDATION Annual General Meeting of Members When: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Where: Craigleith Community Centre 132 Lakeshore Road East The Blue Mountains ON L9Y 0N2 Agenda: 4:00 PM - Social hour: join us for sandwiches, wine and cheese 5:00 PM - Annual General Meeting including a recap of the Trust’s activities this year [...]
Watershed Trust staff will be live on the air at 95.1 The Peak at 9:00am, Wednesday October 17th. First Movie Night, 5pm & 7:30pm October 17th: Metamorphosis *** Proceeds benefit the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust *** Learn more about the Watershed Trust's involvement in the socially and environmentally conscious Be The [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Be The Change Film Series – year 11! Bringing youth into the picture in longstanding socially conscious film series- Movie Night, October 17th: Metamorphosis As the socially and environmentally conscious Be The Change Film Series enters its second decade, it turns its attention to local youth. Young volunteers [...]
On page 44 of the September 2018 issue of Georgian Life: Fighting an Aggressive invasive plant. Georgian Bay Life, September 2018, p. 44
Response from George Powell, Vice Chair Watershed Action Group to the Globe & Mail article: Canada to phase out most uses of pesticides linked to bee deaths by Eric Atkins published August 15, 2018 August 15, 2018 Dear Editor: Re: Canada to Restrict Use of Two Pesticides Article by Eric Atkins in Thursday’s [...]
Help us fight an aggressive invasive plant in Collingwood & Blue Mountains 2 August 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Collingwood, ON – On August 18th the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust will be going head-to-head with Phragmites Australis, an invasive grass that grows so thick that turtles become trapped and die. "It’s an extremely [...]
DATE: Saturday, August 18th 2018 TIME: Morning session 8:00 – 11:00, Lunch 11:30 – 1:00, Afternoon session 1:00 – 4:30 LOCATION: West Collingwood Shoreline (map to come) Phragmites is an invasive plant that poses a serious threat to our local environment. It has invaded our beaches and our wetlands. If left [...]
Read Miriam King's article on CollingwoodToday.ca: Phragmites on the loose across Simcoe County
Welcome to New Communications Committee Member, Andrea Matrosovs By Carl Michener As the daughter of two Ontario College of Art and Design graduates, it’s no wonder that Andrea has an artistic bent. A few years ago, she tried basketweaving, blacksmithing and dry stone walling as part of a 50-point bucket list [...]
