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FEDERATION OF ONTARIO COTTAGERS ASSOCIATIONS 17 waterways are managed by OPG. OPG maintains partnerships and programs focused upon watershed management to balance energy production requirements with environmental commercial and recreational needs community connections and snow accumulation concerns. For information about OPGs water safety program visit httpwww.opg.com. OPG also manages a biodiversity program that works to maintain or enhance significant natural areas and associated species of concern since 2000 OPG has planted nearly six million native trees and shrubs on more than 2700 hectares of ecologically- strategic land in Ontario. Today OPG operates 65 hydroelectric stations and 240 dams on 24 river systems. For information on flows and water levels at select locations throughout Ontario visit httpwww.opg.comgenerating-powerhydroPagesRiver- System-Data.aspx. In preparation for the spring freshet each year dam operations transition from winter settings and gradually fill reservoir lakes along the systems. Along the Trent Severn Waterway TSW and Rideau Canal Parks Canada staff collect and analyze information regarding the years snow pack the snow depth and its water content. Technical data analysis is conducted to assist the agency with determining the expected inflows into the various water bodies in the watershed and informs their decision-making related to appropriate water levels in lakes. Parks Canada staff also engages in such activities as clearing ice and snow from the dams in order to ensure that all equipment is in good working order and in a state of operational readiness on approach to the spring freshet. Is your property on the TSW More information is available from Parks Canada here httpwww.pc.gc.caenglhn- nhsontrentsevernplan.aspx. The forecast for the months ahead In the winter of 2014-15 severe cold which led to thicker ice and a lack of mid-winter snow melt throughout Ontario contributed to below-average water levels along Ontario waterway systems. Lake and river flows were reported by continued on p.19 PhotoKirkDoughty