07.18.2025
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07.17.2025
NPCA Receives Funding for Two Restoration Projects in 12 Mile Creek
NPCA is thrilled to announce the receipt of approximately $79,000 in funding from the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) through the Great Lakes Local Action Fund.
06.26.2025
New Partnership Brings Free Access to NPCA Conservation Areas Through Canada’s First Nature Prescription Program
Starting July 3, patients who receive a PaRx prescription will be eligible for five free visits to select Niagara Peninsula watershed conservation areas where parking fees are charged.
06.24.2025
Final Stage of Oswego Creek Floodplain Mapping Project
NPCA is pleased to announce that the Oswego Creek Floodplain Mapping project has reached its final stage.
06.19.2025
Public Information Centre Held on Lyons Creek East Sediment Cleanup
The session was an opportunity for the community to learn more about the recommended options for cleaning up historic contaminated sediments found in the bottom of a portion of Lyons Creek East.
06.18.2025
NPCA CONTRIBUTES AN ADDITIONAL 279.48 HECTARES TOWARDS CANADA’S PROTECTED AREAS TARGET
Nearly 200 nations, including Canada, committed to 30×30 by endorsing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP15 in 2022.
06.17.2025
NPCA Improves Access to Waterfront with Mobi-Mat Installation at Chippawa Creek Conservation Area
NPCA is proud to announce the installation of a Mobi-Mat at Chippawa Creek Conservation Area.
06.11.2025
Learn About Progress Update on Potential Sediment Management Options
Members of the community are invited to attend an informational session on June 18, 2025 at the International Flatwater Centre in Welland.
06.05.2025
NCPA Launches Upgraded ‘Get Involved NPCA’ Platform to Strengthen Community Engagement
This newly enhanced platform makes it easier than ever for community members to engage with NPCA projects and initiatives.
05.29.2025
NPCA Surpasses 10-Year Land Acquisition Goal in Just Two Years with 125.8 Hectares of New Conservation Lands
The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) has acquired five new parcels in Niagara, Haldimand, and Hamilton.
05.27.2025
Celebrating 10 Years of Comfort Maple Pens - A Tribute to Heritage and Stewardship
NPCA is proud to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Comfort Maple Pen.
05.22.2025
Remembering Walkerton - 25 Years
In May 2000, a virulent strain of E. coli entered the Walkerton municipal water system, contaminating the town's water supply.
05.21.2025
Voices of the Shore
Sharing Indigenous Wisdom and a Centennial Tribute to Morgan’s Point
04.28.2025
22nd annual Niagara Region Children’s Water Festival returns to Brock University from April 29-May 2
Niagara Region, in partnership with Brock University, City of St. Catharines, Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, and Ontario Power Generation is excited to be hosting the 22nd annual Niagara Children’s Water Festival April 29 – May 2, 2025.
04.25.2025
Parking Fees Suspended at Rockway Conservation Area for 2025 Season
04.08.2025
NPCA Marks Year One of Lakewood Conservation Area Restoration with Key Milestones, Supported by Niagara Community Foundation Funding
This multi-year environmental initiative focuses on restoring critical Great Lakes habitat to support wildlife, migratory birds, and at-risk species.
04.01.2025
Invasive Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Detected in Several Conservation Areas
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA), an invasive forest pest, is not harmful to humans or pets, but is destructive to eastern hemlock trees.
03.21.2025
ANNUAL HAWKWATCH RETURNS TO BEAMER MEMORIAL CONSERVATION AREA
Monitoring of the 2025 spring hawk migration is once again underway at Beamer Memorial Conservation Area!
02.27.2025
NPCA READY TO SCALE UP LOCAL TREE-PLANTING EFFORTS WITH $2.3 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING
02.21.2025
NPCA HOLDS 66th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, REFLECTING ON 2024 ACHIEVEMENTS
01.27.2025
NPCA SEEKS COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES FOR PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Bringing community perspectives together for a sustainable watershed
01.20.2025
The Government of Canada invests in the Great Lakes Coast to make coastal communities more climate resilient
The Government of Canada invests in the Great Lakes Coast to make coastal communities more climate resilient
12.19.2024
NPCA Completes Watershed and Conservation Area Strategies
11.25.2024
NPCA and Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake Formalize Shared Stewardship of Virgil Conservation Area
10.30.2024
12 MILE CREEK RESTORATION PROJECT BRINGS LASTING ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
Partners gathered to celebrate collaboration and community efforts
10.11.2024
Ball’s Falls designated as a heritage property, kicking off the 50th Anniversary Thanksgiving Festival
10.08.2024
THE 50TH BALL’S FALLS THANKSGIVING FESTIVAL OFFERS FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
09.12.2024
NPCA SEEKS COMMUNITY INPUT FOR WATERSHED MANAGEMENT & CONSERVATION AREA STRATEGIES
09.09.2024
‘Reawakening’ Event Returns to Ball’s Falls Conservation Area
Celebrate the harvest and honour all of our relations with an immersive sonic tour and live concerts under the stars
09.06.2024
NPCA ANNOUNCES LEILANI LEE-YATES AS INCOMING CAO & SECRETARY-TREASURER
Previously NPCA’s Director of Watershed Strategies and Climate Change, Leilani Lee-Yates will be succeeding Chandra Sharma
08.29.2024
NPCA Takes Stock of 2023
08.23.2024
BALL’S FALLS THANKSGIVING FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 50 YEARS
A Niagara tradition returns to Ball’s Falls Conservation Area with new extended hours and anniversary concert
08.20.2024
WORKING TOGETHER TO RESTORE 12 MILE CREEK IN PELHAM
Erosion control and remediation work will improve native Brook Trout habitat
07.22.2024
The Government of Canada invests in nature-based solutions to help fight climate change and protect biodiversity
06.21.2024
NPCA Announces CAO Transition
05.22.2024
Embrace Your Love of Adventure at NPCA
05.13.2024
NPCA ACQUIRES FOUR LAND PARCELS TO MEET CONSERVATION GOALS
The additional 37 hectares brings NPCA to 30 per cent of its target
05.03.2024
NIAGARA RIVER REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN PARTNERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS HEALTHY FISH AND WILDLIFE POPULATIONS
Partners seeking community feedback to change status of environmental indicator
05.02.2024
NPCA Concludes Strategic Enhancements to Rockway Conservation Area
04.25.2024
NPCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS HOLDS ITS 65TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Chair John Metcalfe and Vice-Chair Stewart Beattie elected
04.15.2024
CELEBRATING 65 YEARS OF CONSERVATION & RELOCATION TO NEW ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS AT AGM
03.22.2024
CONSERVATION AUTHORITY MONITORS FLOOD RISK AND KEEPS THE COMMUNITY INFORMED
Be informed and stay safe this spring
03.21.2024
HAWKWATCH OPEN HOUSE CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF MONITORING SPRING MIGRATION
Hawkwatch 2024 celebrates 50 years of monitoring spring migration
02.28.2024
NPCA ACQUIRES 44 ACRES IN PELHAM TO MEET CONSERVATION GOALS
02.12.2024
COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WILL STRENGTHEN COASTAL RESILIENCE ALONG THE NIAGARA PENINSULA WATERSHED’S GREAT LAKES SHORELINES
11.24.2023
WOMENCHANT WINTER SOLSTICE CONCERT RETURNS TO BALL’S FALLS TO BENEFIT NIAGARA PENINSULA CONSERVATION
11.16.2023
VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION NIGHT CELEBRATES THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HUNDREDS OF NPCA VOLUNTEERS
11.06.2023
THE NPCA CONTRIBUTES AN ADDITIONAL 830 HECTARES TOWARDS CANADA’S PROTECTED AREAS TARGET
The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority adds 11 properties, encompassing 830 hectares, towards Canada’s ambitious goal of protecting 30 per cent of its lands and waters
10.27.2023
Energy and carbon reduction key topics of 2023 Niagara Climate Change Summit
10.11.2023
THOROLD & NPCA INVITE VOLUNTEERS TO COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING AT LAKEVIEW CEMETERY
09.28.2023
NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION ON SEPT 30
09.27.2023
NIAGARA PENINSULA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION WELCOMES NEW BOARD AND STAFF
NPCF NEW BOARD AND STAFF PREPARE TO LAUNCH 'NATURE FOR ALL, FOR ALWAYS' FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
09.19.2023
BALL’S FALLS THANKSGIVING FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 49th SEASON
Annual family tradition returns to Ball’s Falls Conservation Area for the holiday long weekend
09.06.2023
‘REAWAKENING ALL OF OUR SENSES’ PROGRAM RETURNS TO BALL’S FALLS
Engage in learning and reflection with local Indigenous artists, storytellers and knowledge keepers
08.31.2023
City of Welland and NPCA invite volunteers to support planting a new community pollinator garden
08.23.2023
NPCA SUPPORTS RESEARCH OF TOXIC ALGAE IN LOCAL WATERWAY BY BROCK UNIVERSITY
The partnership between the NPCA, the local community and Brock faculty and students laid the foundation for a successful field season for the research team.
08.20.2023
NEW LOOK, SAME GOALS FOR PROTECTING, ENHANCING AND SUSTAINING HEALTHY WATERSHEDS
NPCA has a new logo and wordmark
08.08.2023
TWO MILE CREEK FOREST AND STREAM REHABILITATION PROJECT CONTINUES
07.19.2023
NPCA WELCOMES NEW PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE
07.18.2023
WIND PHONE SENDS MESSAGE INTO THE BEYOND
07.07.2023
BEAMER MEMORIAL CONSERVATION AREA ENHANCEMENT PROJECT UNDERWAY
New parking area, wayfinding, trail system and educational signage coming soon
![Soren Guevara [pictured] alongside a storm drain with yellow fish](https://npca.ca/images/uploads/common/_ansel_image_cache/cadde2d71cc3fc969546540c7321df7b.jpg)
06.16.2023
ONLY RAIN GOES DOWN THE DRAIN
LOCAL 12-YEAR-OLD ENVIRONMENTALIST MAKING A DIFFERENCE
05.17.2023
JOIN PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION FOR LYONS CREEK EAST- MAY 30
Learn about past and present sediment cleanup plans at the site
05.05.2023
NIAGARA RIVER REACHES IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL MILESTONE
04.24.2023
20th Niagara Children’s Water Festival
04.14.2023
ST. JOHNS POND HOSTS COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION DAY
April 22 will mark the start of trout fishing season at the newly enhanced conservation area
04.04.2023
MONITORING THE MIGRATION OF RAPTORS THIS SPRING AT BEAMER MEMORIAL CONSERVATION AREA
Monitoring of the 2023 spring hawk migration is once again underway, until May 1
03.22.2023
2023 NIAGARA PENINSULA WATERSHED REPORT CARD
A check up on the health of the Niagara Peninsula watershed, focusing on surface and groundwater quality, forest conditions, and watershed features.
03.16.2023
LOCAL BUSINESS SHREDDING ITS WAY TO CONSERVATION
Knight Archives partners with NPCA on paper shredding fundraising campaign for Earth Day
03.01.2023
NPCA BOARD HOLDS ITS 64TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Chair Robert Foster and Vice-Chair John Metcalfe Re-elected
01.27.2023
TREE PLANTING PARTNERSHIP INVITES PRIVATE LANDOWNERS TO PARTICIPATE IN TREES FOR ALL PROGRAM
Have land? Let’s plant trees for a better tomorrow
12.13.2022
Education blitz encourages Ontarians to Salt Responsibly to help protect drinking water sources
Conservation Ontario and local source protection authorities and regions will launch a 15-week public information campaign about how to Salt Responsibly this winter
12.07.2022
PUTTING A CALL TO ACTION INTO ACTION: Niagara Climate Change Action Network holds inaugural meeting
Niagara Climate Change Action Network holds inaugural meeting
12.07.2022
Town of Lincoln and partners offer free admission to Winter WineFest
In the spirit of the holiday season, the Town of Lincoln, in collaboration with the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority and Tourism Partnership of Niagara, are offering FREE admission t
11.16.2022
HOLIDAY WINTER WONDERLAND IS BACK AT BALL’S FALLS
An evening trail walk experience featuring a 1.5 km illuminated path through natural areas along the Niagara Escarpment and Twenty Mile Creek, and the 1800s heritage village of Glen Elgin.
11.14.2022
ROCKWAY CONSERVATION AREA ENHANCEMENT PROJECT
ROCKWAY UPDATE: This acquisition, and the enhancement features from this project, will allow the NPCA to improve access to greenspace and the opportunities for people to connect with nature while at Rockway.”
11.07.2022
NPCA Comments – Environmental Registry of Ontario Postings: 019-6160, 019-2927, 019-6141 and 019-6161
Comments for the NPCA Chair in regards to the Environmental Registry of Ontario Postings
11.02.2022
RESTORATION & WATER WELL DECOMMISSIONING COST-SHARING GRANT PROGRAMS AIM TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY
Applications are being accepted for projects in 2023
10.28.2022
STATEMENT FROM NPCA ON CHANGES TO THE CA ACT
10.26.2022
NPCA AWARDS EVENT CELEBRATES LOCAL CONSERVATION EFFORTS
10.24.2022
EUROPEAN BLACK ALDER REMOVAL AT E.C. BROWN CONSERVATION AREA
Invasive species control project October 24-28
10.17.2022
NPCA IS IMPROVING ACCESS TO NATURE THANKS TO FEDERAL FUNDING
NPCA is pleased to receive funding through the Canada Community Revitalization Fund and Tourism Relief Fund
09.30.2022
NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION & ORANGE SHIRT DAY
09.29.2022
THE BALL’S FALLS THANKSGIVING FESTIVAL IS BACK…TO NORMAL
The annual family tradition returns to Ball’s Falls better than ever!
09.07.2022
REAWAKENING ALL OUR RELATIONS EVENT AT BALL’S FALLS
Engage in learning and reflection with local Indigenous artists, storytellers and knowledge keepers
09.04.2022
STATEMENT REGARDING INCIDENT AT BINBROOK CONSERVATION AREA
08.29.2022
St. Johns Conservation Area Enhancement Project
Parking lot and pedestrian trails are being upgraded to ensure safe and accessible enjoyment of this beautiful natural area.
08.25.2022
Gonder’s Flats Wetland Restoration Project Update
Multi-year environmental project enters its construction phase, supported by NPCA.
08.22.2022
Community Partners Restore one of Niagara’s Largest Coastal Dune Ecosystems
08.19.2022
TWO MILE CREEK FOREST AND STREAM REHABILITATION PROJECT ENTERS THIRD PHASE
08.19.2022
THE NPCA INVITES COMMUNITY TO VIRTUAL PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION ON AUGUST 24
Get involved in the NPCA policy review
08.17.2022
NPCA ACQUIRES PROPERTY ADJACENT TO ROCKWAY CONSERVATION AREA
1.12-acre property known as Rockway Community Centre
07.22.2022
Board of Directors Meeting Highlights – July 15, 2022
Board of Directors - Highlights of the meeting
07.12.2022
AWARD OF MERIT RECOGNIZES ACHIEVEMENTS OF CONSERVATION HEROES
Community is invited to nominate individuals, community groups and businesses who have made an impact in 2021
07.12.2022
VAST Benefits for Great Lakes Shoreline Resiliency from Community Coastal Monitoring
07.06.2022
Join Paddle with a Purpose Tours for Welland River European Water Chestnut Rapid Response Program
06.22.2022
CAVE SPRINGS CONSERVATION AREA ENHANCEMENT PROJECT UNDERWAY
New parking area, wayfinding, trail system and educational signage on the horizon
06.20.2022
RECOGNIZING NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY
05.24.2022
2021 ANNUAL REPORT: ASPIRING FOR NEXT GENERATION CONSERVATION
04.28.2022
4,700 NEW NATIVE TREES TO BE PLANTED AT TWO-MILE CREEK CONSERVATION AREA
Residents are encouraged to register to volunteer at the May 5 Community Planting
04.26.2022