Projects
- The Bronte Creek Watershed
- From it's headwaters atop the Niagara Escarpment, this scenic
creek faces many environmental challenges as it meanders through
many small communities before emptying into Lake Ontario in
the town of Oakville.
The Ted Knott Chapter has adopted Bronte Creek to be
a focal point within the region. This creek supports a healthy trout
population today, but has much greater potential. A strategic plan has been drafted which will be used as a guideline to
establish priorities for protection and
rehabilitation of Bronte Creek.
For more information about Bronte Creek, see the Bronte
Creek Watershed page.
We are currently investigating some habitat improvement
projects around Courtcliffe
Park and Carlisle
Conservation Area in the community of Carlisle.
- Collection of Water Temperature Data
- Data logging devices that monitor water temperature have been installed in Bronte Creek and it's tributaries.
Click here for details about this
project.
- Bronte Creek Spawning Survey
- The Ted Knott Chapter conducts an annual Brown Trout spawning survey
of Bronte Creek from Lowville to Cedar Springs.
2005
Survey Results
2006 Spawning Survey
- Taquanyah Dam Removal
- Participating member of the steering committee for the Taquanyah
Reservoir dam removal project near Cayuga, Ont. Headed by Ducks
Unlimited, this project involves the replacement of a dammed
trout stream with naturalized brook trout habitat, plus four off line
wetlands, two fishing ponds and critical nesting habitat for bird
species at risk.
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Chapter Workdays
- Bronte Creek Workday
- Sunday May 4th, 2008
- Our first workday of 2008 involved planting small shrubs and trees to create a riparian buffer zone
for a section of Bronte Creek where a pond has been removed.
Volunteers from Trout Unlimited, Conservation Halton, and GE
Water & Process Technologies all helped to plant
more than 300 trees which will soon provide shade and cover along this
barren stream bank.
- Click
here for workday photos...
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- Bronte Creek Clean Up
- Saturday November 3rd, 2007
- Oakville, Ontario
In a cooperative effort with the Credit River Anglers Association and
the Ted Knott Chapter of Trout Unlimited, volunteers spent their
day cleaning up public access points to Bronte Creek.
Click here for workday photos.
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- Stream Assessment Workday
- October 13th, 2007
- Courtcliffe Park, Carlisle
The Ted Knott Chapter assisted by volunteers from GE Zenon and
Jacques Whitford conducted a stream assessment of a section of
Mountsberg Creek.
View
event details and photographs ...
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- Check Your Watershed Day
- Saturday, July 21st, 2007
- Bronte Creek Watershed
Ted Knott Chapter members assisted at Conservation
Halton's "Check Your Watershed Day" on Bronte Creek.
Click here for event details ...
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- Mill Creek Cleanup Day
- Saturday, November 18th, 2006
Removal of beaver dams at Mill Creek downstream
of the Taquanyah Nature Reserve.
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- Bronte Creek Cleanup Day
- Saturday, October 21st, 2006
Lower Bronte Creek at Petro Canada Park off Bronte Road, north of Rebecca
Street.
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- Bronte Creek Cleanup Day
- July 8th and September 9th, 2006
Two workdays focused on removing fallen trees from Bronte Creek at
the Progreston Dam.
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- 16 Mile Creek Workday
- The Ted Knott Chapter had a Stream Cleanup Day to
remove a dam and debris in sections of the 16
Mile Creek in the Town
of Oakville.
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