User:Mindmatrix/Oak Ridges Moraine

This is a list of resources that may be useful in the expansion of the various ORM-related articles.

Oak Ridges Moraine

• Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing - The Oak Ridges Moraine
  • links to maps, legislation etc.
• Geoscape Toronto: Oak Ridges Moraine
• Case Study: The Oak Ridges Moraine - Linking Science And Policy For Urban Nonpoint Source Pollution In The Great Lakes Region

Origin of the Oak Ridges Moraine

• Hydraulic-Jump and Hyperconcentrated-Flow Deposits of a Glacigenic Subaqueous Fan: Oak Ridges Moraine, Southern Ontario, Canada
  • includes hydrography information too
• Regional unconformities and the sedimentary architecture of the Oak Ridges Moraine area, southern Ontario
• ORM Study Area and Surficial Geology of Southern Ontario
• Regional architecture of the Oak Ridges Moraine area, southern Ontario, using seismic reflection methods
• GLACILACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT OF PART OF THE OAK RIDGES MORAINE, SOUTHERN ONTARIO

Glaciation of the area

These links are not ORM-specific.

• Wisconsin's Glacial Legacy
• Glaciation in Scugog Township
• Formation of the Great Lakes

Ecology of the Oak Ridges Moraine

• Oak Ridges Moraine Technical Paper Series (Part I - Ministry of Natural Resources)
• Practical Options for the Greening of Carolinian Canada
  • there is also a summary available
• Achieving Ecological Integrity on the Oak Ridges Moraine: Towards Ecologically Relevant Water Management

Hydrography of the Oak Ridges Moraine

• Oak Ridges Moraine Technical Paper Series (Part II - Ministry of the Environment)
  • also contains some Ecology info (Recreation Plans and Vegetation Management Plans)
• Hunter Geographic - Oak Ridges Moraine Hydrogeology Study: Overview
• Hydrogeology of the Oak Ridges Moraine aquifer system: implications for protection and management from the Duffins Creek watershed
• 3 Hydrostratigraphy CAMC/YPDT 01-06 (PDF)

Watersheds

• Oak Ridges Moraine: Watershed Systems with Drainage
• The Humber Watershed
• Watershed: Issues in Stormwater Quality and Quantity in the Humber (WISQQiH)
• WISQQiH - Background

Politics of the Oak Ridges Moraine

• Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Bill 122, Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act, 2001
  • contains links to ORM-related bills etc.
• Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing: Documents and Legislation
• Natural Systems and Alternative Urban Development
• The Oak Ridges Moraine - Towards a Long Term Strategy - September 1999
  • includes three maps (last three pages) of planned developments
  • pg 51 - R2, R3, R4 and R5 were the Richmond Hill developments to be terminated from the land swap; most are still ongoing
• City of Pickering: Studies by Outside Agencies
• Amendment 41 to the Official Plan for the Regional Municipality of York
• Town of Newmarket proposed Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw amendments regarding the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan
• Still lots of action on 'no-build' moraine

Conservation

• Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act, 2001
• Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act, 2001 - ONTARIO REGULATION 140/02
• Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan
• Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act, 2001 - DESIGNATION OF OAK RIDGES MORAINE AREA
• Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act, 2001 - MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO PREPARE AND ADOPT OFFICIAL PLAN AMENDMENTS UNDER SUBSECTION 9 (2) OF ACT

News

• Richmond Hill Agreement Protects Vital Corridor
• McGuinty vows to halt development on moraine
• Moraine pain: Developers, tree-huggers, Grits in tough

Research on the Oak Ridges Moraine

• Hunter Geographic - Hydrogeology and Hydrogeochemistry - Oak Ridges Moraine Experience (to September 2001)
• MIXEDWOOD PLAINS ECOLOGICAL SCIENCE COOPERATIVE - Geological Survey of Canada Major Ecozone Activity

Natural heritage areas on the Oak Rdiges Moraine

Not all of these are relevant.

• Natural Areas Report: KENDAL RECREATION AREA
• Natural Areas Report: HARWOOD PLAINS
• Natural Areas Report: DARLINGTON PROVINCIAL PARK
• Natural Areas Report: FLEETWOOD CREEK NATURAL AREA
• Natural Areas Report: OAK RIDGES MORAINE (GRAVEL BAR)
• Natural Areas Report: OAK RIDGES MORAINE TILL SECTION
• Natural Areas Report: DURHAM COUNTY FOREST
• Natural Areas Report: HAMILTON MOULIN KAME
• Natural Areas Report: GLENVILLE HILLS
• Natural Areas Report: HAPPY VALLEY
• Natural Areas Report: CAVAN SUPRAGLACIAL TILL NO. 1
• Natural Areas Report: PERCY - ALNWICK TOWNSHIP DRUMLINS
• Natural Areas Report: COLD CREEK SWAMP
• Natural Areas Report: WALKER PROPERTY
• Natural Areas Report: PEFFERLAW INFILTRATION AREA
• Natural Areas Report: ALDERVILLE WOODLAND
• Natural Areas Report: SLESWICK COMPLEX
• Natural Areas Report: SQUIRREL CREEK HEADWATERS
• Natural Areas Report: KENDAL CROWN LAND AREA
• Natural Areas Report: LONICERA SITE
• Natural Areas Report: UXBRIDGE INFILTRATION AREA
• Natural Areas Report: BULLEN PROPERTY
• Natural Areas Report: KETTLEBY
• Natural Areas Report: BROOKDALE LAKE
• Natural Areas Report: KETTLEBY INFILTRATION AREA
• Natural Areas Report: MUSSELMAN LAKE
• Natural Areas Report: BLAIR PROPERTY
• Natural Areas Report: WRIGHT PROPERTY
• Natural Areas Report: LASKAY WETLAND COMPLEX
• Natural Areas Report: PIGEON RIVER KAMES
• Natural Areas Report: MARY LAKE WETLAND
• Natural Areas Report: PRESTON LAKE WETLAND
• Natural Areas Report: WILLOUGHBY CANDIDATE NATURE RESERVE
• Natural Areas Report: MAPLE SPUR OF THE OAK RIDGES MORAINE
• Natural Areas Report: PERRYTOWN REMNANT HILL
• Natural Areas Report: HAPPY VALLEY INFILTRATION AREA
• Natural Areas Report: KING CITY WETLAND COMPLEX
• Natural Areas Report: MONO ROAD WETLAND COMPLEX
• Natural Areas Report: UPPER PEFFERLAW WETLAND #3
• Natural Areas Report: FORESTER MARSH
• Natural Areas Report: PARIS, GALT AND MOFFAT MORAINES
• Natural Areas Report: HOPEVILLE DRUMLINS
• Natural Areas Report: BADEN HILLS (KAMES)
• Natural Areas Report: DREW AREA
• Natural Areas Report: OMEMEE ESKER SOUTH
• Natural Areas Report: DOBBINTON ESKER
• Natural Areas Report: TARA MORAINE AND ESKER
• Natural Areas Report: WILLISCROFT MORAINE
• Natural Areas Report: GUELPH DRUMLIN FIELD
• Natural Areas Report: ARKELL MELTWATER CHANNEL
• Natural Areas Report: UXBRIDGE FOREST KAMES

Other

• Natural Resources Canada - Surficial Geology of the Greater Toronto / NATMAP Area