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The Conservation Authorities Act (1946) began as a way to control flooding.
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help)The Conservation Authorities Act developed from a conference in Guelph in 1941 and has operated since 1946. The Conservation Authorities themselves (thirty-eight in number) are formed by purely local initiative, are largely municipal, and have the power to purchase land inorder to promote rational management of the river resources.
Unfortunately, the addition of a third layer of organisation to national and provincial interests has proved problematic; Conservation Authorities have tended to become active in recreation but not in the 'big issues' of basin management.
However, the role of Conservation Authorities is important in flood control and this has allowed them to take on a planning role. They have mapped flood hazard area, they provide flood warnings and they have carried out structural works. Their success in two fields of water management, recreation and flooding, illustrates that these schemes are not duplicated by other interests and both attract the considerable local interest which the Authorities are able to mobilise.
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The Conservation Authorities Act (1946) began as a way to control flooding.
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Unfortunately, the addition of a third layer of organisation to national and provincial interests has proved problematic; Conservation Authorities have tended to become active in recreation but not in the 'big issues' of basin management.
However, the role of Conservation Authorities is important in flood control and this has allowed them to take on a planning role. They have mapped flood hazard area, they provide flood warnings and they have carried out structural works. Their success in two fields of water management, recreation and flooding, illustrates that these schemes are not duplicated by other interests and both attract the considerable local interest which the Authorities are able to mobilise.
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