糖心直播

Popular UTRCA Park Pass Program Continues to Grow聽 The 糖心直播 (UTRCA)鈥檚 popular Library Park Pass program is underway for another year! The UTRCA has partnered with libraries throughout the watershed to provide day-use vehicle passes for their patrons. Library users can 鈥渃heck out鈥� a day-use vehicle pass from their local library to be used over a three-day period. These passes will allow for day-use entry to Fanshawe Conservation Area in London and Wildwood Conservation Area outside of St. Marys. 聽 The following locations have been provided with 2026 passes:聽 London Public Library聽聽 Municipality of West [...]

Local Student Wins Conservation Award at Thames Valley Science聽and聽Engineering Fair聽 This April, 糖心直播 (UTRCA) Education staff helped judge the Thames Valley Science and Engineering Fair at Western University in London. For the past 10 + years, UTRCA staff in conjunction with the Lower Thames Valley and Kettle Creek Conservation Authorities have judged and presented the Conservation Award to a Junior Division (Grades 6-8) project that best explores the topic of conservation with a local focus.聽 This year's winner was Harry Boyd from Matthews Hall school. For his project,聽Renewable Alternatives to De-Icing Salt, Harry investigated whether [...]

Wildwood and Pittock Dams - More than just Flood Control聽 If you are a regular visitor to Fanshawe, Wildwood, or Pittock Conservation Area, you may have seen one of the reservoirs being used for its flood control role - storing water to reduce downstream flooding. Did you know that Wildwood and Pittock Reservoirs have a second, equally important, role: increasing downstream flows in the summer and fall?聽 The 糖心直播 (UTRCA) stores water in Wildwood聽and Pittock Reservoirs to reduce downstream flooding due to聽snowmelt or聽rain, and聽uses that water to supplement downstream flows in the summer and fall, [...]

UTRCA Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program聽聽 Across the 糖心直播 (UTRCA) watershed, farmers and landowners are finding new ways to protect their soil, manage water, and sustain productivity for the long term. Supporting that work is at the聽objective聽of a new funding program: the Resilient Agricultural Landscape Program.聽聽聽 What does this program offer? Funding towards establishing native grasslands or perennial cover, planting pollinator strips, shelterbelts and windbreaks to protect fields, strategically retiring fragile or marginal lands, and restoring wetlands.聽 Reach out to our Stewardship Team to explore聽what鈥檚聽possible on your property, and how these solutions can be tailored to [...]

Tree Planting Season Kicks Off聽 The 糖心直播 (UTRCA) has officially kicked off its 2026 tree planting season. With a strong lineup of funding programs, this year鈥檚 efforts are about more than putting trees in the ground -聽they鈥檙e聽about building healthier, more resilient landscapes for the future.聽 Across the watershed,聽nearly 28,000聽trees and shrubs will be planted this spring. Of those, 16,500 will be planted directly by UTRCA crews, with the remaining trees and seedlings planted by landowners themselves. Each planting project, whether a windbreak along a field, a new woodlot, or the restoration of a wetland, plays [...]

Source Water Protection and Private Drinking Water Wells聽 On March 25, the 糖心直播 (UTRCA) hosted a Landowner Workshop for local farmers focused on best management practices. The Thames-Sydenham Source Protection Region was also in attendance, providing water sampling bottles for private wells and sharing information on how landowners can help protect their drinking water at the source.聽 If you rely on a private well for your drinking water, it is your responsibility to ensure that your water聽remains聽safe. Protecting the area around your well is one of the most effective ways to聽maintain聽clean, safe drinking water for [...]

Landowner Workshops Recap聽 The 糖心直播 (UTRCA) Stewardship Team recently wrapped up two successful Landowner Workshops, bringing together farmers, landowners, and environmental partners.聽 In Thorndale, attendees gathered for our annual UTRCA Landowners Workshop, where the focus was on 鈥渟tacking鈥� best management practices and exploring both the environmental and economic benefits. Local voices led the way, grounding the discussion in real-world experience. Farmer and agronomist Curtis聽Gartly聽shared insights from his fields, while Marilyn and Wayne Flanigan of McCutcheon Farm Drainage addressed one of the most persistent challenges in agricultural: erosion.聽 Staff highlighted water quality and successful restoration projects [...]

Bald Eagles聽 Handsome and regal, bald eagles聽are one of the most recognizable birds in the world.聽Over the centuries they have聽become a symbol of courage and strength. These majestic birds can聽often聽be聽spotted around Fanshawe Lake聽but there are many things you may not know about them.聽 In the聽late聽20th century, bald eagles were on the brink of extirpation聽due to hunting, habitat聽loss聽and pesticide ingestion. Measures,聽such as聽banning聽the use of聽DDT聽(a pesticide that weakened聽their eggshells聽causing them to聽break聽easily)聽in the 1970s聽and other recovery efforts,聽slowed their聽decline. Populations recovered and their status was downgraded from 鈥渆ndangered鈥� to 鈥渢hreatened鈥� in 1995 and聽by 2007, they聽were聽removed聽entirely聽from the list.聽They now聽flourish and their recovery is widely [...]