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Quinte Conservation and the Low Water Response Team have reduced the region’s low water condition to level 2.

A generous donation from the Alva Foundation has made a lasting impact at Sidney Conservation Area. Funding supported trail and infrastructure improvements including a new entrance sign and information kiosk, improved parking, and the addition of a brand-new trail.

Quinte Conservation would like to remind the public that the Level 3 Low Water Condition issued on October 22 is still in effect for the Quinte watershed. Recent rainfall has started to provide some relief to the dry conditions, but it has not yet alleviated the water supply issues that some residents are experiencing.

This year's Adopt an Acre fundraiser supports the expansion of the pollinator meadow at South Potter's Creek - a hand-on learning tool and demonstration site aimed at teaching the importance of protecting local pollinator species through native wild flower plantings and habitat creation. 

Despite recent precipitation events throughout the Quinte Watershed, the region remains in a level 3 Low Water Condition, indicating severe drought. 

Quinte Conservation is conducting annual dam operations in the Moira and Napanee regions on, or after, Tuesday, October 14.

Residents can purchase coniferous & deciduous trees, as well as small shrubs, all in 1–2-gallon pots and ranging between 1-3 feet tall, for $15 each.

Community volunteers, along with over sixty students from Park Dale Public School planted three hundred and fifty trees and shrubs in Cascade Park on Friday morning.

Belleville, ON - The public is invited to attend an information session on September 16th to learn about the negative impacts Water Soldier (Stratiotes aloides) has on local aquatic ecosystems and the proactive measures Quinte Conservation, the Ministry of Environment, Conservation & Parks, and the Ontario Federation of Anglers & Hunters are taking to combat this species in the Bay of Quinte.

Quinte Conservation has declared a Level 3 - Low Water Condition