|
Project
Name |
Project
Description |
Funding
Partner |
Amount
of Federal Funding in 2008 |
Adopt-a-Stream Crossing Stewardship
Program
Regional Municipality of York |
Will coordinate York Region
community and school groups in
planting trees and shrubs in and
around streams at Regional road
crossings. |
Regional Municipality of York; York
Environmental Stewardship; Lake
Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; York Region District
School Board; York Catholic District
School Board; Ontario Streams. |
38,000 |
Beaver
River Erosion and Habitat
Creation
Township of Brock |
Will decrease river bank erosion,
which will prevent sediment loading.
The project will also create new
fish habitats. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; Durham Land Stewardship
Council; Township of Brock; Durham
Region. |
13,285 |
Bluff's
Creek Water Quality Improvement
Plan
City of Orillia |
Will reduce the amount of phosphorus
released into Bluff's Creek. |
Kids for Turtles Environmental
Education; Ontario Nature; Georgian
Bay Islands National Park; Toronto
Zoo; Ontario Federation of Hunters
and Anglers. |
7,000 |
Bogart
Creek Bank Stabilization
Projects
Town of Newmarket |
The banks of the creek will be
stabilized to promote fish habitats. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; Regional Municipality of
York; Town of Newmarket; Lake Simcoe
Conservation Foundation; York
Environmental Stewardship; Bogart
Creek Committee. |
11,200 |
Burnett
On-Line Pond Removal
Town of Aurora |
The dam and outfall structure will
be removed and the banks will be
stabilized to improve the fish
habitat and fish migration. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; Region of York; Lake
Simcoe Conservation Foundation; Town
of Aurora; York Natural Planting
Partnership. |
52,350 |
Eastern
Creek Bank Stabilization Project
Southlake Regional Health
Centre
Town of Newmarket |
The creek banks will be stabilized.
Oil and grit separators will be
installed to assist in the reduction
of hydrocarbons, phosphorus and
sediment input from parking lot
run-off. Plunge pools will be
installed to promote fish habitats. |
Ontario Federation of Anglers and
Hunters; Lake Simcoe Region
Conservation Authority; Regional
Municipality of York; Town of
Newmarket; Lake Simcoe Conservation
Foundation; Southlake Regional
Health Centre; York Environmental
Stewardship; Bogart Creek
Restoration Committee; Helen McCrea
Peacock Foundation; York Bassmasters |
85,950 |
Gordon
Drain Manure Storage Management
Township of Brock |
Will create a new manure storage
unit, which is estimated to prevent
13kg of phosphorus from being
released into Lake Simcoe every
year. |
Durham Region; Lake Simcoe Region
Conservation Authority; Regional
Municipality of Durham. |
25,000 |
Highland Gate Habitat Improvement
Project
Town of Aurora |
The watercourse will be enhanced by
retrofitting two online ponds. Golf
course Best Management Practices
will be implemented at Highland Gate
Golf Club. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; York Region; Lake Simcoe
Conservation Foundation; Club Link;
York Natural Planting Partnership. |
24,000 |
Holland
Landing Riparian Planting
Project
Town of East Gwillimbury |
Trees and shrubs will be planted to
reduce soil erosion and prevent
phosphorus from entering the
watercourse. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; York Region; Lake Simcoe
Conservation Foundation; Town of
East Gwillimbury |
6,500 |
Holland
Marsh Riparian Pilot
Project
Township of Bradford West
Gwillimbury |
Trees and shrubs will be planted to
reduce soil erosion and prevent
phosphorus from entering the West
Holland River. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; Lake Simcoe Conservation
Foundation; Township of Bradford
West Gwillimbury; Simcoe County
Planting Partnership. |
4,600 |
Hotchkiss Creek Outlet to Kempenfelt
Bay
City of Barrie |
Will increase aquatic habitat,
improve water quality, increase flow
conveyance, and enhance passive
parkland. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; City of Barrie. |
315,000 |
Keswick
Storm water Management
Study
Town of Georgina |
Will retrofit existing storm water
control ponds and build new ponds to
improve water quality. |
Town of Georgina; Lake Simcoe Region
Conservation Authority. |
33,000 |
Kidd's
Creek Erosion Control Measures at
Cundles Road
City of Barrie |
Will stabilize creek banks and road
side slopes, as well as enhance
aquatic habitat and improve the
quality of storm runoff. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; City of Barrie |
78,750 |
Kitchener Park Naturalization
Project
City of Orillia |
Will naturalize the Kitchener Park
shoreline to discourage geese from
feeding there, which will reduce the
amount of phosphorus being released
in Lake Simcoe. |
City of Orillia; Twin Lakes
Conservation Club; Kids for Turtles;
Orillia and District Soccer Club. |
30,000 |
Lagoon
City Shoreline
Management
Township of Ramara |
Will work with residents to
establish natural vegetation along
the majority of the shoreline in
this area. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; County of Simcoe; Lake
Simcoe Water Quality Improvement
Program; Lagoon City Parks and
Waterways Commission. |
3,825 |
Lake
Simcoe Basin BMP
Inventory
Lake Simcoe Basin Sub-Watershed |
A Best Management Practices
inventory will be completed for the
Lake Simcoe Watershed focusing on
the agricultural industry, the
improvement of fish populations and
nutrient reductions. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; York Region; City of
Barrie. |
60,000 |
Lake
Simcoe Near Shore Monitoring
Program
All of Lake Simcoe |
Will provide scientific data on Lake
Simcoe's near shore areas to better
understand the lake's ecosystem. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; Ministry of Environment;
Ministry of Natural Resources;
Environment Canada |
200,000 |
Lake
Simcoe Pelagic-Benthic Coupling and
Near-shore Production
Processes
Town of Georgina |
To understand the role that the
invasive zebra mussel species has on
the way phosphorus and particulate
organic matter is processed and
distributed after it enters the
lake. |
Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources; University of Waterloo;
Ontario Ministry of the Environment. |
32,000 |
Lake
Simcoe Storm Water Protection
Program
Town of Aurora |
Will work with homeowners to retain,
filter, and use rainwater in their
own yards to reduce the amount of
rainwater that will enter storm and
sewer drains, which will decrease
the amount of pollutants that enter
Lake Simcoe. |
Windfall Ecology Centre; Green
Communities Canada; Riversides;
Trout Unlimited; Water for Tomorrow;
York Environmental Stewardship
Council; York Region. |
48,600 |
Livestock Access Restriction
Township of Uxbridge |
Will install 400 metres of livestock
exclusion fencing. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority. |
1,140 |
Loretto
Maryholme Shoreline
Restoration
Town of Georgina |
Will recreate Lake Simcoe's original
ecosystem, which will control
erosion and capture excess soil
nutrients. |
Loretto Maryholme |
6,650 |
Management and Control of
Atmospheric Sources of Phosphorus to
Lake Simcoe
Entire Lake Simcoe Watershed |
Will study the atmospheric
depositions of phosphorus into Lake
Simcoe. |
Dr. Bahram Gharabaghi from the
University of Guelph; Lake Simcoe
Region Conservation Authority;
Ontario Ministry of the Environment. |
100,000 |
Maskinonge River Adopt-a-Watershed
Project
Town of Georgina and Town of East
Gwillimbury |
The sources of phosphorus and other
contaminants will be identified and
reduced in the urban and rural
watersheds of Keswick. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; Ministry of Natural
Resources; Ministry of Environment;
Save the Maskinonge; York
Environmental Stewardship; Town of
East Gwillimbury; Town of Georgina. |
48,800 |
McGee
Creek Fencing Project
City of Kawartha Lakes |
3,686 metres of livestock exclusion
fencing will be installed. |
The Couchiching Conservancy; Ontario
Parks; The Nature Conservancy of
Canada; Ontario Species at Risk
Stewardship Fund. |
35,875 |
Phosphorus Efficient Agriculture for
Lake Simcoe
Watersheds
Regional Municipality of York and
Durham Region |
Will work with corn producers to
reduce the amount of phosphorus
released into Lake Simcoe, which is
estimated to prevent 780kg of
phosphorus from being released into
Lake Simcoe every year. |
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture,
Food & Rural Affairs; Ontario Soil
and Crop Improvement Association;
University of Guelph; Ontario Corn
Producers; Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture; Food and Rural Affairs. |
36,120 |
Portage
Road Manure Storage and
Management
City of Kawartha Lakes |
Will construct a covered manure
storage unit, which is estimated to
prevent 4.032kg of phosphorus from
being released into Lake Simcoe
every year. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; City of Kawartha Lakes. |
6,000 |
Ramara
Creeks Stewardship
Plan
Township of Ramara |
Will improve water quality by
installing exclusion fencing,
planting trees, creating riparians,
and installing a manure storage
facility. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; Township of Ramara;
Simcoe County Tree Planting Program. |
66,300 |
Roches
Point Eco Park
Project
Town of Georgina |
Will naturalize an urban street and
create a new fish habitat, as well
as improve water circulation. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; Town of Georgina; Region
of York; Lake Simcoe Conservation
Foundation; Roches Point Community
Association. |
17,150 |
Shellswell Creek Water Quality
Improvement Project
Town of Newmarket |
Livestock exclusion fencing will be
installed, which is estimated to
prevent at least 5kg of phosphorus
from being released into Lake Simcoe
every year. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; Township of Oro-Medonte;
Simcoe County Tree Planting Program. |
9,830 |
Sibbalds Creek Restoration
Project
Town of Georgina |
Trees and shrubs will be planted and
fencing will be installed to protect
the creek, as well as improve fish
populations. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; Ontario Parks; North East
Sutton Ratepayers Association;
Lakewatch Society; South Lake Simcoe
Naturalists; York Environmental
Stewardship; Region of York. |
16,490 |
Sophia
Creek Erosion Control and Bank
Stabilization from St. Vincent
Street to Lay
Street
City of Barrie |
Trees and shrubs will be planted,
which will improve water quality and
reduce nutrient and sediment
loading. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; City of Barrie. |
60,500 |
Storm
Water Retrofit Using New
Technology
Town of Newmarket |
Will retrofit an existing storm
water pond by installing a sediment
forebay and using Red Sand Filter
Technology to increase the
phosphorus uptake. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; Regional Municipality of
York; Town of Newmarket; Lake Simcoe
Conservation Foundation. |
300,000 |
Talbot
River Erosion and Habitat
Creation
Township of Brock |
Will reduce river bank erosion and
create a new fish habitat. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; Township of Brock; Region
of Durham; Durham Land Stewardship. |
5,760 |
Walter
Drive Erosion Control
Project
Town of Georgina |
The creek bank and lakeshore will be
restored by planting trees and
shrubs to improve fish habitats and
reduce sediments in the water. |
Lake Simcoe Region Conservation
Authority; York Region; Lake Simcoe
Conservation Foundation; Town of
Georgina. |
6,155 |
WWTC
Effluent Nutrient
Control
City of Orillia |
To provide a review of the
management options available for the
reduction of nutrients being
released into Lake Simcoe. |
City of Orillia; Ontario Ministry of
the Environment. |
30,000 |
Zephyr
Creek and Tributaries Habitat
Restoration/Water Quality
Improvement Project
Town of Georgina |
The water quality of Zephyr Creek
will be improved by working with
local landowners. |
Zephyr Society of Lake Simcoe; South
Lake Simcoe Naturalists; Lake Simcoe
Region Conservation Authority;
Region of York; Phil`s Haulags;
Sutton District High School;
Tallgrass Ontario; Service Canada. |
70,325 |
