Guiding Future Land Management
Conservation Halton stewards and manages thousands of acres of lands from lake to escarpment. These lands include our eight conservation parks along with other natural lands, such as passive recreation areas, that we manage across our jurisdiction. We are developing a Conservation Area Strategy to guide the future management of these lands and to help ensure these spaces continue to be protected and enhanced for years to come.
Our survey is now closed. Stay tuned for more information.
About Conservation Halton Lands
Conservation Halton owns and manages over 10,600 acres of conservation lands. These lands include our well-known active conservation parks as well as passive recreation areas and management areas that are protected for natural heritage purposes, or to help us mitigate natural hazards. While our management areas do not support public access, our active conservation parks and passive recreation areas are accessed and enjoyed by the public.
View this map to see where our conservation lands are located in our watershed.
Benefits of Conservation Authority-Owned Lands
The lands that conservation authorities own and manage provide different types of community benefits. Active and passive recreation areas provide recreational opportunities in nature that can promote the mental health and physical wellbeing of visitors. Many conservation authority-owned lands are also protected to help reduce natural hazard risks to human life and property (e.g., flood risks), or to help conservation authorities conserve, protect, rehabilitate, and manage natural heritage features and functions.
More Information
In 2021, through changes to the Conservation Authorities Act, the province implemented a standardized approach to conservation authority service delivery and funding that identified mandatory programs and services. These mandatory programs and services include the management of conservation authority land. As part of this update, each conservation authority is required by the end of 2024 to prepare a land inventory and a conservation area strategy, which will have objectives to inform the conservation authority’s decision-making for the lands they own or control.
Our Conservation Area Strategy will identify key goals and objectives that guide how we conserve and manage our lands, including our eight conservation parks. From time to time, our strategy will be reviewed and updated with feedback from the public, partners and stakeholders.
From June 21 to August 16, we collected public feedback through an online survey to learn more about your values and priorities relating to our lands. Our survey also asked for input on our Conservation Area Strategy’s draft goals.