Recent Media Coverage
- Aurora to review tree removal bylaw (January 12, 2012), Jeremy Grimaldi, yorkregion.com
- Group seeks more Moraine protection (January 5, 2012), Amanda Persico, yorkregion.com
- More protection needed: Gavine (December 16, 2011), Amanda Persico, yorkregion.com
- Developer fells 149 trees on moraine (December 8, 2011), Jeremy Grimaldi, yorkregion.com
- Nobleton arena packed with those against King Road widening (November 16, 2011), David Anderson, The King Township Sentinel
- Awards honour conservation efforts (October 27, 2011), Amanda Persico, yorkregion.com
- Huge new campaign to save Moraine (October 2011), Sabrina Nanji, postcity.com
- Group wants moraine protection (September 20, 2011), David Fleischer, simcoe.com
- Group wants moraine protection (September 20, 2011), David Fleishcer, yorkregion.com
- Groups plan to make moraine an election issue (September 18, 2011), auroraclicks.com
- Report released by Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation (September 15, 2011), Media release
- Moraine protected on paper: groups (September 14, 2011), yorkregion.com
- Local groups worried that the Oak Ridges Moraine is protected only on paper (September 7, 2011), The King Township Sentinel
News Archive
- Moraine work unfinished (August 12, 2011), yorkregion.com
- Moraine work unfinished (August 12, 2011), simcoe.com
- Oak Ridges Moraine: Not Safe Yet (August 10, 2011), The Toronto Star
- Showdown on the Oak Ridges Moraine (Summer, 2011), ON Nature
- On guard for the moraine (Summer, 2011), ON Nature
- Group aims to close loopholes in moraine protection (April 20, 2011), yorkregion.com
- Georgina toughens laws to avoid contaminated soil (April 07, 2011), yorkregion.com
- Moraine development draws protest (November 29, 1999), CBC News
Media Releases
- Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner applauds work of Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation and questions lack of government support (December 1, 2011)
Background Information
- Covers 190,000 hectares and stretches 160 km from the Trent River to the Niagara Escarpment
- Forms the headwaters of 65 streams owing south to Lake Ontario and north to Lake Simcoe, Lake Scugog, Rice Lake and Georgian Bay
- Provides drinking water to more than 250,000 people on the Moraine and millions more in the Greater Toronto Area
- Supports the largest and most diverse breeding populations of birds in Southern Ontario
- Is home to 32 kettle lakes – a very significant habitat
- Hosts the Oak Ridges Moraine Trail – a 273 km recreational trail that traverses the entire length of the Moraine
- Is protected by the Oak Ridges Moraine Act and Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan – legislation that instructs municipalities on what uses are allowed and disallowed
Resources and Research
Get involved: Our workbook tells you how to protect the moraine.
The Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation’s Measuring Success project has released reports that document evidence of environmental damage – poor stream health with elevated levels of phosphorous and e-coli and degraded forest and grassland habitats for species at risk breeding birds, to name a few. More
