Category: Current HCA News

HCA Now Offering Advanced Day Passes

Love getting outdoors, but hate the line? Hamilton Conservation Authority’s (HCA) new advanced day pass lets visitors skip the line for smooth entry into their favourite HCA conservation area! Just in time for the Canada Day long weekend when HCA...

HCA Contributes Large Natural Areas to Canada’s Protected Areas Target

Hamilton Conservation Authority (HCA) and Ontario Nature are pleased to announce that three of the conservation authority’s properties totaling 2,239 hectares now officially contribute towards Canada’s goal of protecting 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030. Canada endorsed...

Funding to Decommission Abandoned Water Wells

Are you a property owner in the City of Hamilton that has an unused or abandoned well on your property? Property owners in the City of Hamilton may be eligible to receive financial assistance to decommission abandoned water wells on...

Federal Funding Success for Saltfleet Conservation Area Wetland Restoration Project

Hamilton Conservation Authority (HCA) is pleased to announce funding of $1,250,000 towards the cost of the 50-acre parcel of land that HCA acquired in July 2022 that forms part of the Devil’s Punchbowl Conservation Area. This funding supports the acquisition...

2022 Annual Report released

We are pleased to present our annual report for 2022. We have so much to celebrate in terms of what we accomplished last year in all of our strategic plan priority areas, even as we adapted to legislative changes at...

HCA releases 2023 Watershed Report Card

Conservation Authorities across Ontario have just launched a third set of watershed report cards (WRCs) coinciding with World Water Day. This is an important project reporting on environmental conditions in our watersheds. Conservation Authorities carry out valuable work of monitoring...

Adventure is coming to the Dundas Valley!

Get your kids outside this summer with an Adventure in the Valley! Join the Hamilton Conservation Authority’s (HCA) Environmental Education team for a week of outdoor fun in the Dundas Valley Conservation Area. If your kids love being outdoors, like...

Heavy Equipment Operator/AZ Driver

The Hamilton Conservation Authority currently has a Full-time opportunity for a Heavy Equipment Operator/AZ Driver Job Summary The position assists with a wide range of restoration and construction projects within all HCA owned Conservation Areas, including infrastructure upgrades to: buildings,...

Current Impacts of Bill 23

Monday December 12, 2022 – With the recent passing of Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, there are several changes that may have an impact on our permitting role, as well as our work in planning and development reviews....