Links

 

Welcome to our Links page. We hope this becomes a valuable resource for those referencing Municipal, Provincial and Federal policy or law. Additionally, useful biological and academic links are available. This page will be routinely updated, so please check back regularly.

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Fisheries Act
Policy for the Management of Fish Habitat
Operational Statements, Ontario
Freshwater Intake End-of-Pipe Fish Screening Guidelines
Guidelines for the Use of Explosives In or Near Canadian Fisheries Waters
Risk Management Framework
Does the Fisheries Act Apply To My Development Proposal?
Working Near Water - What You Need To Do

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
The Basics of Environmental Assessment
Cabinet Directive on Implementing the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
Federal Environmental Assessment Guidance Material

Environment Canada

Federal Policy on Wetland Conservation
Migratory Birds Convention Act
Canada Wildlife Act
Species at Risk Act

Transport Canada

Navigable Waters Protection Act
Navigable Waters Protection Program
Navigable Waters Protection Act - Docks and Boathouses Brochure


GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO

Ministry of Natural Resources

Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act
Public Lands Act
Endangered Species Act, 2007
Aggregates Resources Act
Aggregate Application Process
Aggregate Resources Provincial Standards

Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing

Ministry of Environment

Environmental Protection Act
Ontario Water Resources Act
Lake Simcoe Protection Act
Pesticides Act
Toxics Reduction Act
Provincial Water Quality Objectives
Permits to Take Water
Environmental Registry

FISH AND FISH HABITAT

Working Near Water - DFO
The Dock Primer, Ontario Edition - DFO
The Shore Primer, Ontario Edition - DFO
Fisheries Inventory and Assessment Protocols - MNR
Ontario Freshwater Fishes Life History Database
Guide to Easting Ontario Sport Fish - MOE
Fish Species Atlas - MNR
Fishes of Canada and Anotated Checklist


SOILS, PHYSIOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY

The Physiography of Southern Ontario - NRC


WILDLIFE

Canadian Wildlife Federation
Forest Management Guidelines for the Provision of White-tailed Deer Habitat - MNR
Canadian Wildlife Service (Ontario Region) - EC
Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Ontario
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Invasive Species - Government of Canada


SPECIES AT RISK

Federal Species at Risk

Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC)
COSEWIC Status Reports
COSEWIC Candidate Wildlife Species

Provincial Species at Risk

Natural Heritage Information Centre - MNR
Committee on the Status of Species at Risk in Ontario (COSSARO)
Species at Risk Ontario (SARO) List
Ontario Species at Risk - MNR
Ontario's Species at Risk Stewardship Program - MNR
Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Recovery Team
Georgian Bay Biosphere Reserve - List of Species at Risk
Trent Severn Waterway Wildlife - Species at Risk (Parks Canada)