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List of Projects Approved Under Round II of the Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Fund

February 27, 2009
Project Title Recipient Lake Simcoe Clean-up funding
Community Stream Steward Program - Lake Simcoe Initiative Ontario Federation of Anglers & Hunters $35,706
Crescent Beach, Lake Simcoe Shoreline Restoration Project Ed Kubath $120,000
Enhanced Rain Barrel Sales Program for residents of York Region in the Lake Simcoe Watershed Regional Municipality of York $10,000
Flow Monitoring Enhancements - Atherly Narrows Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority $70,000
Gordon Drain Manure Storage & Management Resubmission for additional Project Funding - LS03FNH16 Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority $33,900
Holland Marsh Riparian Pilot Project Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority $10,500
Lake Simcoe Agricultural Stewardship Program Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) $858,500
Lake Simcoe Agri-Environmental Farm Club Project Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) $195,500
Lake Simcoe Rural and Community Stewardship Program Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources $1,353,550
Lake Simcoe Septic System Funding Program Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority $9,800
Lake Simcoe Shoreline Management Plan Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority $34,000
Municipal Septic System Re-inspections Program Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority $18,000
On Line Pond Removal - Justification and Inventory Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority $40,000
Portage Road Manure Storage and Management Resubmission for additional Project Funding - LS08FNH36 Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority $13,000
Scanlon Creek Watershed Project Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority $9,675
Tracking System for Monitoring Invasive Species in the Lake Simcoe Basin Ontario Federation of Anglers & Hunters $150,000
Zephyr Creek and Tributaries Habitat Restoration/Water Quality Improvement Project, Phase II, 2009 The Zephyr Society of Lake Simcoe $32,900
Engineered Wetland-Phosphex integration program at Centre for Advanced Wastewater Treatment advanced engeineered wetlands process to remove nutrients, etc Phase 1 Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority $127,000
First Leaside Co-op Stormwater Management Project First Leaside Group of Companies $411,770
Stormwater Management Retrofit using New Technology Holland River Boulevard, Town of East Gwillimbury Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority $30,000
Stormwater Management Strategy to Address Uncontrolled Urban Areas using site controls and innovative stormwater BMP's Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority $140,000
Assisting Management of the Lake Simcoe Watershed with Improved Phosphorus Models and Phosphorus Export Information Trent University $345,000
Cleaning Up Lake Simcoe - Interactive online database to increase public uptake in Lake Simcoe Clean Up Fund Ladies of the Lake Conservation Association $135,000
Developing engineered stormwater wetland technology to greatly improve clean up by stormwater management facilties Phase 1 Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority $80,000
Phosphorus Management in Polder Agriculture Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs $216,000
Reduction of phosphorus inputs into Lake Simcoe Watershed from nursery sod production through better phosphorus management University of Guelph $253,000
Total funding under the Lake Simcoe Clean-up Fund $4,732,801