Ontario’s Conservation Authorities 2023 Watershed Report Cards provide a ‘check up’ on the health of many of Ontario’s Watersheds. They track and report on the surface and groundwater quality as well as the conditions of our forests.
The results of this information can be used by Conservation Authorities and other practitioners, all levels of government, industry and environmental agencies to help conserve, restore and protect the natural resources that support us.
Natural ecosystems such as forests, wetlands and lakes provide us with a wide variety of benefits which, in turn, support us in many different ways.
Conservation authority watershed report cards reflect environmental changes underway in their watersheds. What they are finding today is that our water and land natural resources are stressed and require improvements.
Conditions remain much the same since the last reporting period in 2018 and this is largely due to the watershed restoration, protection and enhancement efforts of many – landowners, all levels of government and environmental agencies such as conservation authorities.
However, we need to go beyond status quo - the impacts of climate change are growing and conditions can deteriorate rapidly without more work being done.
