Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority (CLOCA) is pleased to announce the recent award of $1,614,500 of funding to CLOCA, as the project lead, from the Canada Water Agency (CWA) through The Great Lakes Freshwater Ecosystem Initiative for the Improving Climate Resilience at Oshawa Second Marsh Project. This Project builds on years of CLOCA’s monitoring and research, and partnerships with organizations such as Ducks Unlimited Canada, Friends of Second Marsh, the City of Os

The Lynde Shores Phragmites Control Project is expanding efforts to manage and control invasive Phragmites at Lynde Shores Conservation Area.

Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority has issued a Level 1 Low Water conditions statement for watersheds within the CLOCA jurisdiction as a result of persistent dry conditions and below average rainfall in the months of June and July. CLOCA’s hydrologic monitoring program looks at streamflow and precipitation within the watershed over 30- and 90-day periods to determine low water status. In June and July, our watershed received below 80% of the normal precipitation for

Since January 7, 2025, draglines have been used to dig out channels and open water areas within the dense cattail stands of Lynde Marsh on the north side of Victoria Street. This wetland interspersion project and is the first of three restoration projects planned for Lynde Shores Conservation Area. In nature, diversity welcomes diversity. If diversity is reintroduced at the base of a habitat, plant diversity and animal diversity follow! By bringing back the balance of open wa