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Above this again the headwaters
gather across the more rural areas of
Grey and Dufferin Counties. About a
year and a half ago representatives
from Federations of Agriculture,
Women's Institutes and a whole
range of other rural groups were
invited to a meeting by the
Conservation Authority and asked
for their priorities for the watershed.
About 40 representatives of
different groups attended the
session and expressed interest
in things like sustainable wetlands,
but also asked that agricultural land
uses be considered when measures
are being discussed that might affect
farmers.
People in this area are not
dependent on what others do before
the water reaches them, says
Minshall. Instead, they're the ones
being asked to carry out best
practices and other management
changes that benefit those
downstream without real benefit to
themselves. Those attending the
meeting said they felt the
downstream population that wants
them to change their practices should
Upstream landowners
want downstream
residents to share the cost
of changing management
help pay the cost of those changes.
Minshall says the Rural Water
Quality program, put in place by
Waterloo Region, Wellington
County, the City of Guelph and
various farm organizations, provides
the ability for everyone in a
watershed, those who benefit and
those who are doing the wo'rk, to
share the costs of improvement
projects.
She promotes a watershed
approach, based on the premise that
"everything is connected to
everything else".
"A watershed includes water and
related land resources that affect or
are affected by water, including
streams, wetlands, forests, soil,
fisheries, humans and other living
things. Human activities have a
direct influence on the quality and
quantity of surface water, ground
water and other natural resources in a
watershed."
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