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Goal D: Managing Our Natural ResourcesTo facilitate protection of resources within the jurisdiction in order to conserve, restore, develop or manage them. Conservation Authorities provide opportunities for our citizens to appreciate the value of our natural environment and the many economic and social benefits of protecting this environment. For over 50 years, Conservation Authorities have worked cooperatively with local municipalities and partner agencies to ensure access to Ontario's greenspace for tourism and recreation. Managing CRCA PropertiesThe CRCA recognizes the importance of managing its different types of properties in different, appropriate ways. Some Authority land holdings are primarily for such purposes as recreation or forestry, and nearly all are important for more than one function.To develop management plans, master plans, or user policies that recognize the natural, cultural, and historic values of the Conservation Authority properties. To demonstrate sound and sustainable resource management techniques and practices on Conservation Authority lands. To undertake resource inventories on new properties that may be acquired, and to update existing inventories, as feasible. To inform our watershed residents about the various functions of Authority properties, and the role that they can have in maintaining and improving these areas. To develop a property acquisition and disposal policy explaining Authority priorities to help focus these efforts, and to help the public understand these issues. To assess existing outdoor recreational facilities in the watershed and determine the Conservation Authority's role in providing additional outdoor recreational opportunities with a conservation focus. To continue supporting development of a regional trails network to provide links between CRCA properties and other open spaces across the area. Conservation ServicesThe Conservation Authority currently offers a range of Conservation Services, to landowners, groups, agencies and municipalities. These include technical advice on a wide variety of resource management topics, as well as forestry services for which the Authority has established programs.To promote our role in providing technical advice on conservation services throughout the watershed, and to continue coordinating with community groups and municipalities in the provision of conservation services programs. To deliver enhanced seedling and large stock forestry programs across the jurisdiction. To continue to provide educational demonstration projects showing sound and sustainable resource conservation techniques in order to better focus our efforts. To act as a repository for data to facilitate our technical services function. To promote research and development of new techniques of resource conservation, in cooperation with other agencies and organizations. NEXT: Goal E: Education And Encouraging Public Involvement |
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