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Severn Sound Environmental Association 2017 Second Quarterly Meeting

Thursday July 13, 2017, 09:00 AM Town of Midland Council Chambers 575 Dominion Avenue, Midland, ON

AGENDA

1. Welcome 2. Adoption of Agenda 3. Declaration of pecuniary interest 4. Adoption of Past SSEA Minutes 5. Update from SSEA staff members; SSEA Invasive Species Intern, Robyn Rumney,

Anastasia McClymont and Reilley Plue, SSEA Summer Students 6. Second Quarter Financial reports for 2017

6.1 Second Quarterly SSEA Financial Report 7. Second Quarter Report - Julie Cayley 8. Risk Management Report - Keith Sherman 9. Executive Committee Update

1) SSEA Strategic Plan 2) SSEA/SSS proposal

10. Other Business

1) Great Lake St Lawrence Cities Initiative 2) Grants and Awards update 3) SSEA Building update 4) Meeting Schedule 5) Status of 2016 Annual Report

11. Next Meeting October 12, 2017 Town of Midland Council Chambers 12. Adjournment.

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SEVERN SOUND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION JOINT MUNICIPAL SERVICES BOARD

2017 FIRST QUARTERLY MEETING APRIL 13, 2017 9:00 AM

Draft Minutes

Present

Councillor Pat File Town of Midland Councillor Rob Kloostra City of Orillia Councillor Mike Lauder Town of Penetanguishene Councillor Ron Stevens SSEA Chair/Township of Severn Deputy Mayor Dave Ritchie Township of Tay Deputy Mayor Steffen Walma Township of Tiny Councillor Paul Wiancko Township of Georgian Bay Julie Cayley SSEA General Manager Gail Marchildon SSEA Office Manager

Regrets Councillor Barb Coutanche Township of Oro-Medonte Councillor Perry Ritchie Township of Springwater Keith Sherman SSEA RMO/Special Projects Officer

1. WELCOME & CALL TO ORDER

Chair Steffen Walma opened the meeting at 9:00 A.M.

2. ADOPT AGENDA: Moved by: Mike Lauder Seconded by: David Ritchie Motion:

To approve the agenda, for the First Quarterly SSEA Joint Services Board with the following amendments; remove from the agenda reports 9.4, 9.5, 9.6 and 9.7., add to the agenda under other business; 12.2 Quarterly Report, 12.3 summer students and electric cars.

Carried.

3. DECLARATION OF PECUNIARY INTEREST None declared.

4. APPROVAL OF PAST MINUTES

Moved by: Ron Steven Seconded by: David Ritchie Motion:

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That the minutes of the Fourth Quarterly SSEA Joint Services Board meeting held on January 19, 2017, be received and approved.

Carried.

5. UPDATE FROM SSEA LEAD ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICIAN, CARL LESPERANCE Moved by: Rob Kloostra

Seconded by: Paul Wiancko Motion:

That the SSEA first quarterly activity report update presented by Carl Lesperance, Lead Environmental Technician, be accepted for information..

Carried.

6. SUSPEND THE SSEA MEETING TO ALLOW THE SEVERN SOUND SOURCE PROTECTION AUTHORITY MEETING

Moved by: Mike Lauder Seconded by: Paul Wiancko Motion: To suspend the SSEA Meeting to allow the Severn Sound Source Protection

Authority meeting to proceed at 9:20 a.m. Carried

7. SEVERN SOUND SOURCE PROTECTION AUTHORITY MEETING

8. RECONVENE THE SSEA QUARTERLY MEETING Moved by: Pat File Seconded by: Mike Lauder Motion: To reconvene the SSEA Board meeting at 9:50 a.m.

Carried.

9. FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR 2017 9.1 2017 BUDGET UPDATE

Moved by: David Ritchie Seconded by: Rob Kloostra Motion: To accept and approve (9.1) the second draft 2017 Annual Budget as the final 2017 budget. Carried

9.2 FIRST QUARTERLY REPORTS &3 Moved by: Ron Stevens

Seconded by: Paul Wiancko Motion:

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That the (9.2) First Quarterly SSEA Financial Report and the (9.3) Draft Town of Midland’s Statement of Operations report be accepted for information only. Carried

10. INVASIVE SPECIES PILOT PROGRAM UPDATE FROM JULIE CAYLEY Julie’s brief update included the municipalities that have agreed to be a part of

the pilot; Tiny, Severn, Tay and Midland. Julie was still hopeful that Penetanguishene would also decide to join.

Moved by: Ron Stevens Seconded by: David Ritchie Motion: That the verbal update on the Invasive Species Pilot Program presented by Julie Cayley, SSEA General Manager, be accepted for information.

Carried 11. RISK MANAGEMENT REPORT FROM KEITH SHERMAN, SSEA

RMO/SPECIAL PROJECTS OFFICER Moved by: Rob Kloostra Seconded by: Pat File Motion: That the Risk Management Report from Keith Sherman be deferred until the next board meeting. Carried

12.1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE UPDATE Moved by: David Ritchie Seconded by: Ron Stevens Motion:

That the SSEA board receive the staff report and explore the proposal to “merge” the SSS with the SSEA and, direct staff to work with the SSEA Board Executive Committee to develop a merger proposal for report back to the SSEA Board. Carried

12.2 SSEA STRATEGIC PLAN Moved by: Ron Stevens Seconded by: Mike Lauder Motion:

That the SSEA staff be directed to develop a renewed Strategic Plan with the SSEA Board Executive Committee.

Carried 13. SSEA BOARD MEETINGS Moved by: Rob Kloostra Seconded by: David Ritchie Motion:

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That the SSEA Board consider at the July meeting, a change from quarterly meetings to bi-monthly.

Carried 14. ADJOURNMENT

Moved by: David Ritchie Seconded by: Rob Kloostra Motion: To adjourn the First Quarterly SSEA Joint Services Board meeting at 12:20 P.M. Carried. The Second Quarterly SSEA Joint Service Board meeting will be on Thursday July13th, 2017 at 9:00 AM.

______________________________ _____________________________ Julie Cayley, SSEA General Manager Steffen Walma, SSEA Chair

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SSEA Board Update July 13, 2017

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Spring marks the start of field season with many projects on the go including:

• Invasive species

• Tree planting

• Monitoring programs

• Natural heritage and fish/wildlife habitat projects

• Education and outreach

• Reporting and publications

SSEA Spring Second Quarter

Tay Bog Wetland Evaluation Temperature Logger Installation Stream Monitoring

Balsam Fir Seedlings

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Invasive Species • Actively working in Midland, Tiny, Tay and Severn

Mapping/Surveillance

Responding to Public Inquiries

Before During After

Tiffin Pond Phragmites Removal

Giant Hogweed Mapping

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Invasive Species

• Featured in the Midland Mirror and Tay Report

• New signs and handouts in public spaces • Information shared at 5 community events

and 7 SSEA tree plants • Phragmites workshop - July 14th

Invasive Species Display DRAFT

Spring Tree Planting 5,100 native tree and shrub seedlings planted at community events + 8,690 seedlings planted by private landowners

= 13,790 trees and seedlings planted

Tree Sorting & Packaging School Group Tree Plant

SSEA Staff and Volunteer Tree Plant Tree & Shrub Seedlings

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Fish & Wildlife Habitat

Penetanguishene Natural Heritage project

Wetland Evaluations • Tiny Bog • Tay Bog/Gratrix Wetlands

Wetland Evaluation Field Crew Female Spiny Baskettail Dragonfly

Salamander Larva

Green Frog

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2017 Field Monitoring

Recording data during open water monitoring on Severn Sound

Anchoring in Little Lake to collect samples for inland lake monitoring

Measuring water levels at the Little Lake outlet Collecting a zooplankton sample in Severn Sound

Open Water and Inland Lake Monitoring

• Temperature, pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity

• Chemistry, phytoplankton, metals, total organic carbon, nutrients, zooplankton

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2017 Field Monitoring Provincial Water

Quality Monitoring

• Temperature, pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity

• Chemistry, metals, total phosphorous

Provincial Groundwater Monitoring Network (PGMN)

• Monthly downloads of water level and temperature

• Monthly manual water levels required for correction of the water level data

Recording data in Copeland Creek

Collecting water samples in Wye River

Groundwater level gauge

Example well water level data 2005- 2016.

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Ontario Geological Survey (OGS)

• Drilling wells to bedrock to understand local geology

• Some wells converted to Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) PGMN wells

– SSEA delivers PGMN program for MOECC in Severn Sound

OGS Explaining Project to MOECC Geological Core Sample DRAFT

Climate Monitoring

• Thermal stability survey

• Rain and air temperature loggers

• Stream and lake temperature Loggers

2017 Field Monitoring

Installing a temperature logger

Rain gauge installation at Balm Beach in the Township of Tiny

Rain gauge installation at the Midland STP

Installing a temperature logger

Thermal stability monitoring

Probe used to monitor temperature, pH and conductivity

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Volunteers and Summer Staff

Volunteers: Kayla Berger helped with field work and sorting stream invertebrates; Karlene

Tuininga helped map invasive species

Summer staff: Anna McClymont and Reilley Plue

Volunteers and Field Staff

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Citizen science/school groups • Copeland Forest Friends Association (CFFA) • Wildfire Education Centre

Events • Great Lake Cities Initiative • Bass Lake Ratepayers Association AGM • SSEA Open House • Midland Fishing Derby • Tay Bike Day

Education, Engagement & Outreach

SSEA Booth at Midland Fishing Derby Gord Miller, Keynote Speaker at

Open House

Citizen Science in Copeland Forest with CFFA

Great Lake Cities Initiative

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Thank You! Questions?

For more Information see SSEA Quarterly Reports www.SevernSound.ca

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Collected2017 or Invoiced Remaining

Budget to Date

Georgian Bay $38,018 $38,018 $0 Midland $57,549 $57,549 $0 Orillia $36,875 $36,875 $0 Oro-Medonte $50,186 $50,186 $0 Penetanguishene $44,025 $44,025 $0 Severn $43,288 $43,288 $0 Springwater $38,638 $38,638 $0 Tay $51,019 $51,019 $0 Tiny $83,376 $83,376 $0County Support/Contributions $5,000 ($5,000)Municipal sub-total(2) $442,974 $442,974 $0Community/Private $5,857 $448 $5,409Projects (3) $25,000 $6,109 $18,892Cost Recoveries (4) $50,000 $420 $49,580Recoveries (5) $30,000 $6,109 $23,892Interest Income $422.61TOTAL REVENUES $553,831 $461,482 $97,772

Special Projects (6)

(1) Revenues related directly to the Environmental Association which do not include project funds (cash and in-kind) from partners.(2) Municipal share is based on 2007 assessment. (3) Projects administered by the Association (10%).(4) Work done by the SSEA Office for the Partners and/or others.(5) Planned surplus based on deficit recuction plan (6) Special Projects Salary & Benefits to SSEA

Severn Sound Environmental AssociationRevenues Budget 2017 ending June 30, 2017

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2017 Total 2017Deliverable Budget To Date BalanceAdministration Audit fees $3,200 $0.00 $3,200 Treasurer expense $30,000 $0.00 $30,000 Legal fees $1,000 $0.00 $1,000 Insurance $7,400 $6,951.96 $448 Meeting expense $2,500 $123.82 $2,376 Mileage $1,000 $419.93 $580 Conference expense $4,000 $2,837.87 $1,162 Membership Dues $1,000 $205.05 $795 Office Supplies $5,000 $838.35 $4,162 Printing $50 $0.00 $50 Copier costs $25 $0.62 $24 Postage and Shipping $1,200 $480.85 $719 Phones $2,250 $911.85 $1,338 Internet/IT $700 $0.00 $700 Supplies & Tools $3,500 $775.97 $2,724 Supplies Health and Safety $1,250 $530.39 $720 Space rental $15,600 $7,616.10 $7,984 SSEA Vehicle unleaded gas $500 $0.00 $500 Sampling contracts (sampling boat & analyses) $20,000 $5,895.99 $14,104

Sub total: $100,175 $27,588.75 $72,586

Salaries & Benefits Undistributed Salaries & Benefits $21,325 $8,044.57 $13,280 Overall Coordination $75,001 $37,500.00 $37,501 Office administration $69,544 $46,185.58 $23,358 Database Maintenance $76,131 $40,466.54 $35,664 Risk Management $16,836 $0.00 $16,836Requests & plan review $30,348 $13,999.63 $16,348 Rural Programs $11,524 $9,153.14 $2,371 Monitoring & Surveillance $50,500 $30,929.60 $19,570 Water Scientist $52,447 $32,795.37 $19,652

Sub total: $403,656 219,074.43 $184,582

Total (not incl. special projects): $503,831 246,663.18 $257,168

$524,585

Budget Actual RemainingRevenues $553,831 461,481.61 $92,349Expenditures $503,831 246,663.18 $257,168Balance to date $50,000 214,818.43 ($164,818)

Special Projects (Salaries & benefits only) $200,000 74,878.27 $125,122Operational Salaries and Benefits $403,656 219,074.43 $184,582Total Salaries & benefits: $603,656 293,952.70 $309,703

Severn Sound Environmental AssociationBudget Expenditures 2017 ending June 30, 2017

FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR 2017

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Severn Sound Environmental Association with Salaries and BenefitsDRAFT and UNCONFIRMED Period Ending June 30, 2017

ProjectCLOSING

BALANCE 2016Annual Budget

2017Funds Received

or Receivable Expenditures ADJUSTMENTS S&BCLOSING BALANCE

Accounts Receivable

DEFERRED REVENUE

802 - Ground Water Project (6,198.90) (2,500.00) (2,500.00) (8,698.90) (8,698.90)

805 - Penetang Const Wetland (383.16) (383.16) (383.16)

813 - Honey Harbour Survey 6,816.28 (12,688.00) (12,688.00) 11,051.14 5,179.42 5,179.42

818 - Wetlands Evaluation Pro (1,833.85) (10,570.07) (10,570.07) 1,656.90 1,565.48 (10,747.02) (10,747.02)

820 - Beach Monitoring (777.14) (777.14) (777.14)

822 - Natural Shorelines Project 717.62 717.62 717.62

825 - Lake Couchiching Project 11,143.99 11,143.99 11,143.99

838 - Fish Habitat Project (769.49) (769.49) (769.49)

839 - Well Survey (8,908.45) (6,000.00) (8,908.45) (8,908.45)

844 - Tree Distribution Project (30,976.14) (19,017.32) (14,522.32) 12,510.90 - (32,987.56) (32,987.56)

850 - Little Lake Mgt Plan (803.58) (803.58) (803.58)

851 - Woodland Evaluation (5,282.91) (5,282.91) (5,282.91)

853 - Inland Lakes 1,966.22 (5,640.00) (5,640.00) 2,956.79 (716.99) (716.99)

856 - Source Water Implementation (9,170.66) (110,000.00) (53,684.98) 53,334.74 50,881.58 (9,520.90) (9,520.90)

857 - Habitat Restoration Project (207.42) (11,912.50) (11,912.50) 7,478.00 7,478.00 (4,641.92) (4,641.92)

858 - RMO Project (4,734.53) (71,200.00) (36,200.00) 11,403.09 3,984.76 (29,531.44) (29,531.44)

860 - Near Shore Characterization 50,822.66 50,822.66 50,822.66

861 - Stewardship 2,189.61 (2,654.87) (2,654.87) 105.93 105.93 (359.33) (359.33)

862 - Victoria Harbour WTP Survey (5,688.68) (22,200.00) (22,200.00) 6,716.16 (21,172.52) (21,172.52)

863 - Coastal Mapping Project (26,032.62) (22,781.00) 38,298.77 1,134.52 12,266.15 12,266.15

865 - Invasive Species - (40,000.00) (36,000.00) 9,951.60 9,728.00 (26,048.40) (26,048.40)

866 - Citizen Scientist - (5,000.00) (5,000.00) TOTALS (28,111.15) (342,163.76) (213,572.74) 518,555.09 74,878.27 (81,219.87) 67,863.69 (149,083.56)

THESE 2 COLUMNS CLOSING BALANCE DETAILS

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Severn Sound Environmental Association (SSEA)

2017 2nd

Quarter (April 1- June 30) Report/Update

Financial Donations, Grants, Budget, Invoicing, and Revenue (Fee for Service)

Grants Applied to several funders and have successfully secured Grants from: Simcoe County Grant for Strategic Plan renewal ($5,000) Canada Summer Jobs grant approved for Climate Change Field Technicians

Budget Severn, Tay, Tiny and Midland approved funding ($36,000 total) for 2017 SSEA

invasive species pilot project

Revenue/Cost Recovery Water level data for Little Lake compiled for a landscape consultant Solicitor inquiries - Two in Severn (one general, one related to Source Water

Protection)

Staffing/HR Administration, Staffing, Training, and Volunteers

Administration Actively looking for new SSEA office space (2 sites visited) Renewed Strategic Plan process underway Board of Directors met in April SSEA continues to sit on Sustainable Severn Sound Board (3 Board Meetings) Staffing Hired 2 Climate Change Field

Technicians to assist with summer field monitoring

Team SSEA – Q2 Full Time = 8 Part Time = 2 Interns = 1 Summer Students = 2

SSEA Staff and the 2017 Open House

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Volunteers Thank you Volunteers!

465 volunteers [359 youth, 106 adults] contributed nearly 900 volunteer hours to spring tree planting

Karlene Tuininga - mapping of invasive species Kayla Berger - as part of Fleming College Ecosystem

Management Program sorting/ID of benthic invertebrates, data entry, field work

Training “The Reluctant Speaker” workshop to improve public speaking

skills (provided through Town of Midland) Justine Lunt appointed as Risk Management Inspector for the

Township of Severn, completing required MOECC training July 2017

Education, Engagement, Outreach Presentations, Articles, Media, School Involvement, and Events

Education/Citizen Science Trained citizen scientists Copeland Forest Friends Association (CFFA) on water

sampling techniques in Copeland Forest Ran 2 stream habitat assessment protocol programs to school groups at Wildfire

Education Centre Presentations Yellow Fish Road presentation to Coldwater Scouts 2017 International Association for Great Lakes

Research (IAGLR) Conference in Detroit, May 15-19 Staff attended with oral and poster presentations:

o Keith (Collaboration with Lex, DFO and U of Windsor) - Using Remote Sensing to Map and Classify the Condition of Nearshore Fish Habitat in Severn Sound, ON, poster

o Aisha - How and why do local climate signals vary in different ways? A case study in Severn Sound, Georgian Bay, poster

o Keith - Severn Sound RAP; The friendly little monster, oral presentation

Presented “Algae trends in Honey Harbour” at 50 Shades of Green – All About Algae Symposium (May 12 2017, Port Carling Community Centre) - Muskoka Watershed Council (all talks available online)

SSEA Water Scientist, Aisha Chiandet, at SSEA poster submission at IAGLR

Student volunteer counting and identifying invertebrates

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Articles/Publications Draft SSEA 2016 annual report complete Established a bi-weekly column on invasive

species for the Tay Report Newspaper, two articles were published in June 2017

Submitted an article to the Township of Severn’s “Your Talk of the Town” for the July 2017 edition

Tiny Bog Wetland Evaluation Final Report http://www.severnsound.ca/Shared%20Documents/Reports/TBog_Wetland_Evaluation_Report_FINAL_May2017_sec.pdf

In the News! Media Feature story “Pilot program educates

Midland-area residents about invasive species” in the Midland Mirror online (June 8, 2017) https://www.simcoe.com/community-story/7359017-pilot-program-to-educate-midland-area-residents-about-invasive-species/

Tay Township Press Release regarding Mayor Warnock’s election to Great Lake Cities Initiative Board

Social Media @SSEA_SSRAP Twitter Feed added

to severnsound.ca home page Twitter analytics

o Tweets = 146 o Profile visits = 2,700 o New followers = 54 o Tweet Impressions = 33,729 o Mentions = 29

Events Great Lake Cities Initiative (GLCI)

Thank you, Township of Tiny, for supporting the SSEA GM attendance

Mayor Scott Warnock, Township of Tay was elected to the GLCI Board, great news for Severn Sound municipalities!

Bass Lake Ratepayers Association AGM – June 3, 2017 - Presentation

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Twitter Feed on severnsound.ca Home Page

Gibb Wishart (Township of Tiny), Julie Cayley SSEA GM, Mayor Sandra Cooper (Town of Collingwood),

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on Bass Lake Water Quality, North River thermal stability, summary of SSEA activities

SSEA Open House – June 22, 2017, Wyebridge Community Centre

o SSEA Displays and Gord Miller keynote talk “Adapting to the Realities of a Changing Environment”

o 44 (+/-) attended o Thank you to our event sponsors Grounded

Coffee & Township of Tiny

SSEA Staff joined Town of Midland staff in waterfront trail Earth Day garbage clean up

Invasive species presentations to 7 tree planting groups

Display - SSEA and Invasive Species o Tiny Town Hall Meeting (May 27) o Coldwater Duck Race (May 27) o Midland Kids fishing derby (June 3) o Tay Bike Day (June 17)

Tree Planting Planting and Distribution

Community Tree Planting 9 community tree plants at 6 sites (2 each in

Midland, Tay and Severn) from April 25 to May 4; one additional site was inaccessible due to flooding

o School Tree Plants (x7), Scout Tree Plant & SSEA staff/volunteer tree plant

5,100 native tree and shrub seedlings planted Cost of seedlings ($4,495) is covered by a

grant from the County of Simcoe Forestry department

Tree Distribution Participating landowners from all 9 municipalities Municipal staff/council and volunteers assisted with sorting & packaging tree orders 188 participants planted 8,690 native trees and shrubs Two dates for pick up (April 28 & 29), five pick up locations offered in different

municipalities

SSEA staff and volunteer tree plant

SSEA booth at Midland Fishing Derby

SSEA Open House - Gord Miller keynote

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Fish and Wildlife Habitat / Natural Heritage Natural Heritage Assessments, Invasive S pecies, Wetlands, Habitat, and Stewardship

Penetanguishene Natural Heritage Project Met with Penetanguishene Planning Committee and senior staff to discuss project Prepared & submitted final report to Town and reviewed draft Official Plan policies

Wetland Evaluations Tiny Bog Evaluation

o Final report sent to partners and landowners

Tay Bog/Gratrix Wetlands o Spring field work completed, documented

plants/wildlife, mapping and scoring wetland is underway

Invasive Species – Pilot Project Gathered invasive species sightings data and

consolidated into a spreadsheet for mapping and submitting to EDDMapS Ontario

Worked with Tiffin Homeowner’s Association (& inmates from Beaver Creek Institution in Gravenhurst) to remove invasive Phragmites around Tiffin Pond, Town of Midland

Installed 5 invasive species monitoring pads in Little Lake to determine the extent of zebra mussel establishment

Tiny Marsh Garlic Mustard Pull - Removed garlic mustard and provided education to volunteers

Produced and distributed invasive species posters and information to Townships of Tay, Tiny and Severn, and Town of Midland

Created invasive species factsheets and attached to tree distribution bags

Invasive species poster highlighting

some species of concern

Bagged Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

that was hand-pulled in Tiny Marsh

Artificial substrate pads used to determine zebra mussel colonization

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Land Use Planning Input and Review

Natural Heritage Reviews One Tiny Twp Site visit Commented on proposed Terms of Reference for Environmental Impact Studies:

two in Tay, one in Tiny Commented on one compensation tree plant project in Tay Commented on two Minor Variances in Tay Attended Cnty Rd. 93 Class EA

Source Water Protection Education & Outreach, Risk Management

Education & Outreach Education & Outreach packages delivered to all Severn Sound area municipalities

Source water protection website is being updated Risk Management Justine Lunt appointed as Risk Management Inspector for the Township of Severn Annual reporting of Risk Management Services provided to each of the

municipalities in 2016 (Tay, Midland, Georgian Bay, Muskoka, Penetanguishene, Severn and Oro-Medonte, Tiny)

Continued threat verification for 2017 Committees/Meetings Attended and Chaired Regional Administrative Meetings Presented SWP annual report update to Town of Penetanguishene Council

Monitoring Programs Field/Data Collection: PGMN, PWQMN/Tributaries, Severn Sound Open Water, Inland Lakes, Stream Temperature, and Climate

Open Water Sampling started in North Bay (Honey Harbour) April

18, 2017 to sample spring turnover 5 full open water runs

o Water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, metals, conductivity, water chemistry, algae & zooplankton

Tay Area Water Intake: 6 sampling runs o Basic water chemistry, nutrients, metals, & algae

Open water sampling

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Equipment upgrades Water level gauge housing improvements to be

completed within the year o Website

http://www.tides.gc.ca/eng/find/zone/42

Inland lakes 4 inland lake runs (every other Tuesday) in Little

Lake (Midland) o Temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH,

turbidity, conductivity, water chemistry, algae and zooplankton o Water levels are measured at the outfall and outlet

Provincial Water Quality Monitoring Network (PWQMN) 3 sampling runs (mostly capturing high flows from

several large rain events)

Nitrate Sampling Lafontaine Source Water Issue Contributing Area Collected nitrate samples from two locations along

Lafontaine Creek - recorded flow conditions and other water quality parameters

Provincial Groundwater Monitoring Network (PGMN) Ontario Geological Survey installing 15 bore holes 8

of which will be fitted as groundwater monitoring wells in Severn Sound – Great in-kind value for SSEA

Climate North River Intensive Thermal Stability Survey

o Finished the preliminary checks of 477 stream sections surveyed where roads railways, and public recreational trails intersect with the North River in Township of Severn

o Recorded water temperature, pH, conductivity, sediment type, flow conditions and GPS location

Coldwater River Intensive Thermal Stability

Survey o Approximately 64 streams sections

surveyed in the Coldwater River watershed predominantly in Copeland Forest (Township of Oro-Medonte)

Student volunteer collecting stream water samples to gain work experience

Balm Beach rain gauge installation

Open water sampling equipment

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o Recorded water temperature, pH, conductivity, sediment type, flow conditions and GPS locations

Installed air temperature loggers at Huronia Airport and

Midland Sewage Treatment Plant Installed rain gauges at Huronia Airport, Midland

Sewage Treatment Plant, Pinegrove, and Balm Beach 73 Temperature Loggers installed

o 25 historic temperature loggers installed throughout the SSEA watershed area, including 4 in Awenda Provincial Park

o 39 loggers installed in the North River watershed in Township of Severn

o 9 loggers installed in the Coldwater River watershed in Copeland Forest

Data Analysis and Reporting Statistics, Data Management & Analysis, Stream Invertebrates, and GIS/Mapping

Reporting Draft “Deanlea Beach Investigation” completed Comments submitted to Town of Midland: The potential use of aquatic plant

management strategies offered by “Weeds B Gone”

Water Quality Data and Analysis Final compilation of 2016/17 ice observation data Compilation of 2016 algae pigment for North Bay and South Bay Updated stream discharge database for stations in Severn Sound watershed All 2016 algae data received and preliminary data analyses completed Compilation of Georgian Bay water levels & local climate data (Environment

Canada) Water quality data for Penetanguishene harbour compiled for Coastal Margins Fish

Habitat Project Analysis of trends in climate and water quality variables in Severn Sound, reported

at IAGLR conference and SSEA open house Preliminary water quality trend analysis for Farlain, Little and MacLean lakes

Stream Invertebrate Identification Identified stream invertebrates in the Coldwater River watershed 100 samples with a total of 6,592 stream invertebrates identified Processed Wye River invertebrate samples

Installing temperature logger

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GIS/Mapping Coastal aquatic habitat

o Collaborated on “Mapping, Evaluating, and Predicting Changes in Coastal Margin Aquatic Habitat in Severn Sound and Southeastern Georgian Bay” Draft Synthesis Report with U. of Windsor and DFO

o Submitted final project reporting to Environment Canada o Presented overview material at project partners meeting to identify fish habitat

work and needs for the future o Met with Parks Canada for project update and potential for collaboration

Exploring fee for service mapping project with Ontario Water Power GIS support for Penetanguishene Natural Heritage Assessment

o Reported to Official Plan Steering Committee meeting County of Simcoe Municipal IT Partner meeting Agricultural Data Use & Transparency meeting (Hosted by Ag Data Transparent,

Ontario Federation of Agriculture & Ontario Precision Agri-Food)

Partnerships New/Updated NGO Partners and MOU’s

Water sampling – citizen science field training provided for Copeland Forest Friends Association & Couchiching Conservancy

Site visit collaboration Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry and Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority Hobart Mill Coldwater River habitat rehabilitation

Hobart Mill - Coldwater River

Citizen science in Copeland Forest with CFFA Members and SSEA Staff

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Thank you from the SSEA Team

• Julie Cayley - General Manager • Michelle Hudolin - Wetlands and

Habitat Biologist • Gail Marchildon - Office Manager • Lex McPhail - IT Manager/GIS

Applications Specialist • Melissa Carruthers - Data

Management Technician/Risk Management Inspector

• Carl Lesperance - Lead Environmental Monitoring Technician

• Aisha Chiandet - Water Scientist

• Paula Madill - Ecosystem Technologist

• Keith Sherman - Risk Management Official/Special Projects Officer

• Justine Lunt - Risk Management/ Data Management Technician

• Robyn Rumney - Invasive Species Intern

• Anna McClymont - Climate Change Technician

• Reilley Plue - Climate Change Technician

Contact Information Mailing Address: 67 Fourth St. Midland, ON L4R 3S9 Phone Number: (705) 527-5166 General Email: sseainfo@midland.ca Website: www.severnsound.ca Twitter: @SSEA_SSRAP

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SEVERN SOUND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION STAFF REPORT

07-17

TO: SSEA Board of Directors FROM: Julie Cayley, General Manager

DATE: July 6, 2017

SUBJECT: SSEA - A “Refreshed” Strategic Plan - Status update BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS: At the March 2017 Board meeting, SSEA board directed staff to “… to develop a renewed Strategic Plan with the SSEA Board Executive Committee.” The SSEA has been fortunate to be approved for a grant of $5,000 from the County of Simcoe capacity building to support the renewal of the strategic plan. At the direction of the SSEA Board executive (meeting May 31, 2017) a contract for $3,000 has been signed with Karen Wianecki (Planning Solutions Inc. (PSI)) to support staff in the analysis and consultation in renewing the strategic plan. The background for this work has started and a date needs to be chosen for a Board/Staff workshop (Potential dates include August 24, 25, Sept. 5, 6, 12, 14, 15). A reminder that money has not been included for this process in the SSEA 2017 budget. This process is being lead “in house” by the SSEA GM supported by staff and the SSEA Board and the small contract with PSI. SUMMARY/RECOMENDATIONS: It is RECOMMENDED THAT Staff Report No. 07-17 regarding the SSEA - A “Refreshed” Strategic Plan - Status update be received for information.

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