Summary Report and Implementation Plan - Partners in Project Green

GTAA Living City Project
Etobicoke Creek Watershed
Summary Report and
Implementation Plan
1.0 Introduction
Lester B. Pearson International Airport (LBPIA) is
the largest single land use within the Etobicoke
and Mimico creeks watersheds, and comprises
approximately six and seven per cent of the
watersheds respectively. The Greater Toronto
Airport Authority (GTAA) lands straddle three
of the four Etobicoke Creek subwatersheds (all
except Little Etobicoke Creek subwatershed),
with the downstream confluences of the Upper
Etobicoke and Spring creeks subwatersheds, as
well as the upstream origin of the Lower Etobicoke
Creek subwatershed, all located upon the GTAA
property. The airport’s unique position as the
nexus of the three major subwatersheds means
that the key recommendations of this report
have special significance to the airport lands, and
conversely, as do the airport’s operations upon the
subwatersheds, both upstream and downstream.
The GTAA and Toronto and Region Conservation
(TRCA) share a mutual interest in the Etobicoke
Creek and have a good working relationship
regarding its protection and enhancement. Greater
Toronto Airport Authority staff have contributed to
the Etobicoke-Mimico Task Force, the development
of Greening Our Watersheds: Revitalization Strategies
for the Etobicoke and Mimico Creeks, currently sit on
the Etobicoke-Mimico Creek Watersheds Coalition
and have worked together to create the GTAA