Blog categories: Environmental Monitoring
The Search for Salamanders
Blog June 24, 2021 David Todd
Check out the recent environmental monitoring work being captured by our biologists on the endangered Jefferson Salamanders in York Region. https://trca.ca/conservation/environmental-monitoring/searching-for-salamanders/
Happy New Year and Welcome Back DES
Blog January 5, 2021 David Todd
Reminders: Divisional Team Meeting on Friday January 22nd, 2021 – 2021 Divisional Priorities and CA Act Update Divisional Team Meeting on Monday February 8th, 2021 – Policy Development Presentation Current …
Happy Holidays DES
Blog December 15, 2020 David Todd
Time flies and we are already at the end of the year. As we head into the holiday season, I want to thank each of you for the dedication you have …
Innovation at the Islands: Nearshore Reef Construction to Control Erosion at Gibraltar Point

Blog September 6, 2018 David Todd
Since spring 2018, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority’s (TRCA) Environmental Monitoring and Data Management team, in partnership with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, has been monitoring fish communities and turbidity conditions …
Through the Lens with Colton Johnstone: Week Six
Blog September 4, 2018 David Todd
Week Six: August 27th to 31st, 2018 In this final week of my Environmental Visual Communications program placement with Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), I had the opportunity to …
Monitoring for The Meadoway
Blog August 29, 2018 David Todd
Transformative is the word most often used to describe The Meadoway project in Scarborough. Led by Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), in partnership with the City of Toronto and …
Through the Lens with Colton Johnstone: Week Three
Blog August 20, 2018 David Todd
Week Three: August 6 to 10, 2018 When you think about wildlife monitoring it is unlikely that a road is the first place that comes to mind. Road ecology is …
Through the Lens with Colton Johnstone: Week Two
Blog August 17, 2018 David Todd
Week 2: July 30th to August 3rd, 2018 This week I had the opportunity to accompany Toronto and Region Conservation Authority’s (TRCA) Environmental Monitoring team to observe different types of …
Through the Lens with Colton Johnstone: Week One
Blog August 13, 2018 David Todd
Week 1: July 23rd to July 27th, 2018 My name is Colton Johnstone and my six-week Environmental Visual Communications job placement with Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) consists of …
Want to learn more about bats? Toronto and Region Conservation Authority does too!
Blog May 3, 2018 David Todd
Threats Facing Ontario Bats You really could go batty when you learn about the decline of Ontario’s native bats. The news is alarming. Since 2012, four of Ontario’s eight bat …