The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (RVCA) is an inter-municipal environmental protection and advisory agency that works with local municipalities, government agencies, special interest groups and the general public to protect the natural resources of the

Rideau River The Rideau River (french: Rivière Rideau) is a river in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The river flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at the Rideau Falls in Ottawa, Ontario. Its length is . As explained in a writin ...

watershed. The watershed drains an area of over 4,000 square kilometres of eastern Ontario and includes towns such as Portland,

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, Smith Falls, Merrickville,

Kemptville Kemptville is a community located in the Municipality of North Grenville in Eastern Ontario, Canada in the northernmost part of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. It is located approximately south of the downtown core of Ottawa and s ...

, and

Manotick Manotick ( ) is a community in Rideau-Jock Ward in the rural south part of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a suburb of the city, located on the Rideau River, immediately south of the suburbs Barrhaven and Riverside South, about from ...

. About 620,000 live in the watershed, mostly deriving from the

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. There are 18 municipalities within the valley and most people, outside of Ottawa, draw their drinking water from the river or from groundwater. The mission of the RVCA is to have clean drinking water, natural shorelines, and sustainable land use throughout the Rideau Valley watershed.

Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation

The RVCA provides office space, staff, and expertise to the

Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation The Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation (RVCF) is a registered environmental charity working to help protect and conserve the lands and waters of the valley of the Rideau River in Eastern Ontario Eastern Ontario (census population 1,763,186 in ...

(RVCF) and their environmental projects, while managing all of its conservation lands. The RVCF was founded in 1970. It has an active land securement plan and strong track record in managing donated land through agreement with the RVCA. It accepts

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of land in exchange for a charitable tax receipt for the fair market value of the property in common with groups like the Rideau Waterway Land Trust Foundation, local municipalities and the

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Conservation areas

* Baxter * Chapman Mills * Foley Mountain *

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Woods * Mill Pond * Motts Mills * Perth Wildlife Reserve * Portland Bay * Richmond * Rideau Ferry Yacht Club * W.A. Taylor

References

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External links

Rideau Valley Conservation Authority

Rideau Valley Conservation Foundation

Rideau Waterway Land Trust Foundation
Conservation authorities in Ontario Water organizations