Have Your Say about Drinking Water Source Protection (UTRCA weekly, June 17, 2022)
Have Your Say about Drinking Water Source Protection (UTRCA weekly, June 17, 2022) The Thames-Sydenham and Region Source Protection Plan is a science-based plan aimed at protecting sources of local municipal drinking water. The plan determines areas where these drinking water sources are vulnerable, identifies potential threats, and develops plans to deal with the threats. Staff with the drinking water source protection program have started public consultation on an [...]
Pine Plantation Restoration project (UTRCA weekly, June 10, 2022)
Pine Plantation Restoration project (UTRCA weekly, June 10, 2022) Visitors to the Watershed Conservation Centre in Fanshawe Conservation Area may notice part of the pine plantation near the parking lot has been removed. The work is part of an ecological restoration project that Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (UTRCA) staff have been working on, with funding from the Invasive Species Centre, Nature London, and UTRCA. The plan is to [...]
Rain Forecast Overnight (flood bulletin, June 6-10, 2022)
Rain Forecast Overnight (flood bulletin, June 6-10, 2022) WATERSHED CONDITIONS STATEMENT – WATER SAFETY Issued June 6, 2022 at 5:00 pm; valid until June 10, 2022 Showers and occasional thunderstorms are expected to move across Southwestern Ontario as a cold front approaches from the west. Showers will begin this evening and continue into Tuesday morning. Environment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement, which estimates the total precipitation from the [...]
Perth Children’s Water Festival a Success (UTRCA weekly, June 3, 2022)
Perth Children’s Water Festival a Success (UTRCA weekly, June 3, 2022) The first in-person Perth Children’s Water Festival was a great success with more than 500 people in attendance! The event was held at Stratford’s Falstaff Family Centre on Sunday, May 29. Families were able to participate in several hands-on, educational booths being run by community organizations to learn about the importance of water and its conservation. The City [...]
Oxford Children’s Water Festival returns to Woodstock (media release, May 30, 2022)
Oxford Children’s Water Festival returns to Woodstock (media release, May 30, 2022) After a hiatus due to the pandemic, the Oxford Children’s Water Festival returns with a free, in-person event on Saturday, June 11. The event is from 10 am to 3 pm in the day use area of Pittock Conservation Area in Woodstock. Families are invited to enjoy water-themed activities, shows by Sciensational Sssnakes, terrarium building workshops, big [...]
Oxford Children’s Water Festival returns to Woodstock (media release, May 30, 2022)
Oxford Children’s Water Festival returns to Woodstock (media release, May 30, 2022) After a hiatus due to the pandemic, the Oxford Children’s Water Festival returns with a free, in-person event on Saturday, June 11. The event is from 10 am to 3 pm in the day use area of Pittock Conservation Area in Woodstock. Families are invited to enjoy water-themed activities, shows by Sciensational Sssnakes, terrarium building workshops, big [...]
Children’s Water Festival events back in person! (UTRCA weekly, May 27, 2022)
Children’s Water Festival events back in person! (UTRCA weekly, May 27, 2022) The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (UTRCA) is happy to be back hosting Children’s Water Festival events in person. “We're so excited to be able to gather again outdoors to celebrate water in our community!” says Linda Smith, UTRCA Water Festival Coordinator. After shifting to online activities due to the pandemic, UTRCA staff are holding events both [...]
Communities for Nature is back! (UTRCA weekly, May 20, 2022)
Communities for Nature is back! (UTRCA weekly, May 20, 2022) In a typical year, approximately 10,000 trees and shrubs would be planted through the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority’s (UTRCA) “Community Forestry” program. Through this program, local schools and community members join UTRCA staff to plant native trees and wildlife shrubs in municipal parks, along watercourses, and on industrial and commercial properties. Not surprisingly, the pandemic had a big [...]
Perth Children’s Water Festival Family Event on May 29th (media release, May 17, 2022)
Perth Children’s Water Festival Family Event on May 29th Families are invited to the first in-person Perth Children’s Water Festival on Sunday, May 29, from 1-4 pm, at the Falstaff Family Centre! This free event features hands-on, family friendly activities that highlight and celebrate the importance of water. “Community partners from across Perth County have worked together to create fun and informative resources about the importance of water. We [...]
Local author, Jon-Erik Lappano, joins UTRCA for outdoor events (UTRCA weekly, May 13, 2022)
Local author, Jon-Erik Lappano, joins UTRCA for outdoor events (UTRCA weekly, May 13, 2022) The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (UTRCA) held Nature Nearby events in Mitchell and St. Marys on Saturday, May 7, featuring local author and Governor General Literary Award recipient, Jon-Erik Lappano. The inspiration for the Nature Nearby activities and inquiry-based explorations of the natural world came from Lappano’s latest book, Martin and the River, which [...]