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Watershed Plan Aims to Build Resiliency Against Climate Change Impacts

Levels on the Mississippi River are currently 65% below normal for this time of year.  The Draft Mississippi Watershed Plan recently released for comment by Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) states that the watershed has experienced four droughts since 2012 and six large floods since 1998. Climate change models for the watershed predict more frequent extreme weather events and earlier spring freshets, with potential impacts on winter ice stability and the ability of the Authority...

Bolingbroke Cemetery Memorial Service Announcement

The Bolingbroke Cemetery Memorial Service always held on the second Sunday in July has been cancelled for 2021 due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Donations to help with the upkeep of the Cemetery are greatly appreciated.

The Cemetery is always open to visitors.

For more information contact Garnet Gray — 613-273-5475

Celebrating National Indigenous Day: We are all Treaty People

TREATIES ARE ALIVE! Mississippi Mills All My Relations presents via Zoom: 7:00 – 9:00 PM EDT June 21st

How do Treaties Give Us Hope? Elder Larry McDermott, Algonquin from Shabot Obaadjiwan, Executive Director of Plenty Canada and Indigenous Advisor and Lecturer for the University of Guelph, will describe the Treaty Relationship between Canadians and Indigenous Peoples beginning with the Treaty of Niagara, 1764, and the significance of this especially with regard to:

• Establishing a foundation for...

Member Wanted for Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Committee

MISSISSIPPI AND RIDEAU WATERSHEDS — The Mississippi-Rideau Source Protection Region (MRSPR) is seeking a Source Protection Committee member who is interested in protecting municipal drinking water sources in the Mississippi and Rideau Valley watersheds.

The MRSPR Committee was established in 2007 as a result of the Province’s Clean Water Act. The committee guides local efforts to protect drinking water at the source and is made up of one-third municipal, one-third economic and one-third...