Mar 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
People interested in watershed health will want to read the updated watershed report cards, individually on your conservation authority and/or at the collective effort at the State on Ontario’s Watersheds. Then, please consider signing our petition for increased...
Mar 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Coalition invites everyone to support our call that Ontario should make significant efforts to better protect water security, and that a good place to start is to commit to meaningful consultation on the proposed amalgamation of the A Place to Grow Act with the...
Feb 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Please see www.cowg.ca for more information.
Nov 29, 2022 | Science Policy Performance
See our one-page summary at OHI Key Takeaways from Bill 23 et al Nov 29.
Nov 17, 2022 | Science Policy Performance
First of all, we thank the more than 1,575 people and organizations who endorsed our petition that the Government withdraw Bill 23 or that its consideration be deferred until there has been extensive public consultation. We will keep the petition open until further...
Nov 6, 2022 | Science Policy Performance
We are pleased to share our position on Bill 23, and we invite you to sign the petition to Minister Clark at Ontario Must Withdraw Bill 23 and Shift to Sustainable Planning | New Mode
Oct 29, 2022 | Science Policy Performance
The OHI has never previously asked you to contact your MPP, but these are unusual times and we ask you to call or e-mail them now, on Bill 23, as there is no time to waste. We ask you to consider stating the following: “I am deeply concerned that the contents of Bill...
Sep 18, 2022 | Science Policy Performance
The OHI is pleased to announce The Contested Countryside, a detailed mapping project to assist communities in local discussions as soon as the Province begins accepting draft official plans submitted by municipalities in the Greater Golden Horseshoe. If and where...
Sep 10, 2022 | Organizational Update, Science Policy Performance
The mission of COWA is to make watershed planning the basis of further land use development in Ontario, whether urban, rural, or remote, in order to protect our waters, natural heritage, and agricultural lands for a sustainable future.. Read about it and the first...
Aug 22, 2022 | Science Policy Performance
Students in a capstone project at the University of Guelph crafted a valuable report, linked in the previous post, on this important subject. In addition, they’ve each presented in a fabulous webinar at Landscape Impacts of Aggregate Extraction Sites in the...
