By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald November 25 2013 ESSA – Essa Township is getting behind a citizen group’s push to have the Nottawasaga River protected under recently revised federal legislation. AWARE Simcoe vice chair Kate Harries gained council’s support for the group’s goal of having the r...

By Trina Berlo Wasaga Sun Oct 28, 2013 Although the quality of the water in Nottawasaga Bay is excellent, says NVCA CAO Wayne Wilson, the health of the lower Nottawasaga River is considered poor. ...

NVCA approves commercial development in Angus flood zoneNew Tecumseth Free Press October 28, 2013The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) has given its approval, with conditions, to a commercial plaza located entirely within the regulated flood plain at 350 Mill Street in Angus.A joint pr...

New Tecumseth Free Press October 7, 2013An 11th-hour amendment to the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority's (NVCA) updated Strategic Plan that would allow new development in "existing flood and erosion-prone communities" passed by a 10-9 vote last week, including support from Ward 5 councillor...

Tempers flare, Clearview’s Savage apologizes to Innisfil’s DavidsonBy Sandy Agnew, AWARE News Network, October 6, 2013The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority board of directors has made a last-minute change to its Strategic Plan to facilitate development in flood-prone areas.The 10-9 vote came ...

AWARE Simcoe October 7 2013The following is the text of and voting record for a September 27 2013 motion whereby the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority made a last-minute amendment to its Strategic Plan to include a clause that will facilitate development in a floodplain. ...

News release from the NVCA Oct 3 2013The Board of Directors of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority has approved the NVCA’s 2014-2018 Strategic Plan.The five-year plan was developed over the past year with input from staff, board members and more than 100 stakeholders from the community and ...

New Tecumseth Free Press September 3, 2013The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority's (NVCA) board of directors overruled its staff's recommendation at an appeal hearing Friday and will permit New Tecumseth resident Larry Smilsky to build a single family home within the regulated flood zone on hi...

AWARE Simcoe September 3 2013The following is the text of and voting record for two motions whereby the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority board of directors voted down a staff recommendation to refuse an application for construction of a home in a floodplain, and then approved the application...

By Sandy Agnew AWARE News Network, September 2 2013A recent decision by the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) board to allow construction of a home in a floodplain goes against 60 years of careful conservation authority planning and has the potential to be used as justification for fur...