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 [...]
Hello Watershed Trust Members! Take a quick tour of the Collingwood/Blue Mountains area and you can’t help but notice a lift in development activity. As you may imagine, 2023 has been a busy year for the Trust in terms of direct action to save our cherished wild places, and also nature-based [...]
The Watershed Trust plays a central role in this article by Erika Engel in Collingwood Today. 'If there’s a time and a place for you to step up and spend more time and energy trying to coordinate with other similar-minded people, to put some of your money where your mouth is, [...]
Saturday September 30th 2023 10am-2pm 609830 Side Rd 12 The Blue Mountains, ON L9Y 0P5 (Just west of the intersection of 6th Street and Grey Road 19, also known as Osler Bluff Road) Come join us! Last time 300+ adults and 150+ children attended and everyone loved it! Wear your [...]
We are happy to announce the Town of Clearview has decided to withdraw from permitting the proposed reconstruction of 26/27 Sideroad. We want to say thank you for your donations, support and all the hard work of the Trust members/volunteers during this long endeavour. The fight is not over as we [...]
The 15th season promises to be a great one, extending from January to November 2023. Presented by Chestnut Park Real Estate / Georgian Bay Group, BTC’s environmentally- and socially-conscious movies will screen indoors at 7pm: $12 / $7 / $0 for general, student and under 12 admission. “You may think you know a lot about [...]
February 6, 2023 This Article is prepared by George Powell of the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust (BMWT) regarding the proposed closing of former Simcoe County Road 91 (Cty Rd 91), now owned by the Township of Clearview (Clearview), and its replacement by the reconstruction of Nottawasaga Sideroad 26/27 to a rural township [...]
The Ontario government passed Bill 23, a piece of legislation that purports to solve the housing crisis, when in fact it does the opposite. At the same time, it diminishes environmental protections and guts the ability of Conservation Authorities to correct bad development ideas. The Watershed Trust believes that legal recourse [...]
