Talk:Conservation Authorities Act

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Record of edits in response to the above tag

1. Started a source section on this talk page. This is five and a half years after the tag was placed on the article. :) DonaldRichardSands (talk) 17:37, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
2. Began a History section and entered several sources on this talk page and one for the actual article.DonaldRichardSands (talk) 00:14, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
3. Found a rather thorough MNR summary presentation with lots of info. Will include it in the next section of this talk page.DonaldRichardSands (talk) 00:14, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Sources to help develop this article

Early history

• Killan, Gerald (1993). Protected Places: A history of Ontario's provincial park system. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Book Number 4763. Queen's Printer. p. 83. ISBN 1-55002-180-X.

The Conservation Authorities Act (1946) began as a way to control flooding.

• Newson, Malcolm (2002 (1992)). Land, Water and Development: Sustainable management of river basin systems (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Taylor and Francis. p. 130. ISBN 0-203-44352-7. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

The Conservation Authorities Act developed from a conference in Guelph in 1941 and has operated since 1946. The Conservation Authorities themselves (thirty-eight in number) are formed by purely local initiative, are largely municipal, and have the power to purchase land inorder to promote rational management of the river resources.

Unfortunately, the addition of a third layer of organisation to national and provincial interests has proved problematic; Conservation Authorities have tended to become active in recreation but not in the 'big issues' of basin management.

However, the role of Conservation Authorities is important in flood control and this has allowed them to take on a planning role. They have mapped flood hazard area, they provide flood warnings and they have carried out structural works. Their success in two fields of water management, recreation and flooding, illustrates that these schemes are not duplicated by other interests and both attract the considerable local interest which the Authorities are able to mobilise.

Summary of the CA Act's features

• "Conservation Authorities Program". Presentation. Province of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. June 27, 2011. Retrieved 2013-Feb-24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

This source provides considerable info, easy to edit. I think it was used to explain the process of implementing changes to the Act and its regulations.DonaldRichardSands (talk) 00:17, 25 February 2013 (UTC)