Fabulous Field Finds 2023
Let’s See What Staff Discovered Now that summer is coming to an end, our monitoring, restoration and forestry […] … Continue reading
News & Blog
Read the latest blogs and news from Credit Valley Conservation.
A Growing Success: CVC’s Free Tree Giveaway
Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) is encouraging homeowners to take advantage of its free Tree Giveaway program, open to … Continue reading
Local Groundcovers for Your Yard
Plant These Species Instead To avoid or eliminate invasive groundcovers, choose some of our top native plants, find … Continue reading
Invasive Groundcovers
Learn the Difference Groundcovers that fill in a space can be a great addition to a garden. They … Continue reading
How to Say Goodbye to Invasive Plants
Keep Your Garden Thriving Any invasive plant or noxious weed removed from your yard needs to be disposed … Continue reading
Lalcide Chondro: Feisty Fungus Fights Buckthorn
Manage this Invasive Species This is part two of a three-part series on the harmful plants and animals … Continue reading
CVC Builds Canada’s First CSA Compliant Smart Blue Roof
Learn How We’re Making the Most of Rainwater In 2017, we embarked on a mission to install Canada’s … Continue reading
Letter to the Community
RE: Elora Cataract Trail Closure and Construction of Town of Erin Linear Works Beginning in September, a 5.2 … Continue reading
Leaf Nibblers: Friend or Foe?
It can be concerning when you find signs of insects chewing on your plants, but keep in mind … Continue reading
South for the Winter: Our Migrating Butterflies
Many people are familiar with the long migratory journey monarchs take every year to Mexico, but they aren’t … Continue reading
Pearly Everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea Pearly everlasting, Anaphalis margaritacea, is a native wildflower important to a couple of our most attractive butterflies. It’s … Continue reading
Leading the Way in Stormwater Management
What happens to rainwater after falling on the ground in urban areas? Most of the time it enters … Continue reading
CVC Awarded Treemendous Tree Canada Communities Grant
Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) has been awarded a $9,300 Treemendous Communities grant from Tree Canada. Sponsored by U-Haul … Continue reading
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid: Near, But Not Yet Here
Manage this Invasive Species This is part one of a three-part serieson invasive species — updates in the … Continue reading
Snapping Turtles: Fighting or Mating?
Snapping Turtles are Super Cool! If you’re lucky enough to stumble upon two snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) engaging … Continue reading
Explore our New Interactive Watershed Plan Map
We Value Your Input You’re invited to share your input on the Watershed Plan using a new online … Continue reading
A Growing Success: CVC’s Free Tree Giveaway
Trees Bring Communities Together Fall is around the corner and the cooler weather signals an ideal time to … Continue reading
Guiding Youth Through the Credit River Watershed
Get Involved in Giving Back My name is Sanda Violoni and this is my first time as a … Continue reading
Nature-Based Solutions on Farms
Learn About the ALUS Project Sometimes the best solutions are the ones right in front of us. ALUS Peel leverages … Continue reading
Removing Weirs to Improve Aquatic Life
Improving the Health of the Credit River Watershed Weirs are a topic of conversation within our Aquatic and … Continue reading
Meet Some of Our Watershed Champions
Celebrating Hard Work On June 15 we held our annual Conservation Awards at Cambium Farms in Caledon. These awards recognized … Continue reading