Resources

RLSC Reports & Maps

Report: How Well-Protected Are Greenlands in Simcoe County? (2019)

Map: Levels of Environmental Protection in Simcoe County

Map: Level One Protection Features in Simcoe County

Map: Land Cover Breakdown in Simcoe County

Map: Aggregate Potential in Level One Features

RLSC Innisfil Community Mapping Event Results

RLSC Greenlands Recommendations to Durham

RLSC Comments on Innisfil MZO Request

Report: Advancing Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the Lake Simcoe Watershed

Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet: What is the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan?

Fact Sheet: What You Can Do to Keep Lake Simcoe Clean!

Fact Sheet: Naturalizing Lake Simcoe Shorelines

Fact Sheet: Increasing Natural Cover and Protections

Fact Sheet: Lake Simcoe Watershed Mapping

Fact Sheet: How Well-Protected Are Greenlands in Simcoe County?

Fact Sheet: Bradford Bypass

Videos

MPP Shaw tables motion for Lake Simcoe March 2024 at Queens Park for #WorldWaterDay2024

Shovelling Ice and Snow Maintenance Tips with Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition

Naturalizing Lake Simcoe’s Shoreline in collaboration with Parklane Landscapes
Bradford Bypass Town Hall Series- July 2023
Bradford Bypass Town Hall Series- July 2023
Bradford Bypass Town Hall Series- July 2023
Don’t Blast the Past Lower Landing Webinar-April 2023
RLSC & Econse Series
RLSC & Econse Series

RLSC Outreach to Government

Municipal

Letter to Bypass Team re Fisheries Information: Feb 7, 2024

Letter to Councils re Bypass Summer 2023: July 19, 2023

Letter to municipalities to reconsider Bradford Bypass support

Sample Letter to Lake Simcoe municipalities re Bradford Bypass

Letter to York Region re Response to Lake Simcoe Protection Plan 10 Year Review – March 2021

Model delegation to Council re Lake Simcoe Protection Plan

Model resolution to Council re Lake Simcoe Protection Plan

Provincial

Provincial Action on Road Salt Pollution of Aquatic Bodies- OSPC Letter Requesting Chloride Action- March 2024

Letter to Province regarding Endangered Species Legislation- February 2024

Joint Submission: ERO 019-7739 – Greenbelt Statute Law Amendment Act- November 30, 2023

Salt contamination letter to Spills Ontario- November 22, 2023

Letter to Khanjin-November 9, 2023

PTTW changes ERO comments- October 24, 2023

Letter to MTO re Bypass Summer 2023: July 19, 2023

Letter re. Draft Impact Assessment Report-Bradford Bypass: June 30, 2023

Provincial Policy Statement: June 6, 2023

RLSC Letter to Piccini, April 2023

Response to Greenbelt Cuts and Bill 23, November 2022

Letter Opposing Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster, October 2022

Proposed Amendment to the Greenbelt Plan

If it’s Broke, Fix it: A report on the money in Municipal Campaign Finances of 2014

Letter to the Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks re. P reduction and NHS with Simcoe County MCR submission

Letter to the Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks re. Bradford Bypass and Upper York Sewage System

Environmental Registry of Ontario Submission regarding the expansion of the Greenbelt

Bradford Bypass Letter to Minister Mulroney

Lake Simcoe Protection Plan Consultation Policy Recommendations

MZO Couchiching letter to Orillia Council

MZO Couchiching letter to Minister Steve Clark

How to Grow the Greenbelt – Ontario Greenbelt Alliance

Letter to Minister Clark re. Upper York Sewage Solution

Letter to Minister re. Lake Simcoe Protection Plan ReviewLetter to Minister re. Ten Year Report on Lake Simcoe

Joint ERO submission on the Growth Plan amendments

Briefing Note: Suggested Conditions for a Legitimate Lake Simcoe Protection Plan Review and Scoping Recommendations

Protect Our Plan priorities for the review of the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan

Download a Letter to Premier Ford and MPP to Protect Lake Simcoe 2018

Letter to MPPs re. Protect Our Plan, March 2019

Bill 66 comments by RLSC, January 2019Ontario Environment Plan RLSC comments, January 2019

Federal

Cover letter re: Federal Areas of Jurisdiction affected by the Bradford Bypass: February 21, 2024

NGO- PFAS Canada Submission: July 19 2023

Letter to Feds: Federal Budget 2023 “Freshwater Action Funds” and Lake Simcoe

Letter to Minister Guilbeault re protecting biodiversity in southern Ontario December 2022

Bradford Bypass: Letter supporting Federal EA Request (Sign-ons from groups) December 2021

Bradford Bypass: Update letter to Federal Minister of Environment December 2021

Bradford Bypass: Federal Impact Assessment Request November 2021

Bradford Bypass: Request for Federal Review of Environmental Assessment

Submitted letter to Feds re Lake Simcoe Clean Up Fund 2020

Template Letter to Feds re Lake Simcoe Clean Up Fund 2020

Lake Simcoe Background for Feds

Ontario Provincal Documents

Working Along the Shore: Lake Simcoe. A professional’s guide

Technical Definitions and Criteria for Identifying Key Natural Heritage Features and Key Hydrologic Features for the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan

High Quality Natural Cover map in the Lake Simcoe Watershed

Download the Lake Simcoe Protection Act

Download the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan

Download the Lake Simcoe Phosphorous Reduction Strategy

2012 Report of the Lake Simcoe Science Committee

Download the Lake Simcoe Monitoring Report 2014

Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority (LSRCA) Documents

2018 Lake Simcoe Watershed Report Card

Lake Simcoe Subwatershed Plans Implementation Report

Lake Simcoe Sub-Watershed Plans

Sub-watershed plans have now been completed for nearly all of the tributaries flowing into the lake, as well as the islands of the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation. As part of the sub-watershed planning process, implementation plans have been developed which identify a schedule of priority projects to be completed, as well as which agencies will be responsible for their completion.

Access all sub-watershed plans by the LRSCA

Other Resources & Research