Publications & Reports
South Nation Conservation produces a variety of publications, reports, and brochures that you can download from this website and pick up from our office.
These reports are released annually to inform you about what SNC has been doing to improve services, protect our environment, and connect with the people of the South Nation watershed over the preceding year.
South Nation Conservation Annual Reports:
SNC’s Watershed-based Resource Management Strategy (Watershed Strategy) and Conservation Lands Strategy have been developed to establish guiding principles and objectives for the delivery of Conservation Authority Mandatory Programs and Services.
Conservation authorities are required to assess their land holdings, along with the programs and services they provide in compliance with O.Reg 686/21.
The Strategies will:
- Help improve the delivery of local programs
- Identify current and future risks to program delivery
- Outline opportunities and future actions needed to support objectives and long-term goals
- Highlight SNC's current assets and future needs
- Provide guiding principles and objectives to the design and delivery of SNC's programs and services
- Address challenges and program gaps (development pressures, funding requests)
WATERSHED-BASED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
"State of the Nation" 2023 Watershed Report Card
South Nation Conservation monitors the health of natural resources in the watershed because it helps to better understand the local environmental issues, to focus actions where they are needed the most, and track progress over time.
Watershed Report Cards are a means of collecting and reporting on surface water quality, forest conditions and groundwater over a five-year cycle. They also provide a summary of key watershed features and actions being undertaken locally. These reports provide local residents and agencies with easily understood environmental information.
To access Watershed Report Cards from all of Ontario's 36 Conservation Authorities, visit www.watershedcheckup.ca!
Sub-Watershed Reports:
There are a number of reasons why water quality and tree and wetland cover change over time, including development and agriculture. To be able to monitor these trends across the watershed, we prepare annual reports using Geographic Information System (GIS) maps and text that reflect Point in Time results. SNC conducts sub-watershed studies that look at these indicators that speak to the health of the watershed.
We are committed to gathering and monitoring relevant information about the condition of our watershed resources and features. These efforts help us better understand watershed trends and focus resource management actions where they are needed the most.
SNC reports on the South Nation River’s five major sub-watersheds:
South Nation Conservation (SNC) is dedicated to fostering strong partnerships with its 16 member municipalities across its 4,480 square-kilometer jurisdiction in Eastern Ontario.
SNC creates annual Municipal Work Plans to update its member municipalities on local programming, service delivery, and priorities for the upcoming year.
These bilingual summary documents also include an overview of our programs and services, accomplishments to date, highlights and statistics.
2020 Municipal Workplans:
The Healthy Home Guidebook is designed especially for you, the rural homeowner, to rate how your activities affect both the environment and your family’s health. Each chapter explains possible risks based on a household topic and why you should be concerned. By completing the assessment in each chapter, you will become aware which of your activities are good home care practices and which activities need changing.
Many people do not realize there are possible risks in and around their homes, which can affect their family’s health, their home environment and the quality of their drinking water. Knowing about the risks today may help prevent costly cleanups, repairs and legal
troubles in the future. In addition, taking steps to cut back on water usage, energy and other resources, can save you money in the long run.
Taking care of your home in an environmentally sensible way has a bigger impact than you might think. Your home occupies only a small piece of land, but add up all the homes across the country, and you’ve suddenly covered a lot of ground. That means your home care activities, along with everyone else’s, can have a big impact. Taking care of the environment begins in your own home!
Indian Creek Fishway - Ecology of Freshwater Fish Paper
Publication Type: Annual Report
Solutions for Shoreline Erosion
Publication Type: Annual Report