Planting the Seed of Transformation
When Wendy Walgate and Duncan Glaholt took ownership of their 20-hectare (50 acre) property in Erin over 20 […] … Continue reading
Rural Landowners
Public Service Announcement: Winter Safety Message: Be Safe Near Waterways, Unsafe Ice
January 17, 2024 – Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) reminds residents of the dangers near streams, rivers, ponds and … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Best Management Practices: Farming for the Future
Farmers Play a Critical Role in Watershed Management Farmers have a unique relationship with the environment. They directly … Continue reading
Public Service Announcement: Reminder Flooding Can Happen in Fall Season
Public Service Announcement: Reminder Flooding Can Happen in Fall Season Continue Reading
CVC is reminding residents that flooding can happen any time of the year.
Everdale Farm: The Community Farm that Keeps Giving Back
Demonstrating the Connection Between Sustainable Agriculture and Community Resilience Like farming, land and water stewardship is a long-term … Continue reading
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 … 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
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
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
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
Strength in Numbers
Importance of Biological Diversity Did you know that across Ontario, almost 70 per cent of all farmland is used … Continue reading
Be Aware of Flood Risks due to Thunderstorms
How Flooding Works Summer and thunderstorms go hand in hand. While rain brings fresh air and provides a … Continue reading
Getting Closure
Three Reasons to Properly Plug and Seal Your Well Many landowners have wells on their property that are … Continue reading
Insect Allies
Part Three: The Fruits of their Labour This is part three of a three-part series on beneficial insects … Continue reading
Insect Allies
Part Two: Crowd Control This is part two of a three-part series on beneficial insects — how to … Continue reading
Insect Allies
Part One: Decomposers on Duty This is part one of a three-part series on beneficial insects — how … Continue reading
Let’s Do Less This Spring
Sometimes Less is More Dreading this year’s spring clean-up? What if we told you: when it comes to … Continue reading
Spring Showers Bring Erosion Powers
Erosion to Look Out For Soil erosion is a natural process in which soil is picked up and … Continue reading
Protecting Our Watershed’s Special Songbirds
How to Help Threatened Species Bobolink and eastern meadowlark are songbirds that were once abundant across the Credit … Continue reading
Well Upgrade Gives Landowner Peace of Mind
Protect Your Groundwater John Island knows his one-hectare property in Mono like the back of his hand. Surrounded … Continue reading