Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA)

The Water Response Team has removed the Level 1 Low Water Advisory for the entire Ausable Bayfield area. After an extended period of dry weather, watershed conditions responded favourably to significant snow, melts, and rainfall. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/ghXUpa_C

Thank you, Todd Baker and Baker's Nursery! Community conservation depends on all of us doing what we can. Sometimes local people, and organizations, like Baker's Nursery Ltd. help Ausable Bayfield Conservation support more conservation. Watch the video now: https://lnkd.in/gsbQ-VSz Thank you for your donation of time, support, and plants. Ausable Bayfield Conservation provides Baker's Nursery with locally collected seed from native species of plants. They prepare the seeds and plant them and ensure they receive the care they need. Once these plants are ready to be planted, we pick them up to bring to our restoration sites. We know this is a small part of what you do so we thank you for supporting us to grow and taking on our community project. Watch for future planting events with locally grown pollinator plants. Seed collected by Ausable Bayfield Conservation and grown by Baker's Nursery. This is one example of a partnership benefitting the watershed community. Call Ausable Bayfield Conservation at 519-235-2610 or toll-free 1-888-286-2610 for a site visit, if you're interested in restoring an area on your property, with trees or wetlands. Thanks to all our valued partners!

FIRST TICKETS SOLD FOR CONSERVATION DINNER 2025 – Lion Justin Buchanan, Secretary of Exeter Lions Club (at left in photo); and Abbie Gutteridge, Secretary of Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation (at right in photo), sell the first two tickets, for Conservation Dinner 2025, to Ted Oke, Councillor of the Municipality of South Huron. The Conservation Dinner, a charitable auction for community betterment organized by co-partners Exeter Lions and the Conservation Foundation and the local community, takes place on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Tickets are available now for this community fundraiser. Tickets would be great Christmas season gifts or to buy in the New Year to be part of an evening of fun, fellowship and community betterment. You may buy your ticket now from a Lions Club member or Conservation Dinner Committee member. You could also buy at ticket at the Ausable Bayfield Conservation office at 71108 Morrison Line, just east of Exeter. Phone 519-235-2610 or toll-free 1-888-286-2610 or visit conservationdinner.com to learn more or to get your ticket. Thanks, Ted, for having purchased the first tickets!

As the holidays near, the Board of Directors and staff of Ausable Bayfield Conservation wish you the best of the season and a Happy New Year. We thank you for your stewardship of land, water, soil, and habitat in 2024 and look forward to working, in partnership with you, in 2025.

Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) has a job posting for a Watershed Information Technician (Nine-month Contract Position). Learn more or apply now: https://lnkd.in/eN6GUWgW

Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) issued a Watershed Conditions Statement – Flood Outlook and Water Safety flood message on Monday, December 16, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eciUwVvR

We would like to thank hard-working volunteer Ross McGrath who is making a difference to local conservation. Find out more in our volunteer feature in our latest newsletter issue: https://lnkd.in/g3hkti-W

Congratulations go to Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation (ABCF) on their 50th anniversary (1974-2024) of community betterment by fostering partnerships and supporting community action. Watch a short interview with Foundation Chair Dave Frayne: https://lnkd.in/gxweXnak

Get W.I.L.D. this March Break as we invite campers to wonder, investigate, learn and discover nature at our week-long day camp. Join us, March 10-14, 2025, for ages 6-12 at Morrison Dam Conservation Area, just east of Exeter, as we explore survival skills and wildlife. For a tentative schedule, please visit: bit.ly/41vj9jB To register: https://lnkd.in/e73R3nSj WILD = Wonder, Investigate, Learn and Discover! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gqsAg_UC

Job opportunity! Ausable Bayfield Conservation is accepting applications for a 10-month (March 1, 2025–December 13, 2025) part-time contract position for an Education Instructor with an opportunity for this position to continue past contract date. Apply by Friday, January 10, 2025 by 3:30 p.m. local time. Learn more or apply now: https://lnkd.in/eN6GUWgW