Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) is one of 36 conservation authorities in

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, Canada, responsible for protecting, restoring, and managing natural resources at the watershed level. CVC operates within the

Credit River The Credit River is a river in southern Ontario, which flows from headwaters above the Niagara Escarpment near Orangeville and Caledon East to empty into Lake Ontario at Port Credit, Mississauga. It drains an area of approximately . The total le ...

watershed and smaller adjacent watersheds that drain directly into

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, as well as along a section of the

shoreline. Together, these areas make up CVC's jurisdiction. CVC is a member of

Conservation Ontario Conservation Ontario is the umbrella organization which represents all of the conservation authorities in Ontario. Conservation Ontario is the network of Ontario’s 36 Conservation Authorities. Conservation Authorities are local, watershed m ...

. CVC works in partnership with municipal governments, schools, businesses, and community organizations to deliver locally based environmental programs. CVC receives its funding from municipal sources, as well as grants and donations made to the Credit Valley Conservation Foundation, self-generated user fees, and other service fees. CVC was founded in 1954 when much of the

watershed was used for

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and

pasture Pasture (from the Latin ''pastus'', past participle of ''pascere'', "to feed") is land used for grazing. Pasture lands in the narrow sense are enclosed tracts of farmland, grazed by domesticated livestock, such as horses, cattle, sheep, or swine ...

. Since then, there has been rapid urban development within the southern portion of the Credit River watershed, within the municipal boundaries of

Mississauga Mississauga ( ), historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a popul ...

and

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Conservation Areas

Credit Valley Conservation operates 11 conservation areas and other protected territories: *

Belfountain Conservation Area Caledon (; 2021 population 76,581) is a town in the Regional Municipality of Peel in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. From a shortened form of Caledonia, the Roman name for North Britain; Caledon is a developing urban area, althoug ...

* the

Cheltenham Badlands The Cheltenham Badlands are in Caledon, Ontario, on the southeast side of Olde Base Line Road, between Creditview and Chinguacousy Roads. The site occupies an area of approximately 0.4 square kilometers and features exposed and highly eroded Que ...

Elora Cataract Trailway The Elora Cataract Trailway is a 47 km-long recreational rail trail between the towns of Elora and Forks of the Credit, in the south of the province of Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. ...

Island Lake Conservation Area An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

Ken Whillans Resource Management Area Ken or KEN may refer to: Entertainment * ''Ken'' (album), a 2017 album by Canadian indie rock band Destroyer. * ''Ken'' (film), 1964 Japanese film. * ''Ken'' (magazine), a large-format political magazine. * Ken Masters, a main character in t ...

Limehouse Conservation Area Limehouse Conservation Area is located on the Niagara Escarpment near Limehouse, Ontario and is owned and operated by Credit Valley Conservation. It is within the watershed of the Credit River, being bisected by its tributary, the Black Creek. R ...

Meadowvale Conservation Area Meadowvale may refer to: *Meadowvale, Ontario, a community of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada *Meadowvale (village), a residential subdivision near the community * Meadowvale GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the community * M ...

Rattray Marsh Conservation Area Rattray Marsh Conservation Area, is 94 acres of environmentally sensitive wetland situated along the shore of Lake Ontario in Canada. It is found on the west side of Jack Darling Memorial Park and is located in the city of Mississauga within the R ...

Silver Creek Conservation Area Silver is a chemical element with the symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical cond ...

Terra Cotta Conservation Area Terra may often refer to: * Terra (mythology), primeval Roman goddess * An alternate name for planet Earth, as well as the Latin name for the planet Terra may also refer to: Geography Astronomy * Terra (satellite), a multi-national NASA scienti ...

Upper Credit Conservation Area Upper may refer to: * Shoe upper or ''vamp'', the part of a shoe on the top of the foot * Stimulant, drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both * ''Upper'', the original film title for the 2013 found fo ...

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Activities

CVC is actively engaged in

water management Water resources are natural resources of water that are potentially useful for humans, for example as a source of drinking water supply or irrigation water. 97% of the water on the Earth is salt water and only three percent is fresh water; slightl ...

. The average daily flow of the

is 690,000 cubic metres, 65% of which comes from

groundwater Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. About 30 percent of all readily available freshwater in the world is groundwater. A unit of rock or an unconsolidate ...

. An estimated 750,000 residents in the

Watershed, 87% of whom live in the lower third of the watershed, in present-day

and

. In 1999, 21% of the watershed was developed, and by 2020, 40% of the watershed will be developed (based on approved development and the official plans of the municipalities).

References

External links

Credit Valley Conservation
{{Authority control Credit River Conservation authorities in Ontario 1954 establishments in Ontario Regional Municipality of Peel

Conservation Areas

Activities

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