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The 2019 camping season is nearly here and the Grand River Parks camping reservation system will be open for reservations online and over the phone on March 1.

The reservation system at www.grcacamping.ca provides 24-hour online reservation service until mid-October, when the camping season closes.

The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) will spend more than $35 million this year on programs that protect life and minimize property damage from flooding and erosion, improve the health of the Grand River watershed, connect people to the environment through outdoor experiences and manage land holdings in a responsible and sustainable way.

The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA), in partnership with the City of Brantford, is focused on helping grassland habitats make a comeback in southern Ontario. Grassland habitats support a number of grassland-specific bird species including the Eastern Meadowlark– a threatened species that has been recorded in and around the City of Brantford.

The December 2018 issue of GRCA Current is now available.

Check out the November issue of Grand Actions which has many stories, and a focus on reptiles and amphibians in our watershed.

The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) is undertaking a forest restoration project on its property near Victoria Road southwest of Guelph Lake starting in December, 2018.

Here is the October issue of GRCA Current. Please visit the archives to see all issues of GRCA Current.

Observations by Grand River Conservation Authority staff this week have confirmed the presence of blue-green algae in the reservoir at Belwood Lake. The algae bloom was observed near the Wellington Road 26 bridge in Belwood Village.

Fall is an exciting time at Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) nature centres. As the temperatures cool, the fall and winter activity schedule heats up with lots of things to see and do throughout the watershed.

Work on the dike and river channel along the Grand River downstream of Veterans Memorial Bridge in Brantford is expected to get underway on Monday, October 1, 2018 and will take approximately three months to complete, weather permitting.