New Tecumseth Free Press Onlne Tecumseth Estates (Rizzardo) has withdrawn its official plan and zoning bylaw amendment application attached to its 9th Line property in Beeton that’s been “active” since 2008. The move comes two weeks a...

from the Elmvale Foundation Leave a legacy, plant a tree. The Elmvale Foundation’s Isiaragui restoration project will take place Saturday May 2 and Sunday May 3 on properties located in the Wye River watershed in the vicinity of Elmvale. Isiaragui will...

Open Letter from the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority Dear Lake Simcoe Watershed Residents: On April 24, 2015, the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) Board of Directors approved new Watershed Development Guidelines that apply to...

By Roberta Bell, Orillia Packet & Times A plan to manage the massive influx of traffic expected to go through the entrances of Burl’s Creek Event Grounds this summer is not yet in place. “It’s still in the raft states,” said Jerry Ball, Oro-Medonte...

Paying for the last stand of trees: Club targeted by developer at OMB for defence of Dunlap Observatory From the Richmond Hill Naturalists  Dear Fellow Concerned Citizens: “Help one another; there’s no time like the present and no present like the time...

By Laurie Watt Barrie Advance The first generation of wood ducks that nested in boxes installed last year are returning from their southern U.S. winter homes. At the first few sites in the Oro-Medonte hills, wood ducks are beginning to nest again. “Wha...

UPDATE – scroll down for link to LSRCA open letter From Jack Gibbons North Gwillimbury Forest Alliance Today, the board members of the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) refused to close the door to development in provincially sign...

Company that plans to build 120-unit condo development addressing township council Monday By Roberta Bell, Orillia Packet & Times The developer eyeing a 120-unit condo community on Strawberry Island in north Lake Simcoe says the company is working ...

Release from the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority The board recognized the long-standing relationship between the Rotary Club of Barrie and the Tiffin Centre for Conservation by renaming the Tiffin Group Campground to the Rotary Group Campgrou...

Human Beings are the Voice for all Life Forms Letter to the Alliston Herald from Danny Beaton, Tiny Township BEETON – A little forest on a hill is threatened by a developer who owns lots of property in Simcoe County. I was there to witness many i...