Lakeshore Advance, 2012-07-18, Page 1712 Lakeshore
100,000 grant for Bayfield River
Watershed protection and improvements
ABCA
For the Lakeshore Advance
The Fred A. and Barbara
M. Erb Family Foundation is
a U.S. foundation dedicated
to nurturing environmentally
healthy and culturally vibrant
communities In metropoli-
tan Detroit and supporting
initiatives to restore the Great
Lakes Basin. Since the 1920s,
four generations of Erb fam-
ily members have cottaged in
Bayfield and the family is
committed to efforts improv-
ing water quality, particularly
in the watersheds impacting
metropolitan Detroit, Michi-
gan and Bayfield, Ontario.
The foundation was started
by Fred and Barbara Erb, of
the Detroit area, and their
four children.
The funding will make it
possible for protection and
improvements in the Main
Rayfield River Watershed
which includes 'T'rick's Creek
Watershed. The grant will
foster improvements within
the broader Bayfield River
Watershed, including identi-
fication of actions that can
reduce E. coli contributions
from the Bayfield River to
beaches. It will also include
watershed planning with the
community, wetland restora-
tion, and other water quality
projects. The Trick's Creek
tributary of the Rayfield River
provides groundwater dis-
charge that can support a
cold -water fishery. Improve-
ments to the 'Prick's Creek
Watershed would help to
enhance water quality in the
Rayfield River.
The Municipality of Blue -
water Communities in Bloom
Committee was holding an
open house celebration of
their own that evening at
Bayfield Arena
and Community (:entre and
generously offered to share
space in order for ARCA to
hold the announcement and
anniversary event on the
exact date 40 years after the
Bayfield River Watershed,
and some small streams
draining into lake Huron,
were added to the area of responsibility of the former Ausable
River Conservation Authority. ABCA Chairman of the Bond \
of Directors Jinn Ginn thanked the Communities in Moon" -
committee for inviting watershed guests to hold and attend
the celebration at their event.
The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority Board of
Directors also held its monthly meeting in Bayfield on July
21, 2011, at the Bayfield lions Community Building, to hon-
our the hoard meeting of 40 years ago.
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Contributed Photo
The U.S.-based Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation
made a local announcement, on Thursday, July 21 at Bayfield
Arena and Community Centre in the Municipality of Biuewater,
of $100,000 to Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA)
for their work with landowners to protect and improve water
quality in the Bayfield River Watershed between 2011 and
2013. Shown In photo at presentation are, left to right, Tom
Prout, General Manager and Secretary Treasurer of ABCA; Fred
Dobbs, a former provincial representative and director of the
ABCA Board of Directors from 1979-1986; Jim Ginn, Chairman
of the ABCA Board of Directors; John Erb, President of the
Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation, and son of
Barbara and Fred; and Bill Dowson, Mayor of the Municipality
of Bluewater.
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