Author of the article: Max Martin • Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Publishing date: Feb 10, 2021 • February 10, 2021 • 2 minute read • Jim Crane is outraged after land near Iona Station originally donated by his late great uncle, James Crane, was sold off by the local conservation authority. He’s pictured next to a memorial cairn on the land, and holding an oil painting of James Crane, a doctor, teacher and conservationist who planted trees on the seven-acre property in the 1930s. (Max Martin/THE LONDON FREE PRESS)
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A local man is pushing for answers after a piece of donated family land was sold by the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority.
Author of the article: Tom Morrison
Publishing date: Jan 27, 2021  â¢Â January 27, 2021  â¢Â 4 minute read  â¢Â Jim Crane is shown next to a memorial rock at the former Crane Conservation Area, which was founded by his great uncle, Dr. James W. Crane. The Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority sold the property to a private buyer in February 2019. (Handout/Postmedia Network)
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A relative of the original owner of an Iona Station conservation area is crying foul after it was sold to a private buyer, though a representative from the former public owner says there were many reasons it was put on the market.
Author of the article: Tom Morrison
Publishing date: Jan 26, 2021  â¢Â January 26, 2021  â¢Â 4 minute read  â¢Â Jim Crane is shown next to a memorial rock at the former Crane Conservation Area, which was founded by his great uncle, Dr. James W. Crane. The Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority sold the property to a private buyer in February 2019. (Handout/Postmedia Network)
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A relative of the original owner of an Iona Station conservation area is crying foul after it was sold to a private buyer, though a representative from the former public owner says there were many reasons it was put on the market.
Author of the article: Trevor Terfloth
Publishing date: Jan 18, 2021 • January 18, 2021 • 1 minute read • Forests and wetlands act as safe havens for many species, notes the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority. Such natural areas also contribute benefits to human, ecological and economic health, including the safeguarding of drinking water sources, maintaining water tables for agriculture, industry and households, reducing the impacts of climate change, promoting soil health for agriculture and reducing flooding impacts. Peter Epp/Chatham This Week
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The Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority and a few partners have broken ground on a new parcel of land in Cedar Springs that will be restored to forest and wetlands.
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The Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority and a few partners have broken ground on a new parcel of land in Cedar Springs that will be restored to forest and wetlands.
Glenn Seed Ltd., Ridge Landfill Community Trust, Forests Ontario and Engie have joined with the conservation authority to transform the current site at Orchard Farm into 5.7 hectares of forest and 0.8 hectares of wetlands.
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“Many partners make for great projects, evident in the project we are starting here,” said Randall Van Wagner, manager of conservation lands and services. “Providing close to $50,000 in green infrastructure will improve the health of our watershed.”