By Don Pearson Conservation Ontario Thursday, 12 April, 2012I was struck this week by the realization that we public servants have done a lousy job in educating the public about the reasons that certain policy initiatives might actually be in the public’s interest.  ...

Allowing weighted vote would reduce board size News report from the NVCA - April 3 2012The Board of Directors voted March 23 to ask the support of Conservation Ontario in their request to the Ministry of Natural Resources for an amendment to the Conservation Authorities Act. The suggested change woul...

News release from York-Simcoe MP Peter Van Loan March 29 2012Ottawa – Today, the federal government surprised and delivered significant new dollars for Lake Simcoe’s environment.  In Canada’s Economic Action Plan 2012, the Conservative Government restarted the Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Fund....

Quarry denied break, but fee schedule up for early reviewBy Sandy Agnew AWARE Simcoe March 4 2012At the February 24, 2012 NVCA board meeting the board heard a deputation from George Oldreive, Broker of Record on behalf of the applicant Richard Donnelly, Murphy Business Inc. for a 73 hectare (Ha) quar...

By Richard Blanchard Innisfil Scope February 22 2012 Simcoe County councillors discussed the role of conservation authorities at their Performance Management committee meeting last week. Read more ...

Walrer Benotto of Shelburne re-elected as chairNVCA news release February 10 2012UTOPIA, Ontario – Walter Benotto, Councillor for the Town of Shelburne, was elected Chair of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority Board of Directors for a fourth consecutive term at the NVCA’s Annual General Mee...