Three Steps to Safer Drinking Water for Well Owners
Get to Know Your Drinking Water Does your home or business draw drinking water from a well? How […]
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Green Your Property
Winter Habitat and Protection Among Leaf Litter
Insects that Overwinter in Leaf Litter Aside from saving our backs from strain, there are plenty of benefits
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Don’t Be Afraid of the Big Brown Bat
Bats are Beautiful Bats are far less frightening than you might think. In fact, we should be helping
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Public Service Announcement: Reminder Flooding Can Happen in Fall Season
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CVC is reminding residents that flooding can happen any time of the year.
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Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera Paper birch is a stand-out in all seasons due to its unique white, peeling bark, but
Leaf Mold, Compost Gold
Discover the Benefits As tree leaves turn colour and begin to fall, we’re reminded of their value and
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Leave the Leaves
Five Ways to Reuse Your Fall Leaves One of the best things about autumn is watching the green
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Habitat Aqua: A New Option for Phragmites Control in Wetlands
Manage this Invasive Species This is part three of a three-part series on the harmful plants and animals
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Local Groundcovers for Your Yard
Plant These Species Instead To avoid or eliminate invasive groundcovers, choose some of our top native plants, find
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Invasive Groundcovers
Learn the Difference Groundcovers that fill in a space can be a great addition to a garden. They
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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
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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
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Leaf Nibblers: Friend or Foe?
It can be concerning when you find signs of insects chewing on your plants, but keep in mind
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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
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Pearly Everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea Pearly everlasting, Anaphalis margaritacea, is a native wildflower important to a couple of our most attractive butterflies. It’s
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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,
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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
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Food and Gardening: An Evening of Celebration
Get Involved Have you ever wanted to start or join a community food garden? Do you enjoy growing
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Landscaping for Rain
Get Rain-Ready We’ve had a lot of rain this summer. Learn how attractive, rain-ready native plant gardens can
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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
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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
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