The Star: Planned GO train facility could undermine years of Don Valley restoration efforts, conservationists warn

Click the link above to read about the new train layover being proposed by Metrolinx. Join the public consultation if you can:

GO Expansion Program – Public Consultation Round 3

A hopeful story. “Growth of native plants beat expectations.”

Link to study

This year’s City of Toronto Community Stewardship Program will start soon! Find the ravine(s) you would like to steward. Orientation date will be posted later:

https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/volunteer-with-the-city/community-stewardship-program/

Join a free webinar about Ontario’s Endangered Species Act jointly hosted by Wildlife Conservation Society Canada  , David Suzuki Foundation , and Ontario Nature :

When: Wednesday February 19, 2019 2:00-3:00 pm EST

Register: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8043908718377178124

Media Release: https://saveontariospecies.org/esa-review/

The City is hosting four Consultation Events for the draft Biodiversity Strategy. Meet a City staff and provide your opinions:

https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/parks-gardens-beaches/ravines-natural-parklands/biodiversity-in-the-city/

See meetings, agendas, and minutes at:

http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/meetingCalendarView.do?function=meetingCalendarView#

Toronto’s ravines, both their ecological value and declining health, are getting global attention. Thank you Leyland Cecco for this great article:

‘There’s no major city like it’: Toronto’s unique ravine system under threat

Thank you Ron Johnson, Post City Magazine for interviewing our team member, Paul Scrivener, and writing this awesome article on the health decline of the ravines:

Post City Magazine: Report on Potential Collapse of Ravines Hits North Toronto Hard

Flip to page 17

Our final report is available electronically:

Toronto Ravines Study 1977 to 2017 short (40 pages, without component studies)

Toronto Ravines Study 1977 to 2017 with component studies (220 pages, with component studies)

Initiated in the 1970’s and revisited from 2015 to 2017, our studies quantitatively recorded the health status of four ravines along the Don Valley using the conventional scientific framework of ‘Ecological Integrity’. The Toronto Ravine Revitalization Study Team would like to thank everyone who has been supporting and being interested in our project.