Conversations

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Achieve Your Resolutions Through Winter Fun

Posted on January 8, 2025 in Conversations

A new year brings new resolutions. Kick off 2025 by recharging and achieving your active and outdoor resolutions […] … Continue reading

Credit Valley Parks, Cross-Country Skiing, Explore our Parks, Get Involved, Ice Skating, Nature and Wildlife, Snowshoeing, Things to Do, Winter

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Rooting for the Future: 2024 Volunteer Success

Posted on December 19, 2024 in Conversations

Trees are Watershed Heroes Planting trees is an effective way to help improve the health of our watershed. … Continue reading

Get Involved, Nature and Wildlife, Things to Do, Tree Planting, Volunteer

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CAO Reflections on 70 Years of Credit Valley Conservation

Posted on December 11, 2024 in Conversations

By Quentin Hanchard, Chief Administrative Officer A Milestone Year As the calendar year for Credit Valley Conservation’s (CVC) … Continue reading

CVC Updates, Seventy

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2024: A Pivotal Year for SNAP

Posted on December 5, 2024 in Conversations

Thank You for Making 2024 a Great Year! This year, Sustainable Neighbourhood Action Plan (SNAP) residents took action … Continue reading

Cooksville SNAP, Fletchers Creek SNAP, Get Involved, Hungry Hollow, SNAP, Things to Do

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Leave a Legacy: Invest in Nature

Posted on November 27, 2024 in Conversations

Our Actions are Impactful Spending time in nature helps improve our health and well-being. The environmental health and … Continue reading

Credit Valley Parks, CVC Foundation, Get Involved, Nature and Wildlife, Things to Do

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Chirp Away Winter Blues: Bird Watch in the Watershed

Posted on November 20, 2024 in Conversations

As winter solstice approaches and the evenings are getting darker, those winter blues might sneak in. Thankfully, nature … Continue reading

Activity, Birding, Birds, Credit Valley Parks, Explore our Parks, Nature and Wildlife, Things to Do

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70 Years of Flood Forecasting and Warning

Posted on November 13, 2024 in Conversations

As part of our 70th anniversary, we’re highlighting stories that connect our past with our present through a … Continue reading

Conservation Planning, Flood Resiliency, Flooding, Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring, Seventy, Watershed Science

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Rooted in Success: 20 Years of the Peel Rural Water Quality Program

Posted on November 7, 2024 in Conversations

This year, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Peel Rural Water Quality Program at the Peel Farm Tour. … Continue reading

Agriculture, Farmers, Farmers and Equine Operators, Green Your Property, Participant and Partner Features, Peel, Rural Landowners, Rural Water Quality Program

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Creepy Flora in the Credit River Watershed

Posted on October 30, 2024 in Conversations

These Strange Plants Really Exist If you thought creepy and strange plants were only the stuff of nightmares … Continue reading

Get Involved, Halloween, Integrated Watershed Monitoring Program, Native Plants, Nature and Wildlife, Plants

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Five Spooky Bugs in the Credit River Watershed

Posted on October 30, 2024 in Conversations

Eerie but Essential Insects Halloween is the perfect time to learn about the creepy crawlies that make our … Continue reading

Get Involved, Halloween, Insects, Nature and Wildlife

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Collaborating with Canon to Build a School Rain Garden

Posted on October 24, 2024 in Conversations

Building Resilient Communities with Canon Canada Our Students for Stormwater team has been busy at schools in the … Continue reading

Corporate Conservation Program, Corporations and Institutions, Gardening, Get Involved, Green Infrastructure, Rainscaping, Stormwater, Students for Stormwater

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Small Fish, Big Effect: Invasive Round Goby

Posted on October 17, 2024 in Conversations

Help Stop the Spread Anglers, we need your help! While fishing, have you caught this small bottom-dwelling fish? … Continue reading

Fishing, Get Involved, Invasive Species, Ken Whillans, Nature and Wildlife

Salmon Run in the Credit River

Posted on October 10, 2024 in Conversations

An Angler’s Guide to Fall Fishing Fall’s arrival brings the annual salmon migration in the Credit River. As … Continue reading

Credit Valley Parks, Explore our Parks, Fishing, Nature and Wildlife, Things to Do

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70 Years of Natural Hazard Planning

Posted on October 2, 2024 in Conversations

In celebration of our 70th anniversary, we’re highlighting stories that connect our past with our present through a … Continue reading

Conservation Planning, Flood Resiliency, Flooding, Planning, Seventy

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Enjoy Fall Colours at Our Parks

Posted on September 26, 2024 in Conversations

Fall is Here! September’s crisp air and falling leaves signals our season has shifted into autumn, the season … Continue reading

Credit Valley Parks, Explore our Parks, Things to Do

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Our Path to Truth and Reconciliation

Posted on September 18, 2024 in Conversations

In celebration of our 70th anniversary, we’re highlighting stories that connect our past with our present through a … Continue reading

Credit Valley Parks, Credit Valley Trail, Indigenous Engagement, Island Lake, Seventy

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Celebrate Five Years of Fletchers Creek SNAP

Posted on September 11, 2024 in Conversations

Five Years of Fletchers Creek SNAP We’re celebrating five years of the Fletchers Creek Sustainable Neighbourhood Action Plan … Continue reading

Get Involved, Green Your Property, Rural Landowners, SNAP, Things to Do, Urban Homeowners

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Wildlife Spotlight: North American Porcupines

Posted on September 5, 2024 in Conversations

What looks like a beaver but is a little spikier? Porcupines, of course! While exploring our parks, you … Continue reading

Biodiversity, Nature and Wildlife, Things to Do

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Upper Credit: Marvelous Meadows

Posted on August 28, 2024 in Conversations

Connecting Nature, People and Communities Immerse yourself in nature by taking a trip to the Upper Credit Conservation … Continue reading

Credit Valley Parks, Explore our Parks, Things to Do, Upper Credit

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Five Years of Community Impact: Fletchers Creek SNAP

Posted on August 21, 2024 in Conversations

Fletchers Creek SNAP in Action We’re celebrating five years of the Fletchers Creek Sustainable Neighbourhood Action Plan (SNAP). … Continue reading

Get Involved, Green Your Property, Greening Corporate Grounds, SNAP

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Biodiversity at Risk

Posted on August 14, 2024 in Conversations

Five-part Series Highlighting the Top Stories of the Watershed Plan The first phase of the Watershed Plan characterizes … Continue reading

Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, Nature and Wildlife, Restoration, Watershed Plan, Watershed Science