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Environment committee Yes. Again, with the scientific community and the researchers finding more and more things that are answering some of our questions, phosphorus gets tied up.... There are different forms of phosphorus. We have soluble and insoluble, and it will get tied up in the sediments so tha
June 4th, 2015Committee meeting
Tracey Ryan
Environment committee That's a very good question. Primarily, we don't offer programs for more industry-based projects. Those tend to be through the province or the federal government or the municipal government, and not-for-profits like Sustainable Waterloo Region. But we do work with those locations
June 4th, 2015Committee meeting
Tracey Ryan
Environment committee I certainly can. It's a very good question. No, actually, for every dollar that's provided as a cost share there are at least two or three dollars—I think it's up to about three dollars now—that is provided by the landowner. That funding, though, because we don't parcel it out,
June 4th, 2015Committee meeting
Tracey Ryan
Environment committee Thank you. I think Mr. Morrice has answered it well. Once you have the fertile ground and have a good foundation, you're bringing more people into the room. Any chance to have sustainable funding to support that network, that partnership, in the ongoing longevity of those progr
June 4th, 2015Committee meeting
Tracey Ryan
Environment committee Thank you. I'm not going to be able to speak directly to that because that is a little outside my venue. Of course, the Grand always needs more protection and continuing partnerships so I can't speak directly to the removal of that act.
June 4th, 2015Committee meeting
Tracey Ryan
Environment committee Oh, good question; we may have, yes. We have accessed some federal dollars for our fisheries management. I'm not sure exactly which program, because it's not in my direct area.
June 4th, 2015Committee meeting
Tracey Ryan
Environment committee Yes, we partner with them.
June 4th, 2015Committee meeting
Tracey Ryan
Environment committee That's a very good question. Yes, scale comes into it, definitely. It's been interesting listening to all the questions today. A lot of it comes down to human nature. The comment has been that we know what to do and we know what the right thing is. Some of the right things are c
June 4th, 2015Committee meeting
Tracey Ryan
Environment committee That's a good question. Yes, we're very familiar with ALUS. Actually, our program predates it coming in. We do offer incentives. Our program is actually very similar to ALUS in that it was designed by farmers. We brought in a steering committee. We had over 30 people around the
June 4th, 2015Committee meeting
Tracey Ryan
Environment committee That's a very good question and something we continue to grapple with, because it is balance. We get calls during the tree planting season. We plant over 300,000 trees in our watershed on private land, on our land, and with volunteers. Not all 300,000...with volunteers. It's prob
June 4th, 2015Committee meeting
Tracey Ryan
Environment committee Thank you. That's a very good question. Similar to the previous answer, we generally are relying entirely on the province or the municipalities. The rural water quality program would not have the success it has without the commitment of the municipalities for longer than 15 year
June 4th, 2015Committee meeting
Tracey Ryan
Environment committee Again, that is a very good question. We would be happy to work on some of the long-term recommendations. Off the top, looking at where those priorities are—one of the previous members talked about the Great Lakes and the Great Lakes agreement—it's looking at those priorities
June 4th, 2015Committee meeting
Tracey Ryan
Environment committee That's a really great question, and yes, we are. We were actually successful at receiving Trillium funding this year so that we can engage a volunteer management person, because we're finding that we are starting to see more individuals and companies, local companies, asking for
June 4th, 2015Committee meeting
Tracey Ryan
Environment committee Certainly. Thank you. Toyota has contributed significantly to the building of one of our nature centres, the Toyota Nature Centre, which is located in Cambridge, so they actually have a lot of ownership for our park, Shade's Mills, which is where that's located. I think for the
June 4th, 2015Committee meeting
Tracey Ryan
Environment committee That's a very good question, and one that I think we've been working with for decades. The rural water quality program is voluntary. We have found it's really successful from that point of view, in that adequate incentives—to mention your previous question—will get agricultural
June 4th, 2015Committee meeting
Tracey Ryan