Nottawasaga Watershed Improvement Program (N-WIP)

What is NWIP?
The goal of N-WIP is to improve the health of Georgian Bay by undertaking water quality improvement projects on local tributary streams in the towns of The Blue Mountains, Collingwood, and Wasaga Beach, and the townships of Clearview, Springwater and Essa.
(For a map of the area, click here). 

N-WIP is a pilot project of the Lake Huron-Georgian Bay Watershed - Canadian Framework for Community Action. For a program overview, please visit www.lakehuroncommunityaction.ca.

The following types of water quality improvement projects may be undertaken by the N-WIP committee:  

•  Buffer strip development/land retirement
•  Livestock exclusion fencing/water crossing/alternate water source
•  Erosion control/habitat improvement (e.g. fish habitat friendly retaining walls)
•  In-channel habitat improvement
•  Riparian reforestation
•  Clean water diversion
•  Restoration of natural channel features in municipal drains
•  Implementation of municipal drain management environmental BMPs

Locally, N-WIP is coordinated by the NVCA and includes the following local partners: 

Blue Mountain Watershed Trust    
Collingwood Collegiate Institute
Elmvale District High School
Environment Canada
Georgian Triangle Anglers Association
Jean Vanier High School
North Simcoe Land Stewardship Network
Nottawasaga Steelheaders
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Simcoe County Christian Farmers Association 
Simcoe County Federation of Agriculture         
South Simcoe Streams Network 
Stayner Collegiate Institute
Town of Collingwood
Town of the Blue Mountains
Town of Wasaga Beach
Township of Clearview
Township of Essa
Township of Springwater
Township of Tiny
Wasaga Beach Fish and Game Club
Wasaga Beach Provincial Park
Wasaga Beach River Resources Committee
Wild Canada

Corporate sponsors of N-WIP include:
  

For more information on the N-WIP Committee and projects, please contact Fred Dobbs, Manager of Stewardship Services, at (705) 424-1479, ext. 237 or fdobbs@nvca.on.ca.