About Us
The Muskoka Envirocredits program is delivered by an alliance of local non-profit organizations.
Each organization has earned the public's trust with a solid record of developing and implementing local environmentally responsible programs and services.
Each organization has a proven record of successful participation in partnerships involving public and private sector organizations and agencies.
The organizations involved with the Muskoka Envirocredits program are:Muskoka Heritage Foundation
Muskoka Watershed Council
Muskoka Heritage Trust
Westwind Forest Stewardship Inc.
Parry Sound-Muskoka Stewardship Network
The Muskoka Heritage Foundation was founded in 1987 as a registered non-profit foundation and has provided a broad range of services related to the protection and enhancement of the cultural, built and natural heritage.
The Muskoka Watershed Council was founded through the joint efforts of the District Municipality of Muskoka and the Muskoka Heritage Foundation in 2001. The Council brings together representatives of local government and provincial and federal government and agencies, environmental groups, cottager and lake associations, business and industry to monitor and enhance the health of watersheds lying totally or partially within Muskoka.
The Muskoka Heritage Trust is the land trust division of the Heritage Foundation and offers permanent protection for ecologically significant natural lands through land acquisition and purchase or conservation easements. The Trust is committed to environmental stewardship and the creation of nature reserves.
Westwind Forest Stewardship Inc.
Westwind Forest Stewardship Inc. orchestrates ecologically sustainable forest management on the diverse and intensively used French-Severn Forest. It is Ontario’s only community-based non-profit forest authority and is certified through the international Forest Stewardship Council.
Parry Sound-Muskoka Stewardship Network
The Parry Sound- Muskoka Stewardship Network encourages responsible care and use of natural resources in the Parry Sound-Muskoka area through the delivery of resource management programs and services and responsible stewardship to both private landowners and the general public.