Council looks to establish bird watching zone behind local water treatment plant

The removal of the Listowel Memorial Park dam took over the last 15 years of Doug Grant’s life. Now that it’s done, he’s looking at another project – though he suspects it won’t take as long. He presented to North Perth council about his idea to establish the lagoons behind the Listowel water treatment plant into a bird watching zone. The area is already known to Ontario “birders” and it could be a great addition for the community at large, he says. Staff have begun researching what it would take, though Grant says that with funding from various levels of government, ‘it’s a no-brainer.' (Connor Luczka photo)