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 [...]
Density, Intensification and Population Growth By Don Kerr We are facing unprecedented development in our watershed. The Trust decided to clarify our position on the Issues of density and intensification. At our September 1, 2015 Board meeting, we passed the following resolutions: To defend the principle of intensification in zoned settlement [...]
Fighting the Phrag! By George Powell, Vice Chair, Watershed Action Committee, Watershed trust Last fall we received a phone call from Gail Bascombe, a condominium owner at Rupert’s Landing who was concerned with the rapid spread of Phragmites across the waterfront, to the extent that recreational activities in White’s Bay were being [...]
The Magnificent Feast in the Forest May 24, 2015 By Blanka Guyatt The wonderful Feast in the Forest has become an annual May event at the Kolapore Springs Fish Hatchery. Once again it was a sold out event. This year it had added significance for the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust Foundation. [...]
Green Living Event By Carl Michener The Watershed Trust participated in the Nature League’s 2015 Green & Healthy Living festival this past September 12th and 13th. It was a successful event, raising awareness about health, the environment and sustainable living. Watershed Trust President Norm Wingrove, Ivan Chan, Don Kerr, Eric Willis [...]
