Local Groundcovers for Your Yard
Plant These Species Instead To avoid or eliminate invasive groundcovers, choose some of our top native plants, find …
Invasive Species
Invasive Groundcovers
Learn the Difference Groundcovers that fill in a space can be a great addition to a garden. They …
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 …
Island Lake Uproot Uprise: Invasive Species Removal
Get Involved Join us to help control the spread of invasive species at Island Lake Conservation Area. Together …
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So Long Spongy Moth
A Population Crash… For Now If you’ve gone hiking recently, you’ve probably seen the spongy moth and its …
Hungry Hollow Invasive Species Pull
Get Involved Join us to help make the Hungry Hollow SNAP neighbourhood more sustainable and ready for a …
What is Ranavirus?
Learn About this Invasive Species With the arrival of spring’s warmer temperatures, watershed residents and wildlife alike are …
Rattray Marsh Uproot Uprise: Invasive Species Pull
Get Involved Join us to help control the spread of invasive plant species in Rattray Marsh Conservation Area. …
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Fight the Phrag
Managing Invasive Species It might look like a harmless grass blowing in the wind by the roadside, but …
Fight the Phrag
Take Action to Combat Invasives Invasive species have become so common in Canada, that the Ontario based Invasive …
A Day in the Life of a CVC Watershed Monitoring Technician
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!
Surveying Invasive Species at Island Lake Conservation Area This past July, we conducted our first invasive species bioblitz …
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Insect (and other) Invaders
Bugs that are a Bother In July, it can seem like there’s nothing worse than being caught in …
Check to Protect Your Trees
Invasive Hemlock Woolly Adelgid is Slowly Making Its Way In 2003, the invasive Asian long-horned beetle (ALHB) was …
Drastic Measures
Managing Invasive Species Hollywood movies and dimestore mystery novels have taught us that beautiful things can be dangerous. …
Clean, Drain and Dry Watercrafts to Prevent the Spread of Invasive Species
You Can Help Manage Aquatic Invasive Species When you think of invasive species, you might think of that …
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Be on the Hunt for Invasives
Nature Invaders Scavenger Hunt When left unmanaged, invasive species can take over your yard, garden, field or forest. …
Join CVC’s Nature Invaders Scavenger Hunt
June 13, 2022 – Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) is launching a new citizen science project for landowners across …
How to Remove Goutweed
It’s Not Easy But Don’t Give Up Removing goutweed and other invasive groundcovers, like periwinkle, English ivy or …
Problem Plants
There are some plants that you wish you didn’t invite into your yard. These are invasive species—non-native plants …
Invasive Goutweed
Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria), also known as bishop’s weed or snow on the mountain, is a perennial groundcover native …