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The snow may still be falling, but the 2025 camping season is just around the corner! The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) campsite reservation system will be open to take reservations online beginning February 25, 2025, at 8:00 a.m.

With the recent colder temperatures and snow, winter activities are well underway at the six Grand River Conservation Areas that are open year-round, including Belwood Lake, Guelph Lake, Laurel Creek, Pinehurst Lake, Rockwood and Shade’s Mills conservation areas.

The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) has a new Chair and Vice-Chair. John Challinor II, Town of Milton Councillor, has been elected Chair. Shawn Watters, Township of Centre Wellington Mayor, has been elected Vice-Chair.

Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) crews are completing the annual fall removal of its safety booms and buoys over the coming days. The booms and buoys are installed each spring upstream of GRCA dams to alert paddlers, anglers and boaters to stay away from the dams. 

The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) is preparing for a maintenance project on the Shand Dam, which will run from November 2024 to February 2025.

The suspected presence of blue-green algae has been observed at Snyder’s Flats.

The public is invited to celebrate the Grand River and the entire watershed at the free River Heritage Festival, which will feature nearly 20 exhibitions and demonstrations designed for people of all ages.

The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) is inviting all municipal partners, interest holders and members of the public to provide feedback on its draft Conservation Areas Strategy.

Hot summer days are great for spending time outdoors, but also create the perfect conditions for algae to grow and bloom in large bodies of water like the Grand River Conservation Authority’s (GRCA) Belwood, Conestogo, Guelph, and Woolwich reservoirs.

The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) is required to submit an implementation report for Water Management Plans (WMP) every five years as part of the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) requirements under the Maintaining Water Management Plans Technical Bulletin. The GRCA has three dams that require WMP’s – Shand Dam, Guelph Dam and Conestogo Dam. Recent Implementation reports were completed for Shand Dam in 2022 and Conestogo Dam in 2023. The previous implementation report for Guelph Dam was completed in 2019, with the current report approved by MNR on August 8, 2024.