Alan Revill returns as Conservation Ontario Board member.

Jeff Green | May 12, 2021

South Frontenac Township Councillor Alan Revill also serves on the Board of Directors for Cataraqui Conservation (CC), where he is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors.

At its recent virtual annual general meeting, Conservation Ontario, which is a non-profit association representing the 36 Conservation Authorities in Ontario, including CC, announced the leadership team of the organisation who will comprise the Board of Directors for the current term. Alan Revill is a returning member on that team.

Three members of that team are municipal politicians, like Revill, who are board members with Conservation Authorities (CA), and three are senior staff members with local CAs.

Mr. Revill was renewed to the Vice-Chair position and is joined once again by fellow Vice-Chair Lin Gibson of Conservation Sudbury, working closely with chair Andy Mitchell of Otonabee Conservation. The three other directors of the current Board are Linda Laliberte, General Manager of the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority, Samantha Lawson, General Manager of the Grand River Conservation Authority and Deborah Martin-Downs, General Manager of Credit Valley Conservation.

The 36 Conservation Authorities in the province, have a mission to “promote and continually strengthen a watershed-based conservation coalition in Ontario.”

The organisation fulfills several important roles within the conservation movement and works cooperatively with other environmental agencies as well as acting as a liaison and advocate for conservation measures with the Ontario government.

Its mandate can be broken down into a few key sectors of responsibility, including policy and program development, business development and partnerships, communications, education and training, collective corporate services, government relations and information management and research.

Conservation Ontario’s main source of funding is secured from its membership through levies and supplemented by project funding and contracts.

“I look forward to working with my colleagues on the Conservation Ontario Board, and for the opportunity to represent not only our exceptional team at Cataraqui Conservation, but bring the voice of Eastern Ontario Conservation Authorities to the table,” said Revill.

He compared the support that Conservation Ontario provides to CAs to that of The Association of Municipalities of Ontario for municipalities.

“Conservation Ontario staff maintain important contacts in the Ministry of the Environment and Conservation, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, and the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. These are important contacts to maintain in the face of changes to the Conservation Authorities Act which will lead to changes in regulations,” he said about the role of Conservation Ontario.

For more information on Conservation Ontario, visit
www.conservationontario.ca.

For more information about Cataraqui Conservation, visit www.cataraquiconservation.ca