The Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority (GRCA) is calling on area residents to have their say on trail modelling and development in the Ganaraska Forest.
The GRCA owns and manages the 11,000-acre Ganaraska Forest, which includes a recreational program offering multi-use activities – in 2024, the GRCA says it’s undertaking steps to create a GIS-based model to help determine recreational trail locations in the forest.
“Once created, this model will be used to run scenarios to recommend and refine recreational trail locations,” says the GRCA.
The GRCA will be hosting two public open houses where residents can weigh in and share their feedback on environmental and trail-user criteria used by the GIS model, say officials.
There’s also an online survey component until March 7 via Ganaraska Conservation – Trail Modelling & Development Survey (grca.on.ca).
GRCA staff say they’ll be on hand at the open-house events to help with explaining the modelling tool and how to access the survey.
The first meeting is set for Tuesday, Feb. 27 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Ganaraska Forest Centre, which is located at 10585 Cold Springs Camp Rd., Campbellcroft.
The second meeting is set for Wednesday, Feb. 28, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the GRCA administrative office at 2216 County Rd. 28, Port Hope.
(Written by: Sarah Hyatt)
