Lake Erie North Shore Watershed Plan - Niagara Peninsula ...

LAKE ERIE NORTH SHORE WATERSHED PLAN
of the community and providing habitat for a diversity of flora and fauna. The Lake Erie
North Shore watershed will also support a quality of life and economic vitality that are
fostered by a balance of sustainability and compatibility of surrounding land uses and the
natural environment.
Watershed Objectives
Each watershed in the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority‟s jurisdiction is unique,
having its own set of watershed planning objectives. The watershed objectives for the
Lake Erie North Shore watershed have been categorized based on the watershed‟s
resource components, including the social and built environment. In accordance with the
Provincial Policy Statement [Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs (MMAH) 2005], Growth
Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe [Ontario Ministry of Public Infrastructure
Renewal (MPIR) 2006], Regional Policy Plan (RMN 2007a), Haldimand County Strategic
Directions (2004) and public input, natural resources will be managed on a watershed
scale in the Lake Erie North Shore watershed to:
Water Resources
improve, enhance, maintain or protect water quality and/or natural stream
processes to support human uses and ecological functions in accordance with
Provincial Water Quality Objectives;
find an ecologically compatible balance between drain maintenance and function;
ensure storm water management practices minimize storm water volumes and
contaminant loads;
recognize the role of natural features
and pervious features in minimizing
the impacts of flooding ;
support healthy beaches for passive
recreation;
manage and mitigate flooding risks to
human life and property within
acceptable limits; and
minimize erosion caused by human
activity through the establishment
and implementation of a
comprehensive, priority based
erosion control program
.
Fish and Aquatic Habitat
protect, enhance and restore populations of native species and their habitats;
Research and recommend management plans for invasive species (flora and
fauna); and
incorporate management plans for Species at Risk into restoration
Natural Heritage and Resources
protect, enhance and restore the health, diversity and integrity of the natural
heritage systems in the watershed;
create, maintain, protect and enhance corridors and linkages to natural heritage
systems in adjoining watersheds;
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