Ontario Headwaters Institute | Preserving the foundation of our watersheds

Working to Protect Ontario’s Headwaters, Watersheds, and Natural Heritage

Established in 2003, the Ontario Headwaters Institute is a registered charity working to protect Ontario’s headwaters, natural heritage, watersheds, and receiving waters such as the Great Lakes.

Click to see the OHI Brochure Feb 2019

Click to view a four minute collage of Watershed Portraits through the four seasons.

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Read our core document about the value of headwaters – Protecting Ontario’s Headwaters.

Coming soon – information on our expanded mandate for watershed management.

Intent to Repeal the Far North Act

by Andrew McCammon | Apr 15, 2019 | Organizational Update, Science Policy Performance | 0 Comments

We urge organizations concerned about the on-going erosion of environmental and community planning safeguards to comment by May 10 on the proposed repeal of the Far North Act. See the posting here. See our submission at OHI to MNRF on Far North April 15. As our sub...

Aggregate Review

by Andrew McCammon | Mar 31, 2019 | Science Policy Performance | 0 Comments

MNRF recently announced a review of aggregate operations in Ontario, with an emphasis on "engaging our partners to identify ways we can cut red tape, create jobs and build a sustainable aggregates industry." The announcement can be found at...