The Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority is a conservation authority in the Canadian

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

. It was established in October 1946 via the

Conservation Authorities Act The ''Conservation Authorities Act'' (french: Loi sur les offices de protection de la nature) was created by the Ontario Provincial Legislature in 1946 to ensure the conservation, restoration and responsible management of hydrological features th ...

, and is a member authority 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 ...

. The authority is responsible for the management and protection of the

Ganaraska River The Ganaraska River is a river in Northumberland County, Ontario, Northumberland County and the Regional Municipality of Durham in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Great Lakes Basin, and is a tributary of Lake Ontario, which it reaches ...

watershed in Northumberland County and the

Regional Municipality of Durham The Regional Municipality of Durham (), informally referred to as Durham Region, is a regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada. Located east of Toronto and the Regional Municipality of York, Durham forms the east-end of the Greater Toron ...

Southern Ontario Southern Ontario is a primary region of the province of Ontario, Canada, the other primary region being Northern Ontario. It is the most densely populated and southernmost region in Canada. The exact northern boundary of Southern Ontario is disp ...

Conservation areas

Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority manages nine

conservation area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

s: *Ball's Mills Conservation Area *Ganaraska Millenium Conservation Area *

Rice Lake Conservation Area The Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority is a conservation authority in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was established in October 1946 via the Conservation Authorities Act, and is a member authority of Conservation Ontario. The authority ...

*Cobourg Conservation Area *Garden Hill Conservation Area *Richardson's Lookout Conservation Area *Thurne Parks Conservation Area *Port Hope Conservation Area *Sylvan Glen Conservation Area

External links

* Conservation authorities in Ontario {{Ontario-stub