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Don River Watershed Facts and Figures What We Are Doing What You Can Do Where We Are • From 2007 to 2012, TRCA, its volunteers and partners have planted more than 112,000 trees, • Divert your downspouts away from paved areas and install a rain barrel to capture We are one of Municipalities Toronto, York, Markham, Richmond Hill, Vaughan shrubs and aquatic plants in the watershed, and developed three wetlands in the East Don and reuse the rainwater that falls on your roof. This reduces run-off to sewers, 36 Conservation Tributaries West Don River, East Don River, Main Don River, German Parklands area. Healthy forests provide habitat for wildlife, help cool urban areas, retain water prevents flooding and saves money on your water bill. Authorities across Mills Creek, Taylor/Massey Creek, Wilket Creek, Burke Ontario under and reduce run-off , and capture CO2 from the air to minimize impacts of climate change. Don River Watershed Brook • Reduce or eliminate the use of salt, pesticides and fertilizers, which contaminate the umbrella Length of Major Tributaries (km) Main Don – 9, West Don – 43, East Don – 40 organization of • TRCA is working with the Region of York, City of Markham, community groups, businesses rivers, ponds and groundwater supplies. Conservation Mean Stream Flow (mouth) 4.0 m3/sec Report Card 2013 and local residents to green the Bayview Glen neighbourhood of Markham. As part of the Ontario. Area (km2) 358 Sustainable Neighbourhood Retrofi t Action Plan (SNAP), the community is planting trees, • Volunteer for community tree plantings, litter pick-ups or other stewardship Population (2011) 1,211,350 conserving energy and water, and diverting rainfall from storm sewers. events. Register for a volunteer opportunity at: www.trcastewardshipevents.ca Land Use Rural – 3%, Urbanizing – 1%, Urban – 96% Physiographic Regions Iroquois Plain, Oak Ridges Moraine, Peel Plain, South Slope What Does this Report Card Measure? • Waterfront Toronto and the City of Toronto are working together to restore the • Experience Paddle the Don. Canoe through the heart of Canada’s largest Natural Cover 14% of the watershed has Natural Cover: Forest – 8%, mouth of the Don to a healthier and more natural condition. The City and TRCA are Meadow – 6%, Successional – 1%, and Wetland – 0% urban region from Ernest Thompson Seton Park to the mouth at the Keating Channel. naturalizing a number of tributaries. Channel modifications have taken place in Mud www.paddlethedon.ca Native Plant & Animal Species Plants – 515, Fish – 25, Birds – 81, Amphibians – 8, Creek to prevent erosion, while a long-term rehabilitation plan for Wilket Creek is Mammals – 16, Reptiles – 5. Of these, 213 are considered Species of Regional Conservation Concern. being developed and implemented to enhance its ecological integrity. Surface Water Quality Forest Conditions Groundwater Quality Stormwater Management Donate to The Living City Foundation to support programs and Why Measure? • The City of Vaughan, Region of York and TRCA have developed the Baker’s Woods Forest initiatives in the Don watershed at Management Plan to protect and preserve the 31 ha Baker’s Woods, a provincially signifi cant Measuring helps us better understand our watersheds. It helps us to focus our eff orts where they are needed area of natural scientifi c interest. Containing over 850 sugar maple trees, many over 150 years www.thelivingcity.org most and to track the progress made. It also helps us to identify ecologically important areas that require old, Baker’s Woods will remain a centre for environmental education and conservation. protection or enhancement. What is a Watershed? Bradford - West Gwillimbury Uxbridge Scugog • Urban forest studies have been completed for the cities of Markham, Toronto and Newmarket Whitchurch- A watershed is the area of land that catches rain and snow, SIMCOE Stouffville New Tecumseth Adjala - Tosorontio Vaughan, and the Town of Richmond Hill; these studies have been completed through which drains or seeps into a marsh, creek, river, lake or visit www.trca.on.ca/don Aurora the collaborative efforts of TRCA, regional and local municipalities and neighbouring groundwater. Watersheds are the collectors, filters, conveyers Whitby King DURHAM and subscribe to On the Don Newsletter Pickering Conservation Authorities. The City of Toronto has also developed a Strategic Urban and storage compartments of our fresh water supply. Forest Management Plan. Collectively these documents will provide strategic direction Richmond Hill Markham for sustaining and expanding the urban forest. Ajax YORK PEEL Vaughan Caledon • Waterfront Toronto developed Don River Park, a 7.3 ha greenspace built atop the fl ood protection landform that was constructed just east of Bayview Avenue on the banks of Join us on Facebook Don River Watershed the Lower Don. Once complete, the park will transform the former industrial site into a www.facebook.com/PaddleTheDon Grading TORONTO 5 Shoreham Drive, Downsview, Ontario M3N 1S4 naturalized area for recreation and conservation. Follow us on Twitter T: (416) 661-6600 F: (416) 667-6274 Excellent www.twitter.com/TRCA_DonRiver Brampton E: [email protected] A • The City of Toronto constructed a 3.2 ha stormwater management pond in Earl Bales Park in Good HALTON Halton Hills Lake Ontario the West Don. One of the largest facilities of its kind in Canada, the pond collects and treats B The standards used in this Report Card were developed by Conservation Mississauga Fair run-off from a 550 ha drainage area–water is reused to help irrigate the Don Valley Golf Course C Authorities to ensure consistent reporting across the Province of Ontario. ± and assist in snow making at the Earl Bales Park ski hill. Poor They are intended to provide watershed residents with the information Toronto and Region Conservation (TRCA) D needed to protect, enhance and improve the precious natural resources has prepared this Watershed Report Card Very Poor that surround us. on the state of forests, surface water, F groundwater and stormwater conditions. Information contained in this Report Card is for communication purposes only. For more details, visit: www.trca.on.ca/reportcards About the Indicators Don River Watershed Report Card 2013 This Report Card provides a snapshot of some environmental conditions in the Don River watershed. Surface Water Quality Forest Conditions Groundwater Quality Stormwater Monitoring, measuring and reporting helps us better understand the watershed, the progress we’ve made in protecting it and the threats to its future health. Tracking the environmental indicators used in Indicators Indicators Indicators Management this Report Card provides watershed residents and the general public with the information needed to Total Phosphorous % Forest Cover Nitrate and Nitrite NO GRADE protect, restore and improve the precious natural resources within our watersheds. Where possible, an F D Indicator F arrow is included alongside grades to show whether conditions are improving, getting worse, or stable. E. coli Bacteria % Forest Interior Chloride % of Developed Area with Stormwater Controls- Benthic Macroinvertebrates (BMI) % Riparian Zone Forested Groundwater quality in the Don is not graded due to What Does this Report Card Measure? insuffi cient data. Quality and Quantity (i.e., stormwater management pond) Surface Water Quality HW H H H W HW Bradford - W H WY W Y Y Y 40 Y Y 4 4 4 West Gwillimbury 0 48 Uxbridge 0 4 0 8 0 0 Scugog 8 Total Phosphorous – High levels can trigger blooms of algae that choke waterways with plant life King YORK King YORK King YORK Newmarket Richmond Hill Richmond Hill SIMCOE Whitchurch- Richmond Hill Stouffville New Tecumseth HW Markham H H and deplete oxygen levels in watercourses. WY Markham Adjala - Tosorontio W Markham Y Y 4 4 4 0 04 0 4 Pickering Pickering 4 Pickering MA M Aurora M E. coli A A I I I Bacteria N N – Indicate the presence of untreated human or animal waste. N ST UPPER EAST UPPER EAST S Whitby UPPER EAST S T T ! ( S S S DON DON King DURHAM *# DON Benthic Macroinvertebrates (BMI) – Bottom-dwelling stream insect larvae, snails, crayfish and Pickering (! (! *# *# ! DUFFINS UPPER WEST ( UPPER WEST *# CARRUTHERS UPPER WEST clams are sensitive to many pollutants. The presence or absence of certain invertebrate species DON *# DON (! DON Ric hm ond ROUGE (! (! 7 ! Hill 7 Vau ghan Y (! Vau ghan Y 7 *# Vau ghan Y HW HW *# HW reflects the water quality conditions. (! (! GERMAN GERMAN GERMAN (! *# Ajax MA MILLS CREEK MILLS CREEK M M A MILLS CREEK A RK R *# R K *# Markham K H Vaughan HA H *# ! AM R (! ( A HUMBER (! M YORK PETTICOAT M RD R D ± ! D ( ± ± FRENCHMANS 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 4 4 Water Quality TORONTO BAY Y TORONTO Y TORONTO Urban with WY W W *# H H Forest Conditions H (! Monitoring Sites 07 (!(! 7 PEEL Stormwater Control 07 4 Y 40 Y 4 HWY HW HW % Forest Cover – Woodlands absorb run-off, filter out pollutants and increase biodiversity. They (! BMI Sites Caledon Urban with No ST E (! T E EN N ST E StormwaterEN S Control QU E (! QUEE HIGHLAND QU E Insufficient Data LOWER WEST LOWER WEST DON HW H H W LOWER EAST W LOWER EAST LOWER EAST D 1 D 1 D 0 Y 0 Y O Y O also help reduce the impacts of climate change. 401 O 4 DON 4 # Brampton 400 * Brampton 4 N V DON Y Brampton 4 N Y N 0 0 W DON W 0 DON V HWY ! V H ( 0 H DON *# ALL A N A N N L L H H LOWER WEST L H L WY EY PKY W E W E Y Y # Y Y 4 27 * P P TORONTO 4 # 4 KY K * DON % Forest Interior – Large blocks of forest cover provide homes for many sensitive species of birds 2 2 Y 7 MIMICO 7 (! (! (! (! and other animals.
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