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Updated: Mississauga, Ont. Supports Modern Watershed Management via Bill 139

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Mississauga's Planning and Development Committee has expressed their support for Bill 139, Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017, and endorsed city staff's comments on...

Phragmite Control Underway in Grand River Watershed

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Phragmites are being eliminated at the Taquanyah Conservation Area—west of Cayuga, Ontario—today as part of the Grand River Conservation Authority’s (GRCA) three-year plan to...

Trillium Foundation Grant for Agricultural Conesrvation Projects

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Agricultural producers in Ontario will soon have more opportunities to establish ALUS conservation projects on their farms, thanks to a $695,900 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). Ontario...

Yukon Receives Fed. Funding for Climate Change Preparedness

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Yukon will receive $1.7 million over five years from the Government of Canada’s Climate Change Preparedness in the North program (CCPN). The program supports...

Three B.C. River Basins Upgraded to Level 4 Drought

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On September 1st, British Columbia upgraded the Nicola, Salmon, and Similkameen river basins to Drought Level 4. These are in addition to the Coldwater...

Man. Launches Consultations to Improve Water Management

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The Manitoba government has launched public consultations on three new environmental initiatives, which will improve water management and modernize watershed planning. “Our government believes there...

Ontario Invests in Partnerships to Quell Invasive Species

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Kathryn McGarry, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry and Jeff Leal, MPP for Peterborough, were in Peterborough yesterday to announce a number of new...

Toronto Region Conservation Authority Announces New CEO

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Today, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) announced their selection of John MacKenzie as the new chief executive officer. After a year-long North American search,...

Western Water Resources in a Changing Climate

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The Changing Cold Regions Network (CCRN) recently released two documents on the changing environment in Canada’s west, focused on the impacts to water resources. Future...

Loblaw Water Funds Supports Water and Habitat-Restoration Projects

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Swaying public opinion on the value of beavers in rural Alberta may sound like a tall task, but Cows and Fish—as the Alberta Riparian Habitat Management Society is...

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