Greenspace Alliance of Canada's CapitalUseful Links
Useful Links in Efforts to Protect Greenspace
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Autonomous Voluntary Organizations
Local (Ottawa, Gatineau, Ottawa Valley, Outaouais)
Provincial (Ontario, Québec)
Government-Supported Voluntary Organizations
Local (Ottawa, Gatineau, Ottawa Valley, Outaouais)
Provincial (Ontario, Québec)
Local (Ottawa, Gatineau, Ottawa Valley, Outaouais; including the NCC)
Provincial (Ontario, Québec)
Other (including Foundations and Networks/Portals)
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AUTONOMOUS VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS
Local (Ottawa, Gatineau, Ottawa Valley, Outaouais)
Alba Wilderness School - Lanark County
Alliance to Save Our Greenbelt (contact Al Speyers at 613-224-3929)
Biosphere Eco-City - Ottawa Pilot (Man and Biosphere program, UNESCO)
Bishops Mills Natural History Centre
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - Ottawa Valley Chapter
City Repair Ottawa (also Imagine Ottawa)
Coalition for a Healthy Ottawa
Coalition pour la sauvegarde du Parc Gatineau (contact ... )
Community Organizations registered with the City of Ottawa
Federation of Citizens' Associations (FCA)
Friends of the Central Experimental Farm
Greenbelt Coalition of Canada's Capital Region
know-uranium (Ottawa Coalition Against Mining Uranium (OCAMU), the Community Coalition Against Mining Uranium (CCAMU) and the West Quebec Coalition Against Mining Uranium (WQ-CAMU)
Ottawa Botanical Garden Society
Ottawa-Carleton Wildlife Centre
Ottawa Community Garden Network
Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
Sierra Club Canada - Ottawa Group
Provincial (Ontario, Québec)
Aux Arbres Citoyens! (La forêt boréale)
Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists - Ontario Region
Federation of Urban Neighbourhoods of Ontario (F.U.N.)
Nature Québec (Union québécoise pour la conservation de la nature - UQCN)
Ontario Nature (Federation of Ontario Naturalists)
Réseau Québecois des Groupes Ecologistes (RQGE)
Save Ontario's Species (S.O.S.)
Sierra Club Canada -- Ontario Chapter
SNAP (Société pour la nature et les parcs du Canada - section Québec)
Stewardship Network of Ontario
Wildlands League (a chapter of CPAWS - Central Canada)
Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA)
Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Canadian Urban Forest Network (CANUFNET)
Eco-justice (formerly Sierra Legal Defence Fund)
Nature Canada (Canadian Nature Federation)
Nature Conservancy Canada (NCC)
North American Native Plants Society
Project for Public Spaces (U.S.A.)
Trust for Public Land (USA)
GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTED VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS
Local (Ottawa, Gatineau, Ottawa Valley, Outaouais)
Conseil régional de l'environnement et du développement durable de l'Outaouais (CREDDO. Voir "Liens" pour un index de liens au Québec.)
Eastern Ontario Model Forest (NRCan)
Environmental Advisory Committee - City of Ottawa
Ottawa Forests and Greenspace Advisory Committee - City of Ottawa
Ottawa Stewardship Council (MNR)
Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee - City of Ottawa
Rural Issues Advisory Committee - City of Ottawa
Provincial (Ontario, Québec)
Ontario Stewardship (MNR)
COSEWIC (Committee on the Status of Endangered Life in Canada)
North American Wetlands Conservation Council
Wetland Habitat Fund (Wildlife Habitat Canada)
Local (Ottawa, Gatineau, Ottawa Valley, Outaouais)
Choosing Our Future (NCC, Ottawa, Gatineau)
City of Ottawa (home page)
City of Ottawa Environmental Strategy (20/20)
City of Ottawa Official Plan Amendment # 76 ("OP 2009")
City of Ottawa Official Plan - Volume 1 (December 2006 office consolidation)
City of Ottawa Official Plan - Volume 2: Secondary Policy Plans a.k.a. summary neighbourhood plans (as adopted by Council in May 2003)
Committee and Council Agendas and Minutes - City of Ottawa
Webcasts of Council meetings, from December 2003 onwards - City of Ottawa
New Zoning By-law - City of Ottawa
On Line Acces to Development Documents - City of Ottawa
Guide to preparing studies in support of development applications - City of Ottawa
Development Application Review Process - City of Ottawa
Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVC)
National Capital Commission (NCC)
- The NCC's page "About NCC Lands"
- The NCC's "Urban Lands Master Plan" page
- The NCC's "Greenbelt" page
- Note: for all Plans of the National Capital Region going back to 1903, go here.
Ottawa Community Stewardship Centre (MNR)
Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (RVCA)
South Nation Conservation Authority (SN)
Ville de Gatineau (home page)
Provincial (Ontario, Québec)
Conservation Ontario - representing 36 Conservation Authorities in Ontario
e-Laws - Ontario Statutes and Regulations
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO)
Environmental Registry Search Page
Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT)
Natural Heritage Information Centre (MNR)
Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE)
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Ontario Municipal Board (OMB)
Ontario Species at Risk (MNR)
Statements of Environmental Values (Ontario Ministries)
Canadian Statutes and Regulations
Commission for Environmental Cooperation (NAFTA) - Citizen Submissions on Enforcement Matters
Commissoner of the Environment and Sustainable Development - Petitions process (Office of the Auditor General of Canada)
Environment Canada - The Green Lane
National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE)
Federal Species at Risk (SARA - Public Registry)
OTHER (including Foundations and Networks/Portals)
Canadian Environmental Network / Réseau canadien de l'environnement
Canadian Environmental Directories, Portals and Networks
Environmental Search Guide - for Ontario and Canada
Stewardship Network of Ontario (formerly Ontario Stewardship Centre)
TD Friends of the Environment Foundation
thegreenpages.ca - Canada's Environmental Portal