By Christopher Baines Your trust is growing stronger and larger every year. We now number over 550 members which is a reflection of concern and support for our environment. Our largest membership category is Family, and we encourage more families to join - this is the way to pass on to [...]
(Submitted by Kathleen Knoll) Our BTC Film Series Season 15 line up was scheduled to coordinate with seasonal and monthly celebrations. Our film screenings coincided with events such as International Women’s Day in March and Earth Day in April. Our goal this year was to guide our audience to resources and [...]
This year, The Blue Mountain Watershed Trust was awarded a grant from the Canada Summer Jobs programme, a federal initiative intended to facilitate meaningful employment experiences for youth under 30. Our successful candidate, McKay Barr made a significant contribution to Marketing and Communications for the Trust. He writes, “This past summer [...]
The Marketing and Communications team, led by Deb Doherty and Morag McKenzie continued to build awareness and knowledge about the positive impact BMWT has had in protecting our watersheds and natural habits, and their future plans to continue to do so. This included leading presentations at many Probus meetings in the [...]
(Submitted by WAG member Lucy Richmond) During the past year, the Trust’s Watershed Action Group (WAG) has been busy in both The Town of Collingwood and in The Blue Mountains. Here are some of the things that we have been working on to fulfill our mandate to preserve and conserve local [...]
(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 [...]
On October 20th 2023 the Board of Directors met to review the past and plan the future of the Watershed Trust. We had succeeded in achieving many of our 2019 Plan goals, but missed others, some due to COVID interruptions and others due to a lack of people power (and, to [...]
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 [...]
