Grey Sauble Conservation is one of 36 Conservation Authorities in Mandate - To establish and undertake, in the area over which it has jurisdiction, a program designed to further the conservation, restoration, development and management of natural resources.

-Own 11,450 hectares (28,292 acres) of land in three categories (Conservation Areas, Management Areas, and Nature Preserves) -Jurisdiction 3,146 square kilometers (1,214 square miles) -Trails – over 100 kilometres, including Bruce Trail crossing our properties -155 kilometers (96 miles) of Great Lakes Shoreline Our Departments

• Forestry • Tree seedlings, planting, incentive programs • Forestry services • Managing our forested properties • Water Management • Stream monitoring (rain gauges, flood messaging) Water Monitoring (bugs) • Grey Sauble Dams • Regulation 151/06 permit reviews and approvals • GIS (Geographic Information System) • Mapping (hazard areas, ANSI, trails, property boundaries, agreements with agencies for data sharing, analyze spatial information for all departments) • 3D mapping for elevation data

• Environmental Planning • Review of building applications for watershed municipalities • Regulation 151/06 permit review and approvals • Land Management • Maintenance of Properties • Trails • Community Relations • Promotion of the Grey Sauble, webpage, social media, literature, presentations • Programming, events, interpretive signs, tourism partner

The Healthy Hikes challenge encourages Ontarians to get out and experience their local Conservation Areas while at the same time positively impacting their physical and mental health and learning about the ways that their local green spaces contribute to a healthy watershed and healthy people. Participants are asked to log their time spent hiking or walking in a Conservation Area in order to be entered in a draw to win prizes. The challenge will run from the beginning of May until the end of October 2014. Inglis Falls Arboretum Nature Deficit Disorder Nature Deficit Disorder, coined by author Richard Louv in his book Last Child in the Woods explains how our social disconnect with nature is affecting today's children. Nature-deficit disorder describes the human costs of alienation from nature. There is a growing body of research linking our mental, physical, and spiritual health directly to our association with nature. Forest Festival Youth Expo

Water Festival Young Naturalists Outdoor Education Our Community Partnerships

• Beaver River Watershed Initiative – • Blue Ridge Sportsmen Association • Grey Sauble Watershed What Water Wants Municipalities • Ministry of Environment • Friends of Hibou Conservation Area • Bruce Trail & local Bruce Trail Groups • Tom Thomson Art Gallery • Inglis Falls Arboretum Alliance • Grey Bruce Trapper Council • Billie Bishop Museum • Optimist Club of Sydenham and • Niagara Escarpment Commission District • Owen Sound Field Naturalists • Ducks Unlimited • Friends of Kimberly Forest • Ministry of Natural Resources • Parks Canada • Rankin River Resource Group • Grey Bruce Woodlot Association • Huron Fringe Birding Festival • Eugenia District Community • Stewardship Grey Bruce Improvement Association • Forest Ontario (Trees Ontario) • Bluewater District School Board Gardeners • Trout Unlimited/Yellow Fish Road • • Bruce Grey Catholic District School • Garden Club Board • Grey Bruce Health Unit • Bruce Ski Club • Sydenham Sportsmen’s Association • Grey County Planning, Trails & Forestry • Sauble Beach Ski Club • Bruce Power • Planning • Owen Sound Ski Club • Ontario Power Generation

• Ontario Federation of Snowmobile • Ontario Nature Clubs • Rogers TV Sportsmen’s • • RT07 District Tourism (Grey, Bruce, Association Simcoe)