By: Trevor Oattes MVCA Communications Assistant Whether wading through waist high streams during a heatwave, collecting mud samples from cold lakes or identifying bottom feeding insects, working as a monitoring student at Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority can be a tough job. T

March 22, 2018 CARLETON PLACE — The Mississippi Valley watershed received an “A” grade in its 2018 Watershed Report Card. Ontario Conservation Authorities (CAs) report on watershed conditions every five years using Conservation Ontario guidelines and standards developed by CAs and the

The goal of this integrated monitoring report is to present a snapshot of the monitoring that MVCA undertook during the 2016 season. It is meant to replace the individualized lake reports previously created for the Watershed Watch (WW) program. As such, the emphasis of the report is o

Attendees gather around the Fugro Conquest N441S propeller jet for a picture.   Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) is proud to be a funding partner of Eastern Ontario’s Digital Raster Acquisition Project 2014 (DRAPE 2014). Alex Broadbent, Information Technology Supe

Emerald Ash Borer—Why we need to be concerned The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is an Invasive Species in Canada that originated in China. It has been found in the Carleton Place and Mississippi Mills areas of our watershed. The areas where it is found are designated “regulated areas” or no

Free shoreline planting program benefits you and your water MVCA offers a free shoreline planting service to waterfront property owners. Why? …because a naturally vegetated shoreline area is one of the most effective ways to maintain the quality of the water and to protect your

Watershed Stewardship Stewardship: The act of caring for the land to the best of one’s ability and to maintain it in a healthy state for today and for future generations. MVCA’s role in stewardship is to promote, protect and restore environmentally significant natural area

Purdon Conservation Area would not exist without Joe Purdon. In the 1930s, Mr. Purdon discovered a clump of about a dozen Showy Lady’s Slipper Orchids growing in the wetland on his farm. His love of the outdoors led him to investigate the nature of wetlands and the special needs of th