Conservation

Conservation officials adopt new rules for wetlands, watercourses

26 May 2012

A view of Westport's watershed/wetland map. The town's Conservation Department is set to enact on July 1 a new set of regulations governing building project applications on properties on or near wetlands and/or watercourses.

Yvon Chouinard receives conservation award from the Glen Canyon Institute

25 May 2012

The Glen Canyon Institute will bestow the David R. Brower Conservation Award on the 73-year-old environmental activist Yvon...

Conservation officials say Mayor Rob Ford shouldn’t be sold parkland

25 May 2012

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority officials say the authority’s board shouldn’t allow Mayor Rob Ford to buy the parkland beside his house.