Funding Programs
Credit Valley Conservation and its partnering organizations offer several funding programs to landowners for environmental restoration opportunities on their land. CVC can assist in identifying restoration opportunities and finding appropriate funding sources to help you implement them.
| Program | Category | Where Applicable | Who is Eligible | Contact Information |
| Community Fisheries and Wildlife Involvement Program (CFWIP) | Fish and wildlife management and conservation projects (i.e. habitat rehabilitation, monitoring and assessment of populations, stocking and culture, environmental education) | Ontario | Landowners, individuals, oranizations and groups | Web-link for more info |
| Conservation Land Tax Incentive Program (CLTIP) | Property Tax Incentives | Ontario | Properties must have been identified by MNR as being, or having a component of, a provincially significant natural feature. | Phone: 1-800-268-8959 E-mail: cltip-info.mnr@ontario.ca Web-link for more info |
| CVC Tree Planting Program | Tree Planting: Naturalization & Reforestation | Credit River Watershed | Farm and residential properties with a minimum of 2 acres of land | Brian Boyd, CVC Phone: 905-702-8041 Email: forestry@creditvalleyca.ca Web-link for more info |
| Environmental Farm Plan | Water Quality Improvement Projects (i.e. manure storage, erosion control structures, nutrient mgmt plans, stream buffers, tree planting, well upgrades and decommissioning etc.) | Ontario | Farm properties with a 3rd edition Environmental Farm Plan | Jonathon Watchurst, OSCIA Phone: 519-942-1181 Web-link for more info |
| Halton Residential Well Decommissioning Grant Program | Well Decommissioning | Halton Region | Farm and residential properties | Halton Region Phone: 905-825-6000 Toll free: 1-866-442-5866 ext 7512 Web-link for more info |
| Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program (MFTIP) | Property Tax Incentives | Ontario | Farm and residential landowners with a minimum of 4 hectares of forested property | Zoltan Kovacs, Forester, CVC Phone: 905-702-5201 Web-link for more info |
| Ontario Species at Risk Incentives Program | Best land management practices that protect species at risk (i.e. cost sharing with MNR on restoring a field with plantings to provide habitat) | Ontario | Private landowners and registered farms | District MNR Office Toll-free: 1-800-667-1940 Email: mnr.nric.mnr@ontario.ca Web-link for more info |
| Ontario Species at Risk Stewardship Fund | Activities that support the protection and recovery of species at risk and habitat (i.e. projects dealing with nesting structures, nest covers, population assessments, education and outreach) | Ontario | Groups and individuals | District MNR Office Toll-free: 1-800-667-1940 Email: mnr.nric.mnr@ontario.ca Web-link for more info |
| Peel Living Snow Fence Program | Free trees, shrubs, consultation, and planting | Peel Region | Peel properties fronting the North or West side of a Regional Road in Peel, you have at least 30m of setback from the right of way, you currently have wooden snow fences installed for winter. | Sally Rook, Region of Peel Phone: 905-791-7800 ext. 7842 Email: sally.rook@peelregion.ca Web-link for more info |
| Peel Private Well Abandonment Program | Well Decommissioning | Peel Region | Farm and residential properties | Peel Region Phone: 905-791-7800 ext. 4685 Web-link for more info |
| Peel Rural Water Quality Program | Water Quality Improvement Projects (i.e. manure storage, erosion control structures, nutrient mgmt plans, stream buffers, tree planting, well upgrades and decommissioning etc.) | Peel Region | Peel – farm properties only | Mark Eastman,Program Coordinator, Agricultural Extension, CVC Phone: 905-670-1615 ext. 430 Email: meastman@creditvalleyca.ca Web-link for more info |
| Wellington Green Legacy Programme | Free nursery tree stock, workshops/expertise | Wellington County | Wellington landowners | Jacquie Wolowich, Green Legacy Nursery Assistant Phone: 519-546-2228 Web-link for more info |
| Wellington Rural Water Quality Program | Water Quality Improvement Projects (i.e. manure storage, erosion control structures, nutrient mgmt plans, stream buffers, tree planting, well upgrades and decommissioning etc.) | Wellington County | Wellington – farm and rural non-farm properties | Mark Eastman Program Coordinator, Agricultural Extension, CVC Phone: 905-670-1615 ext. 430 Email: meastman@creditvalleyca.ca Web-link for more info |
| Wellington Water Stewardship Programme | Water Quality Improvement Projects (i.e. dam or online pond removal, vegetative stream buffers, stream wetland or habitat enhancement) | Wellington County | Rural non-farm properties, Environmental organizations | Larry Halyk,Stewardship Coordinator Phone: 519-826-4936 Email: larry.halyk@ontario.ca Web-link for more info |
| Woodlands Stewardship Program | Establishment, rehabilitation and management of forested areas | Halton Region | Farm and residential landowners with a minimum of 2 hectares of property | Ron Reinholt, Halton Regional Forester Phone: 905-825-6000 ext. 7279 Email: Ron.Reinholt@halton.ca Web-link for more info |
