Now we can support informed decisions at the municipal level achieving a balance between progress and conservation, today and for future generations.
Working Watersheds - (Wiidookdadewin m: Caring For Ourselves)- is a suite of tools for municipal leaders, community groups and landowners to support sustainable development and healthy communities for the future.
Tools include:
a) functional mapping of the living landscape; including wetlands and hydrographs and watershed monitoring programs and data
b) curriculums for counsellors and the public to understand governing legislations, essential aspects of watershed management, and Indigenous knowledge.
c) case studies of balanced and natured based climate solutions that work! Here at home and around the world.
d) Access to decision trees and a panel of experts
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: Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority, Climate Network Lanark, Oak Ridges Moraine Groundwater Program, Otonabee Region Conservation Authority, Kawartha Conservation Authority, Township of Rideau Lakes, County of Lanark, Hastings County Lake Health Working Group.
More about our programs
More case studies
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