After Black Friday and Cyber Monday is Giving Tuesday. Thank you to all who donated to support trail upkeep and enhancement throughout the watershed, and to those who shared photos of their favourite trails on Giving Tuesday! Let’s celebrate our local trails! Share your love of trails on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram; don’t forget to… Read More >
2019 Flood Advisor Report NEWMARKET (November 28, 2019) Conservation Ontario is pleased that the report released today by the Province’s Special Advisor on Flooding recognizes the critical role that conservation authorities (CAs) play in Ontario’s flood management. Flood management in Ontario is a shared responsibility among municipalities, emergency management officials, the Province and conservation authorities…. Read More >
Recent upgrades to the Pinewood Municipal Well System have changed the boundaries of the Wellhead Protection Area. How will this affect me? If you live and/or work in the new area, there may be policies in the Trent Source Protection Plan that will affect how and where certain activities can occur. This may apply to… Read More >
The Otonabee Region Water Response Team (WRT) has lifted the Level 2 Low Water declaration, which was triggered by abnormally dry conditions that began in July and continued throughout August and September. An unusually hot and dry July was followed by continued rainfall deficits in August, which in turn resulted in very low flows… Read More >
Otonabee Conservation wrapped up the fall tree planting season on November 5th by planting a Sugar Maple at Memorial Park, in partnership with City of Kawartha Lakes. Councillor Tracy Richardson, and Otonabee Conservation CAO, Dan Marinigh planted the tree in celebration of Otonabee Conservation’s 60th Anniversary. This fall, members of Council in each of the… Read More >
Otonabee Conservation hosts celebratory ribbon-cutting event for Millbrook Dam on November 1, 2019 Otonabee Conservation, along with delegates from Provincial and Municipal governments, community members, local interest groups, project engineers and contractors celebrated the completion of the Millbrook Dam rehabilitation project with a ribbon-cutting event on November 1, 2019, 10 a.m. at the Millbrook Dam… Read More >