How do Conservation Authorities protect and manage the watershed?
Ontario’s 36 Conservation Authorities are already organized on a watershed basis throughout Ontario and currently manage flood and erosion control as a provincially delegated responsibility. A watershed approach makes the most sense since watercourses flow where nature takes them – across federal, provincial and municipal boundaries. Conservation Authorities work with partners such as municipal, regional, provincial and federal governments as well as watershed residents and other non-governmental agencies in planning and delivering watershed management programs and services. For example, CAs are working with the Ministry of the Environment to establish a provincial groundwater monitoring network of about 400 stations.
