• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

Environment

Sep 25th, 2017
2 Comments
2385 Views
Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner Green Party of Ontario news release September 21 2017 GPO leader Mike Schreiner made the following statement on the closing of the Ontario Tree Seed Plant: “I’m deeply disappointed in the Ontario Liberal’s decision to close the door on the 94-year old Onta...
Sep 22nd, 2017
1 Comment
3018 Views
From left, Debbe Crandall of the Moraine Partnership, Joyce Chau of Eco-Spark, former ECO Gord Miller, elder statesman David Crombie, York Simcoe MPP Julia Munro and Anne Bell of Ontario Nature were among the speakers at a meeting  in Barrie on Wednesday. -AWARE Simcoe photo AWARE News Network Local ...
Sep 22nd, 2017
0 Comments
2899 Views
  From the Huronia Land Conservancy The Huronia Land Conservancy is excited to announce the formal recognition of their first property. We are recognizing the donor, funders and supporters that made this possible. This recognition event will be on September 28th at 4 pm. The property is located ...
Sep 22nd, 2017
1 Comment
1264 Views
E. C. Drury (who would later be elected premier) on Angus Plains in 1906 -Photo by E.J. Zavitz Closing would mark an abandonment of commitment to public good Letter from Anne Learn Sharpe, Angus to the Orillia Packet & Times After 94 years, our provincial government is closing the doors of the On...
Sep 13th, 2017
0 Comments
3192 Views
Aerial view of the land acquired by Simcoe County in BWG County Forests officially opens Kirkup Woods Tract Simcoe County news release Simcoe County Forests is celebrating the official opening of the 104-acre Kirkup Woods Tract in the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury. Located within a County “...
Sep 13th, 2017
0 Comments
2040 Views
Major salmon migration event includes nature walk with conservation experts, gourmet meal, FREE kids lunch and entertainment News release from the Blue Mountain Trust Foundation In the wake of last year’s resounding success, the Blue Mountain Watershed Trust is holding See the Salmon Run for a second...
Sep 4th, 2017
0 Comments
1920 Views
Province’s new plan for Greater Golden Horseshoe would protect a continuous base of agricultural land By AINSLIE CRUICKSHANK Toronto Star The whiz of cars on Kennedy Rd. cuts through the sound of crickets singing and wind rustling through soy fields at Empringham Farms. The busy north-south corridor ...
Aug 30th, 2017
0 Comments
1487 Views
from Nature Conservancy Canada Minesing Wetlands, West of Barrie, ON Thursday August 31, 2017 10:0A0 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Join the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) and NCC for a wet and wild day of installing wing deflectors along Willow Creek in Minesing Wetlands. Once installed, t...
Aug 28th, 2017
5 Comments
10974 Views
Technician John White at the Angus Tree Seed Facility in 2013, explaining the operation to AWARE Simcoe members Scroll down for other posts on this topic ‘Corner stone of tree planting’ to be shut down in 2018 Roger Klein CTV News Barrie August 28 2017 A major seed distribution plant in A...
Aug 24th, 2017
0 Comments
3269 Views
From the Nature Conservancy of Canada Event Details August 25th, 2017, 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM Carden Alvar Natural Area, Ontario Habitat Restoration Calling all conservation superheroes! The vigorously-growing, invasive dog-strangling vine (DSV) is creeping its way onto the globally rare habitats of...