News and Events
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ABCA properties, trails open to public
Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) properties and trails are open for public use contingent on following public health direction.
Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2020New, local Get Outdoors Bingo Game
From October 1 to 29, 2020, there is a new Get Outdoors Bingo game and contest. Find out more!
Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2020Activities to replace Owl Prowl in 2020
Find out about Raptor Month and other activities that replace the Owl Prowl in November of 2020.
Posted: Tuesday, October 6, 2020Three new education programs this autumn
Ausable Bayfield Conservation creates new outdoor learning programs at Morrison Dam Conservation Area for preschoolers, remote learners and homeschoolers.
Posted: Thursday, October 1, 2020Take precautions near shoreline
Consider relocating decks, etc. as pending autumn, winter storms and high lake levels threaten flooding, coastal erosion, bluff failure.
Posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2020Water protection improvements since Walkerton
New article documents many of the needed improvements put into place since the Walkerton Inquiry, an independent Commission presided over by Commissioner Dennis R. O'Connor, a Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.
Posted: Monday, September 21, 2020Equipment theft at farm research project
The Huronview Demonstration Farm, south of Clinton, has experienced recent thefts and vandalism.
Posted: Friday, September 11, 2020New dune, bluff vegetation shoreline fact sheets
Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) is creating and sharing some new fact sheets of interest to shoreline property owners. The three 2020 Lake Huron fact sheets include guidelines for bluff and dune vegetation and bluff access.
Posted: Wednesday, September 2, 2020Cover Crops 101
Ross Wilson, MSC; PAg; CCA-ON; Water and Soils Resource Coordinator, Ausable Bayfield Conservation, talks about the many benefits of cover crops and service crops.
Posted: Friday, August 7, 2020How high are Lake Huron water levels?
Lake Huron has not reached the record-high levels of October 1986 but it has reached monthly records in 2020.
Posted: Friday, August 7, 2020Plant hope, this fall, with trees
Despite the tough times communities and families have been through, they are looking to the future with hope. Plant trees, and hope this year, through fall tree orders.
Posted: Thursday, August 6, 2020New booms added safety measure at Parkhill Dam
Field staff, from Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA), have installed two new safety booms at Parkhill Dam.
Posted: Friday, July 31, 2020New boom at Morrison Dam adds safety
Field staff, from Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA), have installed a new safety boom at Morrison Dam east of Exeter.
Posted: Friday, July 31, 2020
