Hanlon Creek Weir Removal Project – Valued Supporters
We offer a Badge of Honour to those valued supporters who have contributed to the Hanlon Creek Weir Removal Crowdfunding Campaign – Phase II. A BIG THANK YOU to all our supporters: $500 or over Golf...
View ArticleHanlon Creek Weir Removal Project – Complete
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View ArticleMedia Release: Putting the ‘Blue’ Back in the ‘Green’ City
GUELPH –On September 10th, with the sounds of a jackhammer hammering in the background, the Hanlon Creek monitoring weir was removed within Preservation Park in the City of Guelph. The motivation...
View ArticleThe Problem with Hydropower – Damnation Trailer
Ontario has hundreds, if not thousands of dams that are unsafe and no longer serving any useful purpose. These dams are blocking fish passage, degrading water quality, fragmenting habitat, threatening...
View ArticleUpdates: Howson Dam, North Maitland River
The motion, presented on Monday night, suggested by the committee calls for North Huron Council to approve an engineering study to determine the future of the dam and set out a schedule for fundraising...
View ArticleSpringbank Dam Decommissioning – Update
Since early in 2016, the Ontario Rivers Alliance, Thames River Anglers Association and several other partners have advocated for the removal of the Springbank Dam on the Thames River. We are happy to...
View ArticleMedia Release: Concerns over Brook Trout in the West Credit River
The Town of Erin (Erin) is in the design phase of a new sewage treatment plant, and the Ontario Rivers Alliance (ORA) is concerned that the sewage plant effluent will endanger some of the most...
View ArticleORA Celebrates 10 years of Service to Ontario Rivers
A presentation made by the Chair at ORA’s 16 October 2021 Annual General Meeting: 2021-ORA-AGM-10yrs-Web-Final_compressed The post ORA Celebrates 10 years of Service to Ontario Rivers appeared first...
View ArticleWWF-Canada and Nature Conservancy Support Adding Turbines to Non-powered Dams
It is challenging to understand the logic of a November 2021 CBC article that reports, “The Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund are two environmental groups that oppose new hydro dams...
View ArticleA Clean Electricity Standard in support of a net-zero electricity sector –...
When people refer to hydroelectric as clean, it’s usually in the context of GHG emissions; however, governments and utilities often use the term categorically and without caveat or qualification....
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