Field Trip: Where are Those Quarries? Where is 26/27? What’s it All About? By Peter Tollefsen, WAG member It was a beautiful day of sunshine in early June when a number of Trust members gathered in the Walmart parking lot. There had been grumbling of late, “we don’t get out much” [...]

Side Road 26/27 Update By George Powell, member of Watershed Action Group In our Spring 2016 Newsletter, Don Avery and I reported on the status of Clearview Township’s application to the Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC) to upgrade Side Road 26/27. The application was denied by the NEC and was appealed by [...]

Upgrading Clearview Sideroad 26/27 through the Escarpment is Environmentally Unsound By George Powell, member of Watershed Trust WAG Committee Above: Looking east on Side Road 26/27. Here, above the brow of the Escarpment, the road provides access to three residences and is plowed and well-maintained. The upgrade of Clearview [...]

Sideroad 26/27: NEC History, Policy and Politics By Don Avery, member of Watershed Trust Board and WAG Committee Purpose of the Escarpment Natural Area: “To maintain the natural Escarpment features…to encourage compatible recreation, conservation, and educational activities…to maintain and enhance the landscape quality of Escarpment features.” (NEP, Part One, 1.3. The [...]