Be the Change 2023 – Our Most Successful Season to Date
(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 [...]
Our Awesome Summer Hire: McKay Barr
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 [...]
Growing Awareness Through Community Engagement
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 [...]
Ongoing Vigilance – WAG Report
(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 [...]
Golf Course Pesticides 2023 results
(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 [...]
Bridgewater OLT Hearing (May 17th – 19th, 2023)
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 [...]