KAWARTHA REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY

KAWARTHA CONSERVATION IS A WATERSHED-BASED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED IN 1979 BY THE MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN OUR WATERSHED UNDER THE ONTARIO CONSERVATION AUTHORITIES ACT. WE ARE ONE OF 36 CONSERVATION AUTHORITIES OPERATING IN ONTARIO AND A MEMBER OF CONSERVATION ONTARIO BALANCING ENVIRONMENTAL CAPACITY AND HUMAN NEED WE MANAGE NATURAL RESOURCE FEATURES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR SUSTAINING WATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY THROUGH WATERSHED PLANNING STEWARDSHIP ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL AREAS OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ARE FOCUSED WITHIN THE NATURAL BOUNDARIES OF THE KAWARTHA WATERSHED WHICH EXTEND FROM LAKE SCUGOG IN THE SOUTHWEST AND PIGEON LAKE IN THE EAST TO BALSAM LAKE IN THE NORTHWEST AND CRYSTAL LAKE IN THE NORTHEAST - A TOTAL OF 2 563 SQUARE KILOMETERES THESE NATURAL BOUNDARIES OVERLAP THE SIX MUNICIPALITIES THAT GOVERN KAWARTHA CONSERVATION THROUGH REPRESENTATION ON OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS INCLUDE THE CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES THE TOWNSHIP OF SCUGOG THE TOWNSHIP OF BROCK THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON THE MUNICIPALITY OF TRENT LAKES AND THE TOWNSHIP OF CAVAN MONAGHAN HABITAT RESTORATION PROGRAM - WE PARTNER WITH FUNDERS TO PLANT NEW BUTTERNUT TREES AND OTHER ENDANGERED SPECIES IN OUR WATERSHED. WE CARE FOR THEM AND CONTINUALLY MONITOR TO ENSURE THEY WILL GROW SUCCESSFULLY.