Policies & Threats Related to Greenspaces
New updated content: 2025-01-27 15:22:36 An editorial appeared in the Citizen on December 9 based on new information obtained through Access to Information that the Greenbelt is indeed the subject of discussions between Parks Canada and the National Capital Commission as a possible new Urban National Park. No new announcements have been made, however.
New updated content: 2025-01-27 15:22:36 The Greenspace Alliance partnered with Kichi Sibi Trails in 2021 to develop and promote the Chief Pinesi Portage Trail. The first Chief Pinesi Day, celebrating this trail and the Algonquin presence in this area of the country, was held on July 1, 2022. Since then, this event has been held yearly at New Edinburgh Park on July 1. In 2024, the celebration included a weeklong
New updated content: 2025-01-27 15:22:36 Seeing a notice of the commencement of the next phase of the Centre Block restoration project, Paul reached out to the contacts we made while advocating in 2019 for the preservation of the centenary elm that stood just east of the Centre Block. Even though the elm was lost, a plan was made by the project team to take cuttings from the tree and to
New updated content: 2025-01-27 15:22:36 Thanks to new contacts from members of the Rideau Trail Association and following our walking the complete circuit around this time last year, there is renewed interest in the Poets’ Pathway. A preliminary meeting with these new contacts and members of the original Poets’ Pathway team was held on November 28 to revisit the status of the trail based on our collective observations last year
New updated content: 2024-12-19 12:45:53 Nicole reported that a vast new conservation area along the north shore of the Ottawa River from Thurso to Gatineau, known as the Refuge Faunique des Grands Baies de l’Outaouais is nearing completion and that funding for the expansion of the Parc National de Plaisance has been approved by the Quebec government. This will extend the park on both sides of the Petite Nation River
New updated content: 2024-12-19 12:45:54 An inquiry has been sent to City staff regarding the development of a heritage tree policy which would address the protection of healthy, mid-life ancient trees, beyond the protection currently afforded to distinctive trees in the Tree Protection Bylaw. This is an outstanding issue from the development of the Urban Forest Management Plan and Tree Protection bylaw which needs to be addressed to prevent the
New updated content: 2024-12-19 12:45:53 The City announced that as a result of wetland evaluations it had commissioned, a large wetland complex on the eastern edge of Ottawa’s urban boundary was designated as Provincially Significant. The Bear Brook wetlands cover 561 hectares east and south of the Tewin urban expansion area. This is cause for a huge celebration as it is a very rare occurrence indeed that such a large
New updated content: 2024-12-19 12:45:53 An application has been made by Cavanagh to establish a new quarry in what was once part of the Goulbourn Provincially Significant Wetland. Of the three wetlands on the property, one was found upon a prior appeal to the OLT as being not significant, another was re-assessed as not significant under the new OWES process introduced in 2023 (de-complexing) and the last one was found
New updated content: 2024-11-25 12:23:35 We learned through past member Daniel Buckles in Toronto that an ancient bur oak in Champlain Park was in danger of being removed due to a proposed new infill build. Local residents were alerted and city officials contacted but before anyone could do anything, this Confederation era heritage tree was felled. It is a grievous loss, which occurred despite the Tree Protection By-law being fully
New updated content: 2024-11-25 12:23:34 A campaign led by a group associated with Carleton University, and a separate one sponsored by Councillor Menard, have been launched to remove from the Transportation Master Plan a proposed new road through AltaVista greenspace. This is a very old proposal (it was one of the triggers for the founding of the Greenspace Alliance in 1997) that will just not die. We agreed to support
