Conservation Ontario

Conservation Ontario is a non-profit association that represents Ontario’s 36 Conservation Authorities.  www.conservationontario.ca

Conservation Authorities are community-based watershed management agencies, mandated to ensure the conservation, restoration and responsible management of Ontario’s water, land and natural habitats through programs that balance human, environmental and economic needs. 

Conservation Authorities are legislated under the Conservation Authorities Act, 1946. 

Conservation Ontario is governed by a six-member elected Board of Directors and directed by a Council comprised of appointed and elected municipal official from the 36 Conservation Authorities Boards of Directors and Conservation Authorities staff. Conservation Ontario’s main source of funding is secured from its membership through levies and supplemented by project funding and contracts.