GBA 2023 - Spring Update

Upcoming Events Our sister Georgian Bay organizations wish to inform you of these upcoming events Georgian Bay Forever Yellowfish Road Program Presentation and Storm Drain Painting with the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) April 22, 1 p.m. Meaford Public Library – 11 Sykes St N, Meaford, ON •` NVCA will go over some of the ways that different anthropogenic pollutants affect the watershed. •` The second part of the event will be painting the yellow fish on storm drains near the library to bring visual awareness that storm drain pollutants go directly to the Bay unfiltered, and that only rain should go down storm drains. Drop-in, no registration needed

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Georgian Bay Biosphere Earth Day Beach Party! Saturday, April 22, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

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•` Free public event at Waubuno Beach, Parry Sound

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