Working Watersheds - (Wiidookdadewin m: Caring For Ourselves)- is a suite of tools developed for municipal leaders, community groups and landowners to support sustainable development and healthy communities for the future. The tools allow for informed decisions at the municipal level; from planning to review and enforcement. With a goal of, Achieving a balance between progress and conservation, today and for future generations.
Tools include:
a) accessible and functional mapping to assess the implications of decisions on the water supplies, flood retention, and nutrient uptake (impacts to wildlife are implied)
b) decision trees to support planning reviews and approvals
c) a curriculums for counsellors and the public to understand the Planning Act, and essential aspects of watershed management.
Municipal Tools
Curriculums developed by Planners, hydrologists, Indigenous leaders, biologists, and economists to support your ability to find a balance. Learn more.
Decision trees for simple and complex development proposals and which support Official Plan development. Learn more.
Models to estimate impacts on flooding, aquifers, and water quality - also on fish and wildlife- in your communities.
Curriculum on Indigenous and global ways of inclusive and good governance- ways to find consensus and peace. Learn more.
Local Tools
A program that focuses on food security research to feed The Land Between. Distilling research across Canada, Ontario and the region towards security. Learn more.
Working to build between best building practices. The latest knowledge for smarter housing with lighter ecological footprints. Learn more.
A program for landowners to achieve their wildlife conservation goals. Sign up.
Working to rewild your gardens through the development of native shore and pollinator gardens. Allowing for custom designs to meet needs and support biodiversity. Learn more.
Project Partners
Supporting partners include: Climate Network Lanark, Otonabee Region Conservation Authority, Kawartha Conservation Authority, Township of Rideau Lakes, County of Lanark, Frontenac Arch Biosphere, Hastings County Lake Health Working Group.
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