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Protecting Simcoe County wetlands proves to be a challenge

Biologists were trained to evaluate wetlands, writes Bob Bowles Bob Bowles Orillia Today Sunday, November 15, 2020 Wetlands are lands...

A stop-work order has been issued after work was undertaken without a permit

‘I’ve never seen the devastation that I saw out there,’ says experienced wetland evaluator of clear-cutting near Ramara Airport By:...

Wetlands in jeopardy, as province favours developers

MZOs pose threat to environment, writes Bob Bowles Bob Bowles Orillia Today Sunday, January 31, 2021 My concerns about the degradation of...

Urban forests can improve the health of citizens

'What we're able to show with this study is just having trees around where people are living is really important,' says researcher Aug 3,...

Wetlands for sale

Orillia Today Thursday, March 3, 2011 ORILLIA - A conservation society or the government would be ideal buyers for a massive wetland now...

River Oaks Development update – December

Hello once again dear members and friends, It has been a while since our last newsletter and many of you have asked if there have been...

Candidates speak about the importance of wetlands and no interest in any bid to change zoning…

“I support the VPRA position on the R-2 zoning, as I stated in my remarks last night” Joe Fecht Ward 1 “I stand by sustainability and...

Ward 1 Candidates Respond with resounding support!

Sarah Valiquette David Campbell Mike Chatzikyriakos Douglas Winterburn Ted Emond John Swartz Joe Fecht Don Porter Wayne Gardy For contact...

A Question of Support for Orillia Wetlands

With the all candidate meetings upon us we emailed a letter to each candidate. The response has been great, with emails and phones calls...

An appeal to save Orillia wetlands

Most residents along Orillia’s Victoria Crescent have “Save Orillia Wetlands” signs on their front lawns. Now, Victoria Point homeowners...