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Town of Midland Budget Request 2018

Severn Sound Watershed

What is the Severn Sound Environmental Association (SSEA)? • 2009 - Joint Municipal Service Board (Municipal Act s.202) GM reports to Board representing 8 Municipal members – Midland is Treasurer municipality under the agreement – • Source Protection Authority (Ont. Clean Water Act, 2006) • Community Based Mission – To sustain environmental quality & ensure continued protection through implementing a legacy of wise stewardship of Severn Sound and its tributaries .

SSEA Activities in Town of Midland in 2017 Activity Town Cost Town Benefit Total Value Open water monitoring (3 stations) $0 $11,226 $44,857 Env. Can. Community Stewardship Project $0 $0 $226,800 SSEA Tree Planting $0 $4,693 $22,570 SSEA Tree Distribution 1 $0 $318 $14,548 Little Lake Monitoring 2 $3,000 $25,278 $25,278 Tributary monitoring (Wye R) $0 $2,191 $26,290 Stream temperature monitoring (Midland Harbour) $0 $667 $56,703 Source Water Protection (SWP Region, WHPAs, reporting for $0 $25,122 $251,219 SS SPA, SWMIF Agt) Risk Management Services 3 $16,000 $16,000 $89,000 Nearshore Habitat Mapping Project $0 $14,858 $148,577 Provincial Groundwater Monitoring Network $0 $96,594 $349,782 Invasive Species Program $7,000 $9,189 $47,255 SSEA Operation $57,548 $57,548 $553,831 Totals (“Total value” not including SSEA Operation) $83,548 $263,684 $1,302,879 1 in-kind support from the Town for tree distribution 2 Little Lake open lake monitoring $3,000 3 eligible expense under the SPMIF Agreement

2017 Town of Midland Activity Highlights Midland fishing derby Little Lake water quality monitoring Community tree planting: Tiffin Pond 2017 Tiffin Pond phragmites removal Downloading precipitation data

Field Monitoring 2017 Monthly Rainfall - May to October WWTC • Open Water Sampling 140 • Open Water Temperature 120 Monitoring 100 Rainfall (mm) 80 • Midland water level gauge 60 improvements 40 • Little Lake Water Sampling 20 • Precipitation Monitoring 0 May June July August September October • Provincial Water Quality Monitoring Network (PWQMN) Little Lake Midland Bay WWTC weather sampling temperature monitoring monitor

Invasive Species • Mapped 18 different invasive species • Japanese knotweed and phragmites most common • Little Lake glossy buckthorn management report • Phragmites removal - Tiffin Pond demonstration site Japanese knotweed BEFORE: Tiffin Pond AFTER: Tiffin Pond

SSEA 2018 Request - Midland Water sampling • Operations Core Municipal -Severn Sound Funding - Midland share – $63,862 • Little Lake - Water Quality and zebra mussel monitoring Water level monitoring – $ 4,300 • Risk Management Services – $16,000 • Year 2 Invasive Species Coordinator for 2018 – $ 7,000 • Tree distribution program – $0 (in-kind time from Town) Sorting trees for distribution

2018 NEW SSEA Work Plan Items • Updated SSEA Strategic Plan – Consideration of climate change adaptation strategy – Broad consultation • Citizen Science – NGO partners • Ex. Copeland Forest Friends – Community Environmental Monitoring Kits Citizen science training Citizen science training

Thank you! Photo: Andrew Mendler, Midland Mirror www.severnsound.ca Twitter: @SSEA_SSRAP