Don Kerr Nominated as Grassroots Hero of 2016 by On the Bay Magazine In their salute to Grassroots heroes, On the Bay profiled five people who made a difference in our local community. Don Kerr was chosen for the Silver Creek Vision Project, his strategy for transferring as much as possible [...]
Lessons from a Neighbouring Watershed: We Are Not Alone By Doug Brown, Member of WAG Committee Sometimes, in the ongoing efforts to sustain our environment, the tasks can seem enormous and even overwhelming. The secret to success, I have learned, is to start small, beginning with one step or project at [...]
Tuesday, 08 March 2016 22:15 With funding in hand, the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust kicks off an ambitious new project to preserve and protect a local Class A salmon & trout stream. Collingwood, ON –It began last spring when the Kolapore Springs Fish Hatchery welcomed one and all to its Feast [...]
Protect the Loree Forest from Motorized Vehicles By Donald Avery, (from Avery’s two reports submitted to The Blue Mountains Council) It should be emphasized that the Loree Forest is an integral part of the Niagara Escarpment Park and Open Space System (NEPOSS), which was recently described by the Ontario Land Use Planning [...]
Grey County Votes to Dissolve the NEC By Don Avery On October 6, 2015, Grey County’s Planning and Development Committee passed a resolution recommending ‘that the Niagara Escarpment Commission be dissolved given the existence of professional planning in county, regional and municipal governments.’ The vote was 13 to 4. The original purpose of [...]
Impact of Run-Off Above: Scenic Caves Road ditch during 2015 spring freshet before rip rap was put in place. Write up and photographs by George Powell Our Spring/Summer 2015 newsletter provided an article emphasizing the impact that increasingly turbid runoff is having on our streams and showed photographs of [...]
What a Party! Our 20th Anniversary was a Great Success! All anniversary photos by Duncan Bristow Above, Irene Gibson, mother of Board member LoraGibson, reads the Terk Bayly poster in the Craigleith community hall. Coffee time, the silent auction and lunch were also held in the hall. On September [...]
Visit the Beaver River Water Initiative (BRWI) Display at The Depot By Debbie Crosskill Beaver River Watershed Initiative is a sub-committee of Grey Sauble Conservation Authority. The BRWI welcomes new members and seeks volunteers to help with river projects. Membership forms and information regardingthe group can be found on line [...]
Become Part of Our Future – Volunteer for Watershed Trust! A friend once said, “If we could tap into the knowledge and experience of all of the people now living in our watershed, as a group we could do anything!” You may be one of those people and we need your [...]
Planting Trees Along Black Ash Creek Watershed Trust has assisted in planting thousands of trees in our watershed. In the photo, Watershed Trust President Norm Wingrove gets ready to plant trees with his grand-nephew, Koen Leliveld last summer. Not in the photograph but joining them to help plant was WAG member [...]
