GSCA’s 2025 – 2035 Strategic Plan
This 10-year roadmap will help us leverage our passion for the environment, expertise, and vision for the future, while considering the needs and interests of our communities.
The plan sets clear priorities to guide decisions, allocate resources effectively, and strengthen collaboration with partners. With a clear roadmap in place, our Staff and Board of Directors can make targeted decisions, allowing GSCA to deliver effective programs and services that support a healthy watershed with thriving communities.
Developed through an extensive public and stakeholder consultation process, the plan captures the valuable input we received and outlines how GSCA will monitor, report, and adapt over the next decade to ensure lasting impact.
Where We Are Going
The plan focuses on areas within GSCA’s mandate and sets out overarching goals supported by strategic directions and specific actions to guide implementation and measure progress.
The Goals of GSCA's 2025 - 2035 Strategic Plan include:
Achieve Organizational Excellence
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Summary of Directions
• Enhance employee experience and retention.
• Support Effective Board Governance.
• Improve client/partner/stakeholder experience and satisfaction.
• Ensure successful and sustainable corporate operations.
Effectively Monitor and Manage the Risk of Natural Hazards
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Summary of Directions
• Update natural hazard technical studies and tools.
• Monitor and communicate risk of natural hazards.
• Manage risks associated with natural hazards.
• Maintain comprehensive policies, procedures and tools for natural hazards management.
Enhance GSCA Land Management
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Summary of Directions
• Enhance visitor experience and compliance.
• Effectively monitor and manage ecology/biodiversity.
• Properly manage conservation land assets.
• Engage the community to enhance GSCA’s land management
capacity.
Improve Watershed Health
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Summary of Directions
• Ensure ongoing understanding of watershed health conditions.
• Provide services to enhance watershed health.
• Engage the community to support watershed health initiatives.
• Understand and communicate the impact of GSCA’s actions on watershed health.
Strengthen Environmental Education and Communication
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Summary of Directions
• Create inclusive, accessible educational programming.
• Leverage volunteers to support outreach, education and community engagement.
• Launch public engagement campaigns.
• Enhance awareness of GSCA’s role and impact while creating feedback loops to guide continuous improvement.
What We Do
Grey Sauble Conservation Authority (GSCA) conserves and manages natural resources, protects communities from natural hazards, and shares information about the environment to educate and inspire others. We own and manage nearly 29,000 acres of land and 150 km of trails for residents and visitors to explore that are home to thousands of species of plants and animals!
Under the Conservation Authorities Act, we must deliver the following mandatory programs and services:
- Mitigation of the risk of natural hazards (flood, erosion, dynamic beaches)
- Management of GSCA-owned lands
- Drinking Water Source Protection
- Groundwater and stream monitoring (water quality & quantity)
- Delivery of a Watershed-based Resource Management Strategy