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Greenbelt Foundation Announces Green Infrastructure Investments
Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 01:24 PM
TORONTO, 30 JULY 2020—Last week, the Federal Taskforce for a Resilient Recovery, which includes Canadian business and finance experts, as well as policy and sustainability leaders, urged governments to invest in natural infrastructure as part of COVID-19 recovery. Given our work over a number of years to build awareness and community capacity to effectively utilize natural infrastructure, we welcomed the Task Force highlighting the importance of natural infrastructure as part of broader climate action...
Help identify priority areas for our new Strategic Plan
Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 01:24 PM
JULY 29, 2021 – While Bob Dylan’s ‘The Times They Are a-Changin’ spoke to a different time when it was released on January 13, 1964, establishing itself as a long-standing anthem of hope for a better future, its relevance today has never been greater.
The times are indeed changing, environmentally; whether it is an increased number of hotter days, more severe and longer drought, more severe precipitation events or changes to what crops farmers are planting and harvesting, our environment is changing...
Kawartha and Scugog Water Funds open for applications
Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 01:24 PM
APRIL 8, 2021 – Are you a property owner in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Township of Scugog, Brock or Clarington? Through the Kawartha and Scugog Water Funds, Kawartha Conservation provides financial assistance to property owners who undertake projects that contribute to the health of our watershed.
The goal of the Water Funds is to address issues affecting Kawartha Lakes and Lake Scugog, including:
- Agricultural stewardship projects
- Erosion and loss of natural cover along shorelines and stream banks
- Poorly...
Kawartha Conservation declares Level 1 Low Water Condition
Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 01:24 PM
Kawartha Conservation has declared a Level 1 Low Water Condition throughout the watershed.
Precipitation observed within the Kawartha Conservation watershed over the period of April through June has been persistently below the long-term average values. With very hot and dry weather forecast, there is no relief to the low water conditions expected during the next two weeks.
As part of the declaration of a Level 1 Low Water Condition all water users are asked to voluntarily reduce...
Kawartha Conservation launches multi-partner research collaboration
Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 01:24 PM
MARCH 29, 2021 – Kawartha Conservation is partnering with citizen scientists, post-secondary institutions and lake associations to undertake a collaborative project to improve the health of water quality and aquatic plants in the nearshore environment of the Kawartha Lakes.
“The area of this collaboration collectively represents 11.4 per cent of the local surface area of the Lake Ontario basin,” explained Kawartha Conservation aquatic biologist Brett Tregunno. “This project will provide...
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