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Ag1EF-EO

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Greater Sudbury City of - (Municipality)

Conform with

Education / Outreach

Future & Existing

Implemented

The agriculture/fertilizer policy requires community outreach concerning the application, handling, and storage of agricultural source material (ASM) and non-agricultural source material (NASM), livestock grazing, pasturing or outdoor confinement areas, as well as the application, handling, and storage of commercial fertilizer. The Children’s Water Festival is one of the main events used to educate grade 3 students along with their teachers about water related issues such as possible impacts from agriculture and fertilizer use. The Children’s Water Festival took place at Terry Fox Complex, located at 17 Lasalle Blvd., Sudbury on September 20th & 21st, 2023. The in-person event hosted 600 grade 3 students, teachers and chaperons over the course of two days: Children's Water Festival (greatersudbury.ca). The event featured activity stations based around different water themes such as conservation, efficiency, protection, science, and technology. EarthCare continues to utilize CTV as a means of conveying environmental messaging. In 2023, the EarthCare Minute on “Agricultural Runoff” aired on CTV and the segment had an estimated “reach” of 80,000 viewers. Social media was used as a means of community outreach by posting on the EarthCare Sudbury Facebook page with over 900 followers. Other EarthCare Minute videos that pertain to this policy are: ‘Phosphorous-Free Lawn Care’ and ‘Watershed’ and can be viewed on YouTube at any time. See Appendix B for EarthCare Minute Scripts. Next steps include continued efforts with delivering education and outreach via booths, messaging, and material distribution. Key indicators that will be monitored are traffic to websites, survey responses and attendance at events.

Policy Text:

The City of Greater Sudbury and the Municipality of Markstay-Warren shall create and deliver an education and outreach program to all of the vulnerable areas where the following threats could be significant:

Application to land and storage of agricultural source material;
Use of land as livestock grazing or pasturing land, an outdoor confinement area or a farm animal yard;
Application to land and handling and storage of non-agricultural source material; and
Application to land and handling and storage of commercial fertilizer.

The education and outreach program may include, but is not limited to, the following:

Descriptions of the threat activities and why they pose a risk to drinking water;
Source Protection Plan content related to the above threats to inform residents of the new restrictions in effect and the location of the vulnerable areas; and
The proper application of commercial fertilizers and best management practices.

Monitoring policy M4 applies

Monitoring Text:

M4: By February 1 of each year, the City of Greater Sudbury and the Municipality of Markstay Warren (if applicable) shall report to the Source Protection Authority with a description of the measures taken to implement the education and outreach program in the Source Protection Plan in the previous calendar year. The report could also include a description of the steps taken to determine the extent to which the program has achieved its objectives, any information on the results of those steps, and any suggestions for improvement. The municipalities could also provide a copy of any materials produced and the number of participants reached by the program.