General

Otonabee Conservation released their 2023 Annual Report to the Watershed Community, at their board meeting on April 18^th. The report highlights last year’s accomplishments, thanks donors for their contributions, and gives supporters a better understanding of the Conservation Authority’s impact.

Otonabee Conservation staff are conducting spring dam operations including placing stop-logs into dams and installing warning buoys and buoy-lines upstream of Authority-owned dams.

Recent changes to the Conservation Authorities Act and its regulations will come into effect on April 1, 2024, providing Conservation Authorities across Ontario with amendments that have been anticipated for some time.

Again this year, campers are able to book their campsites online for Otonabee Conservation’s three campgrounds: Warsaw Caves Conservation Area, Beavermead Campground, and Lakefield Campground.

Land owners can purchase native bare-root tree seedlings. Orders can be submitted online starting on Wednesday, February 7th, with pickup in spring. The order deadline is Sunday, March 17^th.

Bobcaygeon Brewing Company and McThirsty’s Pint announced that the second edition of their ‘Community Brew’ collaboration series raised $1,751.50 in support of Otonabee Conservation's Jackson Creek Trail.

For the first time since before the pandemic, the Otonabee Conservation Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held in person on January 18th, 2024. Watershed residents, supporters, donors, staff, and members of the board of directors joined at the Riverview Park and Zoo Rotary Education Centre to celebrate Otonabee Conservation’s accomplishments in 2023.

Have you heard of frazil ice? Frazil ice is a kind of slush ice. It can form in watercourses when cold air temperatures and wind chill combine to cause surface water temperature to be super-cooled.

Otonabee Conservation Board and staff are pleased to provide a first draft of a new Strategic Plan for your review and input.

Review the Draft Strategic Plan and please send you comments to Janette Loveys Smith, CAO/Secretary-Treasurer at jsmith@otonabeeconservation.ca or 705-745-5791 by Monday, January 29, 2024.

The final draft will include the other relevant sections, will be formatted, and designed accordingly. 

25 community volunteers and staff from Peterborough Humane Society and Otonabee Conservation planted 125 native trees and shrubs at the Peterborough Humane Society Animal Care Centre.