Conservation Ontario
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Conservation Ontario is the umbrella organization
which represents all of the conservation authorities in Ontario
. This nonprofit organization was founded in 1980/81. Conservation Ontario is the network of 36 Conservation Authorities.
Conservation Authorities are local, watershed management agencies that deliver services and programs that protect and manage water and other natural resources in partnership with government, landowners and other organizations
The 1946 Conservation Authorities Act
provides the means by which the province and municipalities of Ontario could join together to form a conservation authority within a specific area - the watershed
- to undertake programs of natural resource management.
Conservation authorities are mandated to ensure the conservation, restoration and responsible management of Ontario's water, land and natural habitats through programs that balance human, environmental and economic needs. There are currently 36 conservation authorities in Ontario. Most management programs occur in parks known as conservation areas.
Key areas of Authority activity include:
Organization
An organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...
which represents all of the conservation authorities in Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. This nonprofit organization was founded in 1980/81. Conservation Ontario is the network of 36 Conservation Authorities.
Conservation Authorities are local, watershed management agencies that deliver services and programs that protect and manage water and other natural resources in partnership with government, landowners and other organizations
The 1946 Conservation Authorities Act
Conservation Authorities Act
The Conservation Authorities Act was created by the Ontario Provincial Legislature in 1946 to ensure the conservation, restoration and responsible management of water, land and natural habitat through programs that balance human, environmental and economic needs. The act authorizes the formation of...
provides the means by which the province and municipalities of Ontario could join together to form a conservation authority within a specific area - the watershed
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
- to undertake programs of natural resource management.
Conservation authorities are mandated to ensure the conservation, restoration and responsible management of Ontario's water, land and natural habitats through programs that balance human, environmental and economic needs. There are currently 36 conservation authorities in Ontario. Most management programs occur in parks known as conservation areas.
Key areas of Authority activity include:
- Environmental protectionEnvironmental protectionEnvironmental protection is a practice of protecting the environment, on individual, organizational or governmental level, for the benefit of the natural environment and humans. Due to the pressures of population and our technology the biophysical environment is being degraded, sometimes permanently...
— Conservation authorities protect local ecosystems and contribute to the quality of life in communities throughout the province. - Water Resource Management — Conservation authorities are Ontario's community-based environmental experts who use integrated, ecologically sound environmental practices to manage Ontario's water resources on a watershed basis, maintain secure supplies of clean water, protect communities from flooding and contribute to municipal planning processes (that protect water).
Ontario Conservation Authorities
- Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority
- Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority
- Catfish Creek Conservation Authority
- Central Lake Ontario Conservation AuthorityCentral Lake Ontario Conservation AuthorityCentral Lake Ontario Conservation Authority , is a conservation authority established under the Conservation Authorities Act of Ontario in 1958...
- Credit Valley Conservation Authority
- Crowe Valley Conservation Authority
- Essex Region Conservation AuthorityEssex Region Conservation AuthorityThe Essex Region Conservation Authority is a non-profit organization responsible for parks, wetlands, and waterways in most of Essex County and its boundaries....
- Grand River Conservation AuthorityGrand River Conservation AuthorityThe Grand River Conservation Authority is a conservation authority in Ontario, Canada. It operates under the Conservation Authorities Act of Ontario...
- Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority
- Grey Sauble Conservation Authority
- Halton Region Conservation Authority
- Hamilton Conservation AuthorityHamilton Conservation AuthorityThe Hamilton Conservation Authority maintains the greenspace, trails, parks and some attractions in the Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.The Hamilton Conservation Authority has managed the natural environment in partnership with the City of Hamilton and the Province of Ontario to help ensure a safe and...
- Kawartha Region Conservation Authority
- Kettle Creek Conservation Authority
- Lake Simcoe Region Conservation AuthorityLake Simcoe Region Conservation AuthorityThe Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority is a conservation authority established in 1951, and is among the oldest in the Canadian province of Ontario....
- Lakehead Region Conservation Authority
- Long Point Region Conservation Authority
- Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority
- Lower Trent Conservation Authority
- Maitland Valley Conservation Authority
- Mattagami Region Conservation Authority
- Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority
- Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority
- Nickel District Conservation AuthorityNickel District Conservation AuthorityThe Nickel District Conservation Authority is a conservation authority in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. Formed in 1973 by the merger of two former conservation authorities in the region, the Junction Creek Conservation Authority in Sudbury and the Whitson Valley Conservation Authority in Valley East,...
- North Bay-Mattawa Conservation AuthorityNorth Bay-Mattawa Conservation AuthorityThe North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority is one of 36 conservation authorities in Ontario, Canada consisting of 16 Conservation Areas. It is responsible for conservation areas within North Bay, but also extending into the surrounding municipalities...
- Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority
- Otonabee Conservation Authority
- Quinte Conservation Authority
- Raisin Region Conservation Authority
- Rideau Valley Conservation AuthorityRideau Valley Conservation AuthorityThe Rideau Valley Conservation Authority is an inter-municipal environmental protection and advisory agency that works with local municipalities, government agencies, special interest groups and the general public to protect the natural resources of the Rideau River watershed...
- Saugeen Conservation Authority
- Sault Ste. Marie Region Conservation Authority
- South Nation Conservation Authority
- St. Clair Region Conservation AuthoritySt. Clair Region Conservation AuthorityThe St. Clair Region Conservation Authority is a conservation authority in the province of Ontario. It is headquartered in Strathroy, Ontario. The conservation authority's jurisdiction covers all of the waterways that feed into the St. Clair River....
- Toronto and Region Conservation AuthorityToronto and Region Conservation AuthorityToronto and Region Conservation Authority or Office de protection de la nature de Toronto et de la région is one of 36 conservation authorities in Ontario, Canada...
- Upper Thames River Conservation AuthorityUpper Thames River Conservation AuthorityThe Upper Thames River Conservation Authority is a body based in London, Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1947. It was responsible for the construction of the Fanshawe Dam, completed in the 1950s, to control flooding from the Thames River, which runs through London. During the last ice age, the...
See also
- Conservation authority
- Essex Region Conservation AuthorityEssex Region Conservation AuthorityThe Essex Region Conservation Authority is a non-profit organization responsible for parks, wetlands, and waterways in most of Essex County and its boundaries....
- St. Clair Parks CommissionSt. Clair ParkwayThe Saint Clair Parkway is maintained by the Saint Clair Parks Commission. The road was the original Highway 40, which was re-aligned about 5 km inland from the river on a new alignment as a Super-2 expressway from Wallaceburg to Sarnia...
- Niagara Parks CommissionNiagara Parks CommissionThe Niagara Parks Commission, or Niagara Parks for short, is an agency of government of Ontario which maintains the Ontario shoreline of the Niagara River.- History :...
- National Capital CommissionNational Capital CommissionThe National Capital Commission , is a Canadian Crown corporation that administers the federally owned lands and buildings in Canada's National Capital Region, including Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec.The NCC was created in 1959, replacing the Federal District Commission , which had been...
- St. Lawrence Parks CommissionSt. Lawrence Parks CommissionThe St. Lawrence Parks Commission is an agency of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture that manages parks and conservation areas along the St. Lawrence River, in Southeastern Ontario. It functions similar to a Conservation Authority....
- St. Lawrence Parks Commission - Great Lakes / St. Lawrence Seaway System
- Ottawa River WaterwayOttawa River WaterwayThe Ottawa River Waterway is a series of locks and dams along the Ottawa River, managed by the Governments of Ontario and Quebec, to allow recreational boating between Lake Timiskaming and Montreal...
- Lake Temiskaming / Ottawa River Waterway - Rouge ParkRouge ParkRouge Park will become an urban national park located along the border of Toronto and Pickering, Ontario, Canada. It will be Canada's first national park within a municipality....
- Ontario ParksOntario ParksOntario Parks is the branch of the Ministry of Natural Resources that administers the provincial parks in Ontario, Canada. The Ontario Parks system covers over 78,000 square kilometres , about 10 percent of the province's surface area or the equivalent of an area approximately equal to Nova Scotia...
- Parks CanadaParks CanadaParks Canada , also known as the Parks Canada Agency , is an agency of the Government of Canada mandated to protect and present nationally significant natural and cultural heritage, and foster public understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment in ways that ensure their ecological and commemorative...
- Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (SEPAQ)Société des établissements de plein air du QuébecThe Société des établissements de plein air du Québec is the agency of the Government of Quebec that manages parks and wildlife reserves...
- List of Quebec national parks