Documents
Black Creek Subwatershed Study: Management, Implementation and Monitoring Plan Phase 3 Study
The Black Creek Subwatershed Study is only one of many management strategies that guide the use and protection of resources within the subwatershed.
Credit Valley Conservation Authority 2025 Budget
This document summarizes the Credit Valley Conservation Authority 2025 budget.
2024 Financial Statements
2024 audited financial statements for Credit Valley Conservation Authority prepared by BDO.
Beaver Management Guidelines
This document puts forth a risk assessment and reduction approach that is intended to guide how CVC staff manages beaver conflicts on CVC properties. These guidelines are intended to reduce the reliance on lethal trapping to resolve conflicts.
CVC Watershed Plan Characterization Report (Phase 1), Chapter 14d: Grassland Ecosystems
This chapter provides an overview of the types of grassland communities in the watershed, as well the conditions of these ecosystems both past and present.
CVC Watershed Plan Characterization Report (Phase 1), Chapter 17: Conclusion
This chapter provides an overview of the key results from the characterization report chapters, identifies gaps in knowledge, and next steps to completing the watershed plan.
CVC Watershed Plan Characterization Report (Phase 1), Chapter 16: Natural Assets and Ecosystem Services
This chapter assesses three of the many natural asset ecosystem goods and services provided by the watershed’s ecosystems: carbon sequestration, stormwater management, and recreation.
CVC Watershed Plan Characterization Report (Phase 1), Chapter 15: Natural Heritage System and Policy Context
This chapter provides an overview of how natural heritage protection has changed over time, and where these features and systems are today.
CVC Watershed Plan Characterization Report (Phase 1), Chapter 14c: Aquatic Ecosystems
This chapter discusses the conditions and trends of fish and benthic macroinvertebrate communities in streams, including activities that impact or improve these natural features.
CVC Watershed Plan Characterization Report (Phase 1), Chapter 14a: Forest Ecosystems
This chapter discusses the conditions and trends of plants, birds and tree health in forest communities. This includes discussions on forest integrity and the activities that influence these natural features, both past and present.
CVC Watershed Plan Characterization Report (Phase 1), Chapter 14b: Wetland Ecosystems
This chapter discusses the conditions and trends of plants and frogs in wetland communities. This includes discussions on wetland integrity and the activities that influence these natural features, both past and present.
CVC Watershed Plan Characterization Report (Phase 1), Chapter 13: Biodiversity
This chapter provides an overview of the species that live here, and the threats to biodiversity both past and present. It includes information on species at risk and of conservation concern, non-native and invasive species, as well as species that have been lost or newly established in the watershed.
CVC Watershed Plan Characterization Report (Phase 1), Chapter 12: Water Quality
This chapter describes the status and trends of water quality in groundwater, the Credit River and its tributaries. This includes an overview of key parameters of concern in surface water and groundwater, as well as surface water temperature.
CVC Watershed Plan Characterization Report (Phase 1), Chapter 11: Fluvial Geomorphology
This chapter summarizes CVC’s long-term monitoring data on channel morphology condition and trends across the watershed. To complement this information, a stream power model for all fourth order and greater watercourses provides information on energy availability and sediment transport patterns at the watershed scale.
CVC Watershed Plan Characterization Report (Phase 1), Chapter 10: Water Quantity
This chapter describes the status and trends of water quantity in groundwater, the Credit River and its tributaries. This chapter also summarizes the water balance based on modelling exercises completed in the last 15 years.
CVC Watershed Plan Characterization Report (Phase 1), Chapter 8: Natural Hazards
This chapter outlines the history of natural hazards within the watershed, including those regulated by CVC—such as riverine flooding and erosion, Lake Ontario shoreline flooding and erosion, dynamic beaches and unstable soils—as well as unregulated hazards like urban flooding, wind and ice damage, and fire. It also describes CVC’s role in monitoring, managing, and regulating these various types of hazards.
CVC Watershed Plan Characterization Report (Phase 1), Chapter 9: Water Resource Management
This chapter describes drinking water, wastewater and stormwater management systems, how they have changed through time, and provides an overview of how they influence the condition of water resources in the watershed.
CVC Watershed Plan Characterization Report (Phase 1), Chapter 7b: Anthropogenic Land Use
This chapter focuses on anthropogenic land uses such as agriculture, urban land use, aggregates, roads and rails, and landfills, and the impacts they have on natural hazards, water resource and natural heritage systems in the watershed.
CVC Watershed Plan Characterization Report (Phase 1), Chapter 7a: Natural Cover
This chapter is part of a two-part series that discusses land cover and land use in the watershed. This chapter focuses on natural and semi-natural cover with discussions on how it has changed over time, and how it compares to watershed-scale targets.