Watershed protection this amazing needs to stand
Ontario’s Lake Simcoe Protection Act and Plan represents the best watershed policy in Canada. It’s a model so good it’s been replicated in Ontario’s Great…
Most Shoreline Municipalities Support Strong Protections for Lake Simcoe
January 19, 2021 Responding to a pre-election survey conducted by our friends at Lake Simcoe Watch, the Mayors of Aurora, Barrie, Bradford-West Gwillimbury, Brock, Georgina…
Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition guidance on the province’s Lake Simcoe Protection Plan Review survey
Hello Lake Lovers, The Province released a public survey about the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan on Friday December 18th: Public survey: Lake Simcoe Protection Plan…
If municipalities truly want a clean Lake Simcoe they need more than hope
Municipal Response to Protect Our Plan delegations to Council As the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition prepares for the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan’s statutory review to…
Minister’s Ten Year Report on Lake Simcoe Obscures Progress by Mixing Science and Politics
August 7, 2020 On July 17th Barrie-Innisfil MPP Andrea Khanjin released the Minister of the Environment’s Ten Year report on Lake Simcoe and made a…
Aggregate extraction in the home of endangered species? What this means for Lake Simcoe
There are over 27,000ha of potential aggregate resources (sand, stone and gravel) in Simcoe County.[i] Last year the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition analysed how well…
What would a Lake Simcoe Protection Plan review look like during a pandemic?
What does legitimate public consultation on the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan look like in the middle of a global pandemic? In April, the Rescue Lake…
POP! Protect Our Plan in the 2019 Review of the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan
When the Lake Simcoe Protection Act was passed in 2008, the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition, its member groups, Environmental Defense, and Ontario Nature celebrated the…
