Environmental Sustainability Fund

Beaver River Watershed Initiative 

Received $5,000 to restore a section of the Little Beaver Creek.

BRWI Report

Climate Action Now Network 

Received $1,640 to distribute subsidized rain barrels to residents, saving water and reducing stormwater runoff.

CANN Report

Pollinate TBM 

Received $1,360 to improve volunteer engagement, as well as health and visibility of their pollinator gardens.

Final Report (coming soon)

Treetrust TBM 

Received $2,500 to renew the Town’s native tree nursery, engage volunteers and support a street tree inventory for the Town.

Final Treetrust Report

Georgian Bay Forever 

Received $2,500 to deliver additional shoreline cleanups and additional public education on the environmental impacts of litter for the Town.

Final GBF Report

Georgian Bay Forever

Received $5,000 to expand shoreline cleanups, public education and volunteer engagement in the Town with the help of new summer student positions, and also began to role out new UNSMOKE and Critical Catch receptacles and campaigns (for cigarette butt litter, and fishing line and tackle litter, respectively).

Final Report

Treetrust TBM

Received $5,000, which supported a seedling planting effort along the Georgian Trail, as well as a tree distribution event for backyard plantings, and tree plantings at both Heritage Park and Delphi Park.

Final Report

Treetrust TBM

Received $2,398, which enabled Treetrust to establish a native seedling garden at the Town’s golf course, along with volunteer engagement and classroom education (delayed by COVID but ultimately completed).

Final Report

Beaver River Watershed Initiative 

Received $2,200 to develop and run an education program for students and the broader public, building knowledge and enhancing stewardship of local natural heritage and biological resources.

(Report not available)

Beaver Valley Community School

Received $700 to fund a grade 8 graduation award to recognize a student demonstrating Leadership in the area of Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability.

(Report not available)

Climate Action Now Network 

Received $2,100 for a pilot project to divert and capture microplastic fibre out of washing machine effluent with residential participants.

(Report not available)

Beaver Valley Outreach 

Received $2,000 install a protective fence and support three school workshops at the Thornbury Community Gardens. Beaver Valley Outreach adopted the Thornbury Community Gardens in 2019. 

(Report not available)

Beaver Valley Watershed Initiative

Received $3,000 to conduct water sampling and quality testing of the Little Beaver Creek.

Final Report

Blue Mountains Watershed Trust

Received $1,036.64 to pilot an educational program for local students, providing visits to local ecological restoration sites and meeting the ecologists and biologists responsible for this work.

(Report not available)

Free Spirit Gardens 

Received $3,355 to establish the Thornbury Community Gardens space and erect a shed at the Beaver Valley Community Centre.

(Report not available)