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Governing Documents

This is the Governing Documents web page.

Bylaws and Administration Regulations

The Conservation Authority bylaws (by-laws) are made under section 19.1 of the Conservation Authorities Act.

The page includes governing documents; bylaws and administration regulations; Strategic Documents; and Board documents..

The Conservation Authority bylaws (by-laws) are made under section 19.1 of the Conservation Authorities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.27.

Board Composition
Strategic Plans

This page includes other documents, prepared by the Conservation Authority, such as a strategic plan, that, in the opinion of the Conservation Authority, is appropriate to post on the Governance section of the website referred to in section 3 (2):

Watershed-Based Resource Management Strategy

The Watershed-Based Resource Management Strategy (WBRMS) provides a framework for ABCA priorities and operations. It incorporates information from previous documents and addresses emerging watershed issues and action plans.

The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) Board of Directors has approved the Watershed-Based Resource Management Strategy (WBRMS).

The new Strategy is posted on the Ausable Bayfield Conservation website as per Ontario Regulation 686/21: Mandatory Programs and Services under Conservation Authorities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.27.

The document is available in alternate format upon request.

The approval of the WBRMS follows a Public Notice of Consultation on Watershed-Based Resource Management Strategy on August 10, 2023 and a public consultation which took place until September 15, 2023 at 1 p.m. 

The watershed strategy goes beyond a traditional a watershed planning document. It is also a business plan for the ABCA and identifies opportunities to collaborate with other organizations and engage landowners to achieve watershed conservation. Climate change resiliency and adaptation are embedded within the document.  

The strategy includes characterizing the watershed, setting priorities and objectives, evaluating progress made through the previous strategy, identifying gaps, and creating action plans.

Conservation Lands Strategy

The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) Board of Directors has approved the Conservation Lands Strategy (CLS) on November 21, 2024.

The new Strategy is posted on the Ausable Bayfield Conservation website as per Ontario Regulation 686/21: Mandatory Programs and Services under Conservation Authorities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.27.

The document is available in alternate format upon request.

This new document provides an over-arching framework that guides management planning, and implementation on all ABCA properties. 

The strategy recognizes the mission, and vision of the ABCA, and includes further management goals, objectives, and considerations that subsequently guides property-level management planning and implementation. 

Last winter, ABCA completed preliminary public engagement to better understand how the community uses ABCA property. Through this engagement, ABCA learned more about the properties that people are using, and how often they visit the properties; what type of activities people are participating in, how they felt ABCA should invest in the properties, and how the community felt management objectives should be prioritized. 

ABCA received positive feedback through these engagement efforts, and the feedback was incorporated into the development of the Conservation Lands Strategy. 

ABCA subsequently received feedback, through written comments, on the draft Conservation Lands Strategy, between October 2 and 22, 2024. 

That consultation period is now complete. Thank you for having provided your comments.

Conservation Strategy

 diverse community group of 34 contributors participated in meetings in 2010 and 2011. Their work resulted in  The Path Forward: Your Community Conservation Strategy for Ausable Bayfield Watersheds  (download full PDF below or visit the interactive online Conservation Strategy) .

Download a letter-sized PDF of the Conservation Strategy for printing:

This plan was prepared, by the community, to guide the direction of this local organization's board of directors and staff. Explore the details of our Conservation Strategy by downloading the PDF file of the Conservation Strategy or clicking on the interactive online version of the community's Strategy.

Watershed Management Strategy 2015

The Watershed Management Strategy (2015) implemented the Conservation Strategy.

Governance



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