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75th Anniversary date is Friday, July 30th, 2021
Ausable Bayfield Conservation invites you – all year long – to celebrate, with us, 75 Years of Conservation during our 75th anniversary year (1946-2021).
We will be hosting activities to celebrate our community partnerships until the end of the year but we do have a special date coming up very shortly.
This Friday, July 30, 2021 is the 75th anniversary of Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) and the Conservation Authorities Act.
Watch for announcements in the coming days of other activities to celebrate this milestone.
Watch for a video slide show of historical photos to be released later this week.
Memory Lane runs through Ausable Bayfield watersheds this week ...
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Program boosts cover crops for second consecutive year
Cover crop grant programs offer up to $45 per acre for farmers in Bayfield and Lake Huron tributary watersheds
Landowners in the Bayfield and Lake Huron tributary watersheds are now eligible for an enhanced cost-share program that offers $30 per acre, up to 100 acres, for planting cover crops.
“If you have been thinking about trying cover crops, this is an excellent opportunity,” said Hope Brock, Healthy Watersheds Technician with Ausable Bayfield Conservation.
When the program is coupled with funding from the Huron County Clean Water Project, agricultural producers in these watersheds can receive a total of $45 per acre thanks to the enhanced Cover Crop Boost Program.
New this year is that a multi-species cover crop is no longer required if planted after corn or soybeans. Farmers planting one or more species after wheat are still eligible for the $30 per acre grant.
To find out more about grants to plant cover crops contact Hope Brock (hbrock@abca.ca) or Nathan Schoelier (nschoelier@abca.ca), at Ausable Bayfield Conservation, 519-235-2610 or toll-free 1-888-286-2610.
Funding is limited and some restrictions apply. Application intake deadlines are July 31 and August 31.
Cover crops have many benefits to the farmer and the community. They help to protect water quality and build soil health. Cover crops help to reduce loss of nutrients and topsoil, reduce the amount and speed of water running off of land, and reduce wind speed at ground level which reduces wind and water erosion and the speed of water runoff. Those are just some of the benefits.
Do you need some help to decide what to plant? You may contact your local cover crop seed supplier (www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/resource/covercrp.htm), talk to your neighbour, or contact your certified crop advisor.
You may also want to use the cover crop decision tool here:
For Bayfield and Gully Watershed boundaries consult the Watershed Report Cards at abca.ca.
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Municipal Features for Ausable Bayfield Conservation 75th Anniversary
In 2021, Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) is celebrating its 75th anniversary (1946-2021) and 75 Years of Conservation in partnership with the community. ABCA is honouring its 12 member municipalities, during this anniversary year, for their partnership, over the past 75 years, which helps to protect life and property, water, soil, and habitat for all living things.
We are publishing profiles of community stewardship in our member municipalities throughout our 75th anniversary year.
To learn more visit abca.ca.
Our first three features profile community stewardship in the municipalities of Huron East; West Perth; and South Huron.
Watch in the coming weeks and months for 75th anniversary features on our other member municipalities.
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Municipal Feature
– Huron East
Municipality of Huron East is located in the headwaters of the Bayfield River
by Denise Iszczuk, Conservation Educator
Over the years, the Municipality of Huron East has supported and partnered with Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) to educate local students about soil, water and habitat for all living things.
The staff and students of St. James and St. Columban Catholic Schools and Seaforth Public School have always been keen to learn about the world around them.
A favourite field trip is to study science at one of ABCA’s conservation areas and even making the trip to Rock Glen Conservation Area near Arkona.
Many students in Grade 6 were immersed in outdoor studies while attending the Sylvan Conservation Program at Camp Sylvan.
In 2011, students and staff at Seaforth Public School ‘greened’ up their school by planting trees and shrubs.
In recent years, the Municipality of Huron East participated in the Yellow Fish Road™ program of Trout Unlimited Canada for the painting of yellow fish by the storm drains. The yellow fish serve as a reminder that storm drains are linked to nearby rivers. Teachers and their students from Seaforth Public School were happy to get involved with this project.
This past autumn, local support helped to produce a Virtual Tour of the Water Treatment Facility in Seaforth.
This engaging video can be viewed on Ausable Bayfield Conservation’s YouTube Channel.
Hats off to Huron East!
The collage of four photos shows Huron East students planting; water treatment operator Alyssa Keller in a video at the Seaforth water treatment plant; a school planting project; and Yellow Fish Road™ educational painting by storm sewer in Seaforth.
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Municipal Feature –
South Huron
South Huron’s stewards, volunteers, communities make positive difference in Ausable Bayfield watersheds
Communities and volunteers have created and improved trails in South Huron and landowners have used innovative conservation methods to protect soil, water
By Abbie Gutteridge, Chair, Ausable Bayfield Conservation 75th Anniversary Committee
The Municipality of South Huron has a variety of landscapes – from acres of farmland, to forested trails, to urban centres and lakeshore communities. This diverse area has been shaped by the people who call it home.
The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) Administration Centre office has been located in South Huron for 75 years, first in Exeter, and then at the Morrison Dam Conservation Area east of Exeter since 1983. During this time, ABCA has had the privilege of working closely with the communities in South Huron on projects that benefit the entire municipality and the greater watershed.
Staff from ABCA have enjoyed working with many farmers on stewardship efforts throughout the municipality. Farms in Usborne and Stephen were among the early adopters of no-till and conservation tillage practices, with support from conservation programs. Always innovators, today many South Huron farmers have added cover crops to their rotation to improve soil health and productivity and help water quality. This not only benefits the crops, but also helps to reduce erosion and sediment in local streams, rivers, and Lake Huron.
When visiting MacNaughton Park in Exeter, Ontario you will find the start of the MacNaughton-Morrison Section of the South Huron Trail. This eight-kilometre trail follows the Ausable River and circles Morrison Reservoir, making it a scenic hike with diverse wildlife.
The MacNaughton-Morrison section of the Trail was constructed in 2002 as a partnership between several organizations in the community including: Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority; Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation; Exeter Lions Club; the Municipality of South Huron; local landowners; and many other community supporters.
In 2018, Jones Bridge (dedicated by Donna Jones, in loving memory of Ted Jones) was built to connect the sections of the trail and allow walkers a safe way to cross the Ausable River. This bridge was made possible by generous donors and volunteers and is a testament to the spirit of community in South Huron!
The Friends of the South Huron Trail, formed in 2005, is a group of local volunteers who care for the trail and community by hosting cleanup days and events, fundraise for the trail and provide support that increases opportunities for people with limited mobility to experience nature on the trail. This group continues to help make this trail a benefit to the health and well-being of the South Huron community.
These are just a few examples of positive partnerships that have developed over 75 years, and we look forward to the next 25 years of working with the communities of the Municipality of South Huron!
PHOTO COLLAGE – MUNICIPAL PROFILE SERIES FEATURES SOUTH HURON: In this collage of three photos, we see (clockwise from left); tree planting and stewardship in South Huron; a file photo of some members of Friends of the South Huron Trail; and some beautiful sunflower cover crops planted to help improve soil health and water quality. Congratulations to the citizens and community groups of South Huron for your contribution to 75 Years of Conservation.
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Valuing Green Infrastructure
Building, protecting and enhancing natural environmental features to help us adapt to extreme weather and our changing climate is the topic of a new video webinar by Hope Brock, Healthy Watersheds Technician; and Tommy Kokas, Water Resources Engineer, both with Ausable Bayfield Conservation.
This video is part of the Municipality of South Huron's Rising to the Challenge Climate Change Video Webinar Series.
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Trees, Stewardship, Grants and Preparing for the Future
Ian Jean, Forestry and Land Stewardship Specialist with Ausable Bayfield Conservation highlights, in this video webinar, how tree planting, forest management, and stewardship – with grant and staff support – can help us to build resiliency and adapt to weather extremes and continued changes to our climate.
This is part of the Municipality of South Huron's Rising to the Challenge Climate Change Video Series.
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Take Our 75th Anniversary Survey
Congratulations to Our Prize Draw Winners
Abbie Gutteridge is Chair of Ausable Bayfield Conservation’s 75th Anniversary Planning Committee.
She said the current survey is a chance for Ausable Bayfield Conservation to learn from local residents and for local residents to learn about conservation.
Thanks to those people who have already filled out the survey and we invite you to do it too and maybe win a prize in a draw for taking the time.
Congratulations to our prize winners:
- Christopher Hills, of Seaforth, wins The River and the Rocks by Jean Davies Wright.
- Margaret McBride, of Bayfield, wins a copy of Photo Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Ontario.
- Katrina Wynne, of Port Franks, wins a copy of Living with Nature: A Landowner's Guide to Native Vegetation, by Kari Jean and Ian Jean.
We are also planning to give away a copy of Photo Field Guide to the Freshwater Mussels of Ontario.
Take the survey to have a chance at winning a prize! Take the survey now:
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Visit Ausable Bayfield Conservation website, social media for latest Low Water Advisories
Low Water Advisories are issued on our website and social media channels but our electronic newsletter is intermittent so for the best and most current information please visit our website at abca.ca and our social media channels (Facebook and Twitter).
The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) Water Response Team (WRT) had issued a Level 1 Low Water Advisory for the entire ABCA watershed area on June 4, 2021. The WRT removed the Low Water Advisory on July 12, 2021.
The team will continue to monitor conditions to determine if future low water advisories are needed.
Visit ontario.ca/lowwater for further resources on the Ontario low water response program or the website at abca.ca for the dynamic low-water advisory tool which alerts people to low-water advisories in effect in the watershed.
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Visit ABCA website, social media channels for latest flood messages
Flood messages are issued on our website and social media channels (Facebook and Twitter) but our electronic newsletter is intermittent so for the best and most current information please visit our website at abca.ca and our social media channels.
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Groundwater model video shows how our aquifers work
Many of us get our treated drinking water from a groundwater source, from underneath our feet in an aquifer.
What does an aquifer look like? What can contaminate it? What is it and how does it work and how do we protect it?
The Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley Source Protection Committee (SPC) has released its sixth video, in a recent series, to help provide answers to these questions.
Video host Jennette Walker, of Zurich, is an environment sector representative on the SPC. By using a groundwater model and colourful dyes she illustrates how aquifers work to provide us with drinking water. She also describes some of the common activities in our area that can cause contamination if not properly managed. These activities can include leaking underground fuel tanks, improperly applied manure and fertilizer, septic systems that aren’t regularly inspected, and abandoned wells or wells that are not properly sealed.
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Video showcases Drinking Water Protection Zone signs
A new video showcases local signs that alert the public about zones, near municipal wells, where drinking water sources are most at risk.
Continued positive actions are needed to protect the groundwater in these zones, according to the Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley Source Protection Committee (SPC).
The video is hosted by Dave Frayne, a municipal representative on the SPC for the Southwest municipalities group (Bluewater; Central Huron; Perth South; South Huron; West Perth).
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Huron Clean Water Project now accepting applications
The Huron Clean Water Project is a fund that supports water quality projects in Huron County.
In 2021, the County of Huron allocated $450,000 in funds for water quality projects by Huron County residents, landowners, and community groups.
The Maitland Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) and the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) deliver the program on behalf of the County of Huron.
“The total value of past Huron Clean Water projects is an astounding $13.1 million,” said Warden Glen McNeil. “These investments made by the County, community partners and community members demonstrate Huron’s commitment to being good stewards of our land and waterways now and in the future. Well done to all involved in this important project.”
Investing and participating in on-the-ground water quality improvement projects contributes to healthy soil and water and will provide lasting benefits for the residents of Huron County and generations to follow.
Limited funding assistance covering up to 50 per cent of the costs of eligible projects is awarded to county farmers, rural landowners, businesses and community organizations.
County of Huron funding can be combined with other sources such as the Canada-Ontario Environmental Farm Plan cost-share program, Canada Nature Fund, and Forests Ontario tree planting subsidy programs.
The Huron Clean Water Project is in its seventeenth year of providing financial and technical support to improve and protect water quality on Huron County farms and rural properties. Since 2005, Huron County residents have completed more than 3,100 stewardship projects with funding from the Clean Water Project, including:
- 864 tree planting projects
- 591 wells decommissioned
- 404 wells upgraded
- 24,000 acres of cover crops
- 216 kilometres of windbreaks
- 273 erosion control projects
- 99 unused liquid manure storages decommissioned
To apply for funding, or to obtain further information, call Maitland Valley Conservation Authority at 519-335-3557, extension 236 or Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority at 519-235-2610 or toll-free 1-888-286-2610, extension 227 .
Learn more about the Huron Clean Water Project here:
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Fall tree order form (2021) is now available online
Ausable Bayfield Conservation is pleased to offer spring and fall tree order programs for landowners in the watersheds.
Thanks go to the landowners who plant tens of thousands of new trees in our watershed each year.
The Fall Tree Order Form (2021) is now available online, for viewing and download, here:
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Municipal Feature –
West Perth
Off to a good start
by Kate Monk, Manager of Stewardship, Land and Education
You wouldn’t know, looking at the tiny creeks in West Perth, that they will become the Ausable River that reaches Lake Huron at Port Franks, or the Bayfield River at Bayfield. The people who rely on the river, throughout its journey to the lake, owe a large measure of thanks to the landowners who work diligently to conserve the headwaters.
A drive through Hibbert Township and Logan Township shows the landscape features that help the rivers get off to a good start.
One of the most striking features are the tall, long rows of Spruce and Cedar trees.
Most of these trees were purchased from the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) Reforestation Assistance Program. Some landowners planted the trees but many hired ABCA to do the planting.
For decades, landowners have been planting tree windbreaks to prevent the wind from eroding valuable topsoil.
Many of the windbreaks stretch the entire length of a farm and are more than fifty feet tall. With lower wind velocity, the soil stays on the fields where it’s needed to grow crops. Windbreaks reduce wind speeds for up to 20 times their height. Although many windbreaks are perpendicular to roads, many have been planted along roadsides. These living snow fences can reduce the amount of snow blowing across roads, thereby improving driver visibility. They also provide habitat for beneficial bird species that will eat crop pests.
Windbreaks, planted along creeks and rivers, have the added benefit of shading the water, keeping it cool for fish and other aquatic life, and keeping soil from entering the creeks. Even grassed buffers can trap soil before it reaches the creek. These grassed buffers are often used by farm equipment to avoid compacting the farm fields and farm families enjoy walking along the creeks. The corridors of green provide excellent wildlife habitat.
Windbreaks that surround farmsteads are called shelterbelts. They help reduce heating costs and cooling costs while providing a more pleasant environment for livestock and farmers.
Hibbert is known for the back-forty forests; the long, linear woodlots in the middle of concessions. These include seeps and springs that feed the headwater streams. The snow stays in these woodlots a little longer in the spring to extend the spring freshet and augments base flow. Rain falling in woodlots also recharges aquifers. As an added bonus, the Sugar Maple woodlots produce maple syrup which supplements farm income.
It’s not just trees that help the rivers get off to a good start. Farmers are practicing crop rotation, conservation tillage, planting cover crops and installing berms and grassed waterways to keep the soil on the fields and build soil health, making it more resilient to drought and heavy rainfall events. Every one per cent of organic matter in the soil can absorb an inch of rain.
Thanks to the landowners in the Ausable and Bayfield headwaters for their dedication to conservation!
PHOTO COLLAGE – HEADWATERS STEWARDSHIP IN WEST PERTH HELPS AUSABLE, BAYFIELD RIVERS GET OFF TO A GOOD START – In this photo collage of seven photos, are shown (clockwise from top left): 1. The Staffa sign in the headwaters of the Ausable and Bayfield Rivers; 2. A forest in the ‘Back 40’; 3. A buffer in West Perth; 4. A West Perth windbreak; 5. Conservation tillage in West Perth; 6. A West Perth forest; and 7. A shelterbelt in West Perth. Tiny creeks in West Perth turn into the Ausable River reaching Lake Huron at Port Franks and into the Bayfield River at Bayfield. Therefore, Ausable Bayfield Conservation is thanking all the landowners using best management practices and stewardship to conserve the headwaters. Tall, long rows of Spruce and Cedar trees are among the features that help give the rivers a good start. Tree windbreaks and ‘living snow fences’ in West Perth help to preserve valuable topsoil from wind erosion. Grassed buffers trap soil before the creek. Forests in the ‘back 40’ include seeps and springs that feed headwater streams. Trees, conservation tillage, cover crops, berms, and grassed waterways all help to build soil health which helps in times of drought and times of heavy storms. Ausable Bayfield Conservation is thanking West Perth landowners for helping to give the rivers and lake a great head start. (Photos by Kate Monk)
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Golfers can raise needed funds for South Huron Trail in new way in 2021
Committee changes format for 2021 for golfing activity to raise funds for South Huron Trail
Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation, charity golf committee change tournament format to staged tee-off times in 2021 in order to help keep golfers safe while continuing to raise funds needed for South Huron Trail
Golfing to raise funds for the South Huron Trail is returning in 2021. Instead of the traditional tournament format, this year there are staggered tee times for golfers.
There are golf times starting at 9 a.m. and continuing every nine minutes afterwards. South Huron Trail Fundraising Golf takes place on Monday, August 23 at Ironwood Golf Club.
Golfers must register ahead of time, with Ausable Bayfield Conservation, to get tee times. Please contact Sharon Pavkeje by email at spavkeje@abca.ca or by phone at 519-235-2610 or toll-free 1-888-286-2610, extension 221 to pre-register and confirm your tee time. (Payment is made, the day of the fundraiser, directly to Ironwood Golf Club.)
Green fees are $38.75 plus tax. If you wish a cart, then costs are $16.95 plus tax (divider available). Junior golfers and Ironwood members will receive a reduced fee. (Please indicate when you register).
Lunch is available for purchase at the Ironwood restaurant following a game for those who want lunch.
Ironwood Golf Club is located at 70969 Morrison Line, two kilometres (about one mile) east of Exeter, south of Highway 83.
Donations to Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation (ABCF) for the South Huron Trail are also welcome and a charitable gift receipt for income tax purposes is provided for donations.
Community volunteers helped the South Huron Trail Fundraiser Golf Tournament raise more than $63,000 for the trail over almost a decade and a half between 2005 and 2019.
The charity golf event was cancelled in 2020 as a safety measure during the pandemic. The charity golf activity is back in 2021 but the committee is changing the format for this year in order to help keep group numbers small and groups of golfers safely distanced from each other. The community golf fundraiser is hosted by the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation with volunteer support.
“We invite you to have a fun game of golf and support the South Huron Trail at the same time,” said Dave Frayne, Chair of the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation (ABCF). “We hope to return to our regular golf tournament format next year if possible,” he said. “We hope this new format for 2021 is a great way to continue to raise funds for the South Huron Trail while also doing our part to help keep people safe. We are looking forward to a morning of enjoyable activity while supporting our community at the same time.”
To learn more, visit abca.ca and southhurontrail.com or call Ausable Bayfield Conservation at 519-235-2610 or toll-free 1-888-286-2610.
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Join us for trivia!
Join Ausable Bayfield Conservation for 75th anniversary (1946-2021) trivia, on Facebook Live, on Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 11 a.m.
Visit the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Facebook page:
We hope to see you there!
#AusableBayfield75th
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Love Your Greats this Saturday, August 14, 2021
Love Your Greats Day promotes local action to protect our Great Lakes
A day to celebrate and protect our Great Lakes, called Love Your Greats, is held the second Saturday of every August. This year this special day takes place on Saturday, August 14, 2021.
Love Your Greats Day organizers say local citizens and local communities can take positive actions to protect Lake Huron and the other Great Lakes.
They encourage you to think about the individual actions you can take to protect and improve Lake Huron and the other Great Lakes.
They invite you to reduce your plastic use, find out about Lake Huron, and to choose products that don’t pollute. They also encourage you to consider projects that slow down or capture runoff. These projects include wetlands, tree planting, rain barrels, and rain gardens.
As Love Your Greats Day approaches, consider positive actions such as planting rain gardens. Do you have a location for a rain garden in your yard?
#LakeHuronStartsHere
Below is a photo of a rain garden, in front of The Andersons, Inc. in Hensall, Ontario. This rain garden helps to protect water by capturing water that might otherwise run off the parking lot onto the street.
Local students and community members helped to plant this rain garden, with the support of Ausable Bayfield Conservation staff, in June of 2018. Now, in the fourth year for the garden, Healthy Watersheds Technician Hope Brock said in 2021, “the plants have really taken off.”
Roots have been established and are helping to filter stormwater runoff before it reaches Black Creek, Ausable River and Lake Huron, she said.
Filtering runoff is not all rain gardens do.
“Rain gardens do double duty as they not only hold back and filter water but they also provide habitat and food for bees, butterflies and other insects,” Hope said.
Valuable pollination is evident in the following photos which show bees doing essential pollinating of the rain garden plants which include Sweet Oxeye (a yellow plant); Joe Pyeweed (a pink plant); and Wild Bergamot (a purple plant).
The Municipality of South Huron, as part of its Rising to the Challenge climate change video series, has prepared videos that share ways to help us to adapt to weather extremes.
One of those videos, Valuing Green Infrastructure, featuring Ausable Bayfield Conservation’s Hope Brock and Tommy Kokas, provides a number of ‘green infrastructure’ innovations (such as permeable pavement, rain barrels, rain gardens, and native species planting) you can consider to reduce impacts.
To watch the video visit this web page:
There are many other ways you can help Lake Huron.
You could take litterless lunches to the beach, or properly disposing of waste, or help clean up litter along Lake Huron if you find it.
You can use reusable water bottles and fill them up at local water refill stations.
“Each positive action you take adds up,” organizers say.
To find out more actions you can take to keep your Great Lake great, follow Love Your Greats Day on Facebook at facebook.com/loveyourgreats/ and on their website at loveyourgreats.com.
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Remembering Laurence Ross Brown, Source Protection Committee Chair
Laurence Brown, or Larry Brown, was the first Chair of the first Drinking Water Source Protection Committee in Ontario. He was also a leader, colleague, and friend.
The Province of Ontario announced Larry’s appointment as Chair of the Ausable Bayfield Maitland Valley Source Protection Committee in 2007.
He capably served in that role for a decade until retiring from the Chair position in 2016.
Our entire region benefitted from a decade of Larry’s leadership.
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We were privileged to honour Larry for his years of service with a tribute at a source protection committee meeting in September 2016.
We remember Larry for his calm and steady, skilful, and visionary leadership.
It is fifteen years since the passing of the Ontario Clean Water Act, 2006. People are now familiar and comfortable with this successful program but a decade and a half ago, source protection was something new and when things are new they can be a worry for people.
Stakeholders were concerned at that time. We needed an experienced, capable, calm, knowledgeable, and steady leader to reassure people that we could protect drinking water sources, in a practical and science-based way, while not placing any unreasonable burdens on people.
Larry was the face of source protection. He was at the front of the halls, at many meetings and open houses, leading an intense and comprehensive public consultation.
He built a foundation of information exchange and respect upon which source protection plans could be built.
Larry met with individuals and with many interests in the industrial, commercial, agricultural, residential, municipal, and institutional sectors.
He guided the creation of locally developed, provincially approved source protection plans. This was not an easy task. There were years of technical work, complex science, and robust discussion at the committee table.
Larry was able to respect and listen to the questions and concerns raised by the different voices at the table. He was able to synthesize that input into plans that respected all those interests, and valued that local knowledge and expertise, and, at the end of the day, the whole committee got behind their approval and implementation.
Larry envisioned and implemented a robust public education and engagement program that would build the strong foundation upon which later policy implementation and risk management measures were added.
The safety of our municipal drinking water sources, and the health of our people, have benefitted from his leadership.
Another sign of a great leader is when they build an organization or program that can live on and thrive even when the person in charge retires. Larry managed a seamless transition to new Chair Matt Pearson who had served with the committee since the beginning.
Larry was a proud resident of the local Parkhill area.
Larry Brown, a registered professional engineer, worked in both the private sector and the public sector.
He worked for 3M and he became General Manager at Tuckey Beverages.
Larry gave many years of skilled and steady leadership as a public administrator. He was a member of the Association of Municipal Administrators of Ontario and former Chief Administrative Officer of the Municipality of South Huron and, before that, with Stephen Township.
He earned a Master in Public Administration from University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Applied Science in engineering from the University of Waterloo.
We think, at this time, of Larry’s dear wife Jane and their children and grandchildren. We think also of his siblings and the entire family as they mourn this great loss.
We think of Larry’s bravery dealing with a long and brutal illness.
We know Larry and Jane loved sailing on the water as well as protecting the water.
We will try to concentrate on those happy memories.
Larry was a gifted leader. He was also someone who was fun to work with and, Larry, we will miss your smile as much as we will miss your legacy of leadership.
Those of us who knew you can consider ourselves lucky indeed.
If you did not know Larry we can only share what a joy it was to know him.
Even if you did not know him, if you live in, or visit, Ausable Bayfield or Maitland Valley watersheds, you can know the water is safer and cleaner because of the work of Larry and the committee he led and the years of service he gave.
Larry – you left a proud legacy for your community.
Your work, your legacy, and your memory will live on.
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The office is currently closed to visitors until further notice, in response to the current pandemic, but staff continue to deliver programs and services and are available to serve you by email and phone and Zoom video conference and on site using coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic protocols. Programs and services, including essential services and flood forecasting and warning, continue. For updates and current notices of service disruptions and adaptations visit abca.ca
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Staff continue to serve you by email and phone during regular business hours, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., but the office continues to be closed to visitors until further notice at the time of this newsletter. Staff are equipped to work remotely and on site using pandemic safety protocols. For current notices of service disruptions and adaptations, and updates, visit abca.ca
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