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Protecting life, property and watershed resources in partnership with the community.

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Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority

A poster of Saturday, June 13, 2026 BioBlitz at Vilis Family Wildlife Area.

BioBlitz at Vilis Family Wildlife Area

Join us on the first anniversary of the Vilis Family Wildlife Area as we work together to document as many species, in a morning, as we can!
A file photo of a Yellow Warbler.

Office closed on Wednesday, July 1, 2026

The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority office is closed, for the Canada Day holiday on Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Happy Canada Day!
Mark Custers and Alistair Mackenzie accept Decade Award on behalf of Ontario Parks and Pinery Provincial Park.

Decade Award honours Pinery Provincial Park

Ausable Bayfield Conservation honours Ontario Parks, with Decade Award, during ABCA 80th anniversary year, to recognize creation of Pinery Provincial Park in 1950s and continued stewardship since then.
Notices and Service Disruptions
Conservation Authorities Act
The logo for Footprints to Forests with a foot and a tree and the words Calculate, Donate, Plant.
Calculate. Donate. Plant.
Donate to local tree planting, through Footprints to Forests, to capture carbon. Calculate. Donate. Plant.
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Thanks to the community for protecting our turtles and reporting turtle sightings.
Turtle Reporting
Report your sightings of turtles here.
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