Phil Beard and Erin Gouthro from the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority (MCVA) will discuss the importance of ecosystem health in the context of the Maitland Valley watershed.

Phil Beard is the general manager secretary treasurer of the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority and a member of the steering committee for Healthy Lake Huron, a collaboration of agencies working together to improve the health of the watersheds that flow into Lake Huron. Erin Gouthro is a watershed ecologist at Maitland Valley Conservation Authority where she studies the health of Maitland’s forests, rivers and streams.