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Support your local rivers, conservation areas and youth this Giving Tuesday

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Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UTOPIA, Ontario (November 23, 2023) – November 28 is GivingTuesday! The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) is inviting watershed residents to show support for local conservation efforts by helping NVCA meet their GivingTuesday goal of $10,000. GivingTuesday is the world’s largest generosity movement. It is an opportunity for people around […]

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Map of Pretty River Flood Plain

Residents reminded to stay away from Pretty River Dike maintenance work

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Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UTOPIA, Ontario (October 5, 2023) – The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority and the Town of Collingwood will continue maintenance activities on the Pretty River Dike starting on October 10, 2023. In 2022, small woody material such as small trees and large shrubs were removed from the dike south of Hume

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Most trees are planted by machines

Plant trees with NVCA next spring

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Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UTOPIA, Ontario (October 3, 2023) – The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) is searching for landowners looking to plant trees in the spring of 2024. Each year, NVCA’s forestry program plants around 100,000 trees for property owners in the Nottawasaga Watershed who want to convert their land into forests. Planting

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Camp followers preparing food in the early 1800s

Historic Fort Willow Conservation Area comes to life this Saturday

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Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UTOPIA, Ontario (September 27, 2023) – This Saturday, September 30, take a journey back in time at the Festival at Fort Willow. Visitors can make candles, learn about the items traded between Indigenous Peoples and Europeans, experience first-hand how sailors worked on ships, watch settlers make food, see live woodcarving

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Historic demonstrator cooking

Festival at Fort Willow looking​ for historic demonstrations

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Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UTOPIA, Ontario (August 17, 2023) – The Festival at Fort Willow is returning to Utopia! With an education day on Friday, September 29, and a public event on Saturday, September 30, the festival is a two-day celebration of the history of Fort Willow and the surrounding area. Visitors will have the

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Stewardship Manager, Fred Dobbs receives award from Natural Channel Initiative​

NVCA stewardship manager Fred Dobbs receives distinguished award from the Natural Channels Initiative

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Dobbs was recognized for his outstanding commitment to advancing the field of natural channel restoration. UTOPIA, Ontario (June 28, 2023) – Yesterday, Fred Dobbs, Manager of Stewardship Services at the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) received an Award of Recognition at the Natural Channels Systems Conference — a national event held every four years. “Over

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Man and woman wearing NVCA apparel

NVCA launches online s​​tore to help raise funds for conservation areas

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UTOPIA, Ontario (June 13, 2023) – The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority has launched an online store offering apparel and maple syrup for sale. The apparel includes t-shirts, hoodies, baseball caps and toques and features Tiffin Conservation Area and Nottawasaga Bluffs Conservation Area emblems designed by local artists. Earlier this year, 13 artists submitted 28 emblem

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NVCA reminds residents to ​apply for permits well ahead of projects start dates​

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​Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NVCA reminds residents to ​apply for permits well ahead of projects start dates UTOPIA, Ontario (March 23, 2023) – The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) is reminding property owners to apply for permits well ahead of construction schedules to avoid delays. Permits are required for development projects on properties within

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Father and daughter purchases trees at the 2022 Arbor Day Tree Sale

Native tree and shrub seedlings available at annual Arbor Day Tree Sale

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UTOPIA, Ontario (May 2, 2023) – The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) is hosting its annual Arbor Day Tree Sale at the Tiffin Centre for Conservation on May 13, 2023 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. or until sold out. The trees are bare root stock, and are sol d in bundles of 10 for

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Example of project requiring an NVCA permit

NVCA reminds residents to apply for permits well ahead of projects start dates​​

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UTOPIA, Ontario (March 23, 2023) – The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) is reminding property owners to apply for permits well ahead of construction schedules to avoid delays. Permits are required for development projects on properties within NVCA regulated areas. “Many property owners underestimate the amount of time it takes to prepare the required information

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