Status Report- An Annual Series "A state-of-the-place
report on the Oak Ridges Moraine"
2007 Status Report on the Implementation of the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan (ORMCP): A Look at New Infrastructure Projects
 The 2007 Status Report is now available in both hard copy and on line.
Prepared for MTM by Save the Oak Ridges Moraine Coalition, this report focuses on new infrastructure projects on the moraine. The approach was to conduct an inventory of new infrastructure projects (roads, water, sewage and utilities) that have triggered environmental assessments (EAs) per section 41 of the ORMCP. Such projects were focused on due to their potential cumulative effect on the quality and quantity of the moraine's ground and surface water, as well as the associated incremental loss of the moraine's natural heritage system.
This report will provide updates on information from the 2006 Status Report (such as municipal conformity, wellhead protection policies, watershed planning, etc.) as well as a ecological monitoring update from Citizens' Environment Watch.
Moraine Watch Manual
 MTM is pleased to announce that our policy monitoring manual is now available online!
Click here to download the entire manual (1.81 MB pdf).
Click here to download the checklist (96 KB pdf).
The Moraine Watch Manual is a how-to guide for community members to monitor land use planning activity and the performance of their municipal government on moraine-related planning. The manual includes the Moraine Watch Checklist – a step-by-step worksheet for evaluating planning applications, as well as detailed background information on land-use planning and legislation relevant to the moraine.
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Status Report on the Implementation of
the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan:
Implications for the Greenbelt Plan
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On November 1, 2009, STORM and the MTM partners celebrated 20 years of community activism on the Oak Ridges Moraine with a leisurely train trip through the Oak Ridges Moraine on the York Durham Heritage Railway's heritage train. The day included a boxed lunch, Moraine in Focus photo gallery shows and special guests to highlight past, present and future community efforts to save the Oak Ridges Moraine…from 1989 to 2015. 
