Meet the new UTRCA Chair (UTRCA Weekly, February 11, 2021)
Meet the new UTRCA Chair (UTRCA Weekly, February 11, 2021) Feb 11, 2021 - The UTRCA Board of Directors annual elections were held at the January 26th meeting. Our new Chair is Councillor Alan Dale, who represents the Townships of Norwich and South-West Oxford. We asked Alan a few questions about his new role. Why did you join the UTRCA Board of Directors? I was on municipal council from 1994 to 2006 and the best part of it was being on the Board of the Grand River Conservation Authority from 2000 to 2010. I lost the municipal election in 2006 [...]
Cover Crop Research (UTRCA Weekly, February 1, 2021)
Cover Crop Research (UTRCA Weekly, February 1, 2021) The UTRCA’s Conservation Services staff work with farmers across the watershed to help them implement a variety of agricultural best management practices. Since 2015, we’ve been working on a cover crop research project with approximately 20 landowners in the upper Medway Creek watershed, north of London. Thanks to new funding, we’ve been able to expand these efforts recently. Farmers can grow cover crops both before the main crop is planted and after it is harvested. Many different plant species can be used as cover crops, each providing [...]