MNR Flood Advisory – May 12 Update
Attention – parts of the TSW system continue to be in a significant flood condition. Here is the May 12 MNR advisory:
Automated Water Level Monitoring
Good news – the TSW has purchased gauges, at a cost of $15,000 each, to be installed at the dams of the Haliburton Sector reservoir lakes that don't already have the automated stations. The following lakes are presently being remotely monitored using the automated equipment: Kennisis, Redstone, Maple, Twelve Mile, Horseshoe, Gull, Moore, Anstruther, Mississauga, […]
Mining Act Revisions
There have been serious concerns regarding Ontario's outdated Mining Act, and the potential impacts to land owners who do not own the mineral rights. The proposed revisions to the Mining Act announced by the Ontario government last Thursday appear to go a long way to addressing the concerns of private land owners in Southern Ontario […]
CEWF Spring 2009 Update
Spring has finally arrived. Here's the update of what's happening with your CEWF:
http://cewf.typepad.com/Spring_2009_Update.pdf
Happy summer!
Navigable Waters Protection Act – CEWF Position Paper
The proposed changes to the NWPA have proceeded to Senate Committee. We have submitted on behalf of the CEWF the following Position Paper:
http://cewf.typepad.com/CEWF_Position_on_the_NWPA_April_16_2009%5B1%5D.pdf
New Parks Canada Water Level Web Site
In 2008, Parks Canada was very kind to provide us with their internal water level measurements and forecasts for the TSW. This year, Parks Canada has launched their own web site showing TSW water levels:
http://pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/trentsevern/visit/ne-wl/trent_e.asp
Just click on your watershed of interest, then click on the red dot representing your lake of interest, click on 'I […]