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Update on City purchase of 5689 Ferry Road for conservation purposes

New updated content: 2025-03-27 11:10:29 As expected, ARAC did not approve the motion to purchase this property for conservation purposes. Instead, they passed their own motion to have City staff prepare an inventory of other rural properties currently available for purchase to better inform a decision on the matter. Both the initial motion by the Finance and Corporate Services Committee to purchase the property and the ARAC motion were referred

Paul Johanis March 27, 2025 March 27, 2025

Purchase of conservation land

New updated content: 2025-02-28 11:27:47 City purchase of 5689 Ferry Road for conservation purposes, ARAC January 23 On December 3, the Finance and Corporate Services Committee approved a staff recommendation to purchase a 223-acre greenspace with frontage on the Ottawa River near Fitzroy Harbour for conservation purposes. The item will also be considered by ARAC at the January 23 meeting and our understanding is that considerable opposition is expected from

Paul Johanis February 28, 2025 February 28, 2025

Newly protected areas in the Outaouais

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

Paul Johanis December 19, 2024 December 20, 2024

Newly designated Provincially Significant Wetland

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

Paul Johanis December 19, 2024 December 20, 2024

New Quarry application by Cavanagh

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

Paul Johanis December 19, 2024 December 20, 2024

Tewin Tree Massacre

We are horrified to learn of the clear cut of 70 hectares (175 acres!!) of trees in an area of wetlands on Tewin lands, on Ottawa’s southeastern urban boundary. Not again! The GA has reacted by writing to the Mayor and Council to urge the City to enforce the Tree Protection Bylaw and the Site Alteration Bylaw to their fullest extent. These were put in place to prevent occurrences such

Erwin Dreessen March 3, 2023 June 24, 2024

Thomas Cavenagh Construction Ltd. convicted

As reported in Ontario Construction News, October 18, 2019, by Robin MacLennan: Thomas Cavanagh Construction Ltd. (TCCL) has been ordered to remove illegally dumped fill and to rehabilitate damage caused in a regulated area, after the company pleaded guilty to two charges in Ontario Court. Charges under provincial law were for illegally placing and removing material and carrying out site grading within and adjacent to the Goulbourn PSW (Provincially Significant Wetland) Complex west

DevAdmin October 13, 2022 June 24, 2024

Tewin Expansion

New updated content: 2021-05-31 15:04:36 Tewin Expansion The decision on the location of urban expansion lands in January 2021 included 445 ha in south eastern Ottawa, destined to host a new suburban community dubbed Tewin by the proponents, a partnership between Taggart Investments and Algonquins of Ontario. These rural lands are covered by some agricultural lands but also woodlands and large wetland areas. Our guest at the meeting is a

Paul Johanis May 31, 2021 August 30, 2024

OMB Decisions on Flewellyn Special Study Area a.o. issues

A Procedural Order for the “Flewellyn Special Study Area, Quarry and Remaining General Environmental Issues” was issued on May 25, 2011. It had 20 items on its Issues list. That list grew later to 24. A 2-week hearing was scheduled. Meanwhile, staff had continued discussions with certain appellants, not including Ken McRae or the FGA. A May 12, 2011 staff report proposed revisions to OPA 76 which were significantly modified

DevAdmin February 15, 2020 June 24, 2024

Goulbourn Wetlands in the news

December 2018 In November 2016, the City released a report (6.0 MB) by Dillon Consulting which summarized the results of its re-assessment of the boundaries of the Goulbourn Wetland Complex. The analysis was based on GIS data as well as on-site surveys where access was granted. It concluded that 53 ha should be removed from the 2008 designation and 464 ha should be added. The City then gave landowners one

DevAdmin December 5, 2018 June 24, 2024

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Update on City purchase of 5689 Ferry Road for conservation purposes

Purchase of conservation land

Newly protected areas in the Outaouais

Newly designated Provincially Significant Wetland

New Quarry application by Cavanagh

Tewin Tree Massacre

Thomas Cavenagh Construction Ltd. convicted

Tewin Expansion

OMB Decisions on Flewellyn Special Study Area a.o. issues

Goulbourn Wetlands in the news

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