Environmental Monitoring

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Fabulous Field Finds 2022

See What Staff Have Discovered Technology allows us to store, analyze and expand our knowledge and understanding of …

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A Day in the Life of a CVC Watershed Monitoring Technician

Conversations / Environmental Monitoring, Integrated Watershed Monitoring Program, Invasive Species, Trees and Forests, Watershed Science / Thursday, October 13, 2022 Thursday, October 13, 2022

Come Along for a Day of Learning Join CVC’s Emily Stacy, a Technician in our Watershed Monitoring department …

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The Results are Coming in for Island Lake’s BioBlitz!

Conversations / Biodiversity, Environmental Monitoring, Invasive Species, Island Lake, Nature and Wildlife / Thursday, September 22, 2022 Thursday, September 22, 2022

Surveying Invasive Species at Island Lake Conservation Area This past July, we conducted our first invasive species bioblitz …

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Meet the Expert Restoring and Monitoring Streams

Conversations / Environmental Monitoring, Meet the Expert, Restoration, Watershed Science / Thursday, August 11, 2022 Thursday, August 11, 2022

Meet the Expert – Krystal Lomas CVC’s Krystal Lomas is an Aquatic Restoration Technician. Her job is to …

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Meet the Expert who is Assessing Water Quality

Conversations / Environmental Monitoring, Meet the Expert, Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring, Water Quality, Watershed Science / Thursday, July 14, 2022 Thursday, July 14, 2022

Meet the Expert – Amanjot Singh CVC’s Amanjot Singh is a Senior Engineer of Water and Climate Change …

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Urban Wetlands are Home to Wildlife

Conversations / Environmental Monitoring, Watershed Science, Wetland / Friday, February 18, 2022 Thursday, March 3, 2022

You might not be thinking much about frogs, turtles and other hibernating wildlife, but under snow and ice …

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Fabulous Field Finds 2021

Conversations / Environmental Monitoring, Integrated Watershed Monitoring Program, Native Plants, Nature and Wildlife, Watershed Science / Friday, October 15, 2021 Monday, October 18, 2021

Summer has come to an end and autumn has made itself known as the trees change to beautiful …

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A Digital Makeover to our Monitoring Program!

Conversations / Environmental Monitoring, Integrated Watershed Monitoring Program / Thursday, August 26, 2021 Friday, August 27, 2021

For more than 20 years, we’ve been tracking the health of the environmental conditions in the Credit River …

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Alarming Global Trends Reported in the IPCC Climate Change Report Seen at the Local Level

Media Release, News Room / Climate Change, Environmental Monitoring, Watershed Science / Tuesday, August 24, 2021 Friday, October 22, 2021

MISSISSAUGA – Environmental monitoring data from Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) shows that local communities, including Mississauga, Brampton, Caledon …

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How We’re Monitoring Stormwater

Conversations / Environmental Monitoring, Green Infrastructure, Low Impact Development, Stormwater, Watershed Science / Friday, August 20, 2021 Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Have you ever wondered what happens to rainwater when it drains into storm sewers? From a storm sewer, …

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What’s with all the Algae this Year?

Conversations / Climate Change, Environmental Monitoring, Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring, Watershed Science / Thursday, June 10, 2021 Monday, November 8, 2021

Some small creeks in the Credit River Watershed looked a little green this spring. That’s because of algae! …

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