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2015 was a record year for Atlantic Salmon travelling upstream to spawn in Duffins Creek!  Between August 14th and September 22nd, Toronto and Region Conservation’s (TRCA) environmental monitoring team recorded 8 Atlantic Salmon in the temporary Resistance Board Weir set-up near the mouth of the creek. This is the most Atlantics caught in one season... Read more

For over a decade Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) has been using a unique strategy in the protection of natural heritage systems within the regional watersheds. All flora and vertebrate fauna species as well as vegetation communities found in TRCA’s nine watershed areas have been assigned a rank based on scores that measure their local... Read more

A number of both good and bad news stories have been brought to our attention in the recent Terrestrial Long-term Monitoring, Spatial and Temporal Trends 2008-2014 report produced by TRCA’s Environmental Monitoring and Data Management team. Using data collected from long-term monitoring sites, the report uses specific measures of biodiversity to provide an update on... Read more

Thanks to a ‘high-tech’ fish tagging study, resource managers are learning how fish are using restored habitats — part of an effort to enhance or expand restoration work in the Toronto Harbour. In partnership with researchers from Carleton University and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), environmental monitoring crews from Toronto and Region Conservation... Read more