Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority
The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) oversees the Niagara Peninsula watershed, which encompasses the Niagara Region and portions of the City of Hamilton, and portions of Haldimand County. The Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority manages 41 conservation areas, including Ball’s Falls and Jordan Harbour.
The Town of Lincoln works closely with the NPCA to ensure optimal outcomes for our community at large.Invasive Species Management Strategy Group & Phragmites Management Area Collaborative
The NPCA leads these collaborative groups to support and accelerate collaborative, landscape-level approaches to invasive species management. The Town participates in workshops/meetings, provides input on workplan items, and shares information with these groups to support the goal of irradicating invasive species from Lincoln's ecosystems.
In late 2024, NPCA secured $2.3 million in funding from Natural Resources Canada’s 2-Billion Trees program, enabling a significant expansion of tree-planting efforts. This program and collaboration helps Lincoln receive trees at a subsidized rate, to support community plantings and tree distribution efforts.
The Town is a member of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative and it’s Mayors Advisory Council on Coastal Resilience. The Initiative is a binational coalition of 128 U.S. and Canadian mayors and local officials working to advance the protection and restoration of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. The Cities Initiative works in partnership on many issues with the International Joint Commission, the Great Lakes Commission, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and Environment Canada; the Cities Initiative also works with state agencies and provincial ministries. GLSLCI collaborates with several other Great Lakes basin-wide non-governmental organizations, including the Alliance for the Great Lakes, the Council of Great Lakes Governors, and the Healing Our Waters Coalition.
Niagara Adapts
Niagara Adapts was a partnership designed to build innovative climate solutions right here in Niagara. By leveraging resources and expertise from seven municipalities in the Niagara region and Brock University’s Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, the partnership supported collaborative climate change adaptation assessment, planning and implementation.
Niagara Adapts in Lincoln
For years, Lincoln has been witness to increased severe weather events, including flooding, strong winds, and droughts. Climate change adaptation planning is critical in building a resilient community. Ongoing severe weather impacts a community's ability to be prosperous. Ongoing damage to infrastructure, natural and built, is costly for municipalities impacting ongoing efforts to remain affordable for our taxpayer base.
Through the Niagara Adapts initiative, Lincoln:
- Benefitted from expertise from municipalities and Brock University
- Built opportunities for innovative approaches to climate change adaptation
- Developed the Town's Corporate Climate Change Adaptation Plan (CCCAP)
Building these relationships across sectors strengthened our community's ability for responsiveness and increased the efficacy of the Town's CCCAP.
Learn more about Niagara Adapts at Brock University.
In 2019, the Town of Lincoln and Vineland Research and Innovation Centre (Vineland) signed a formal memorandum of understanding (MOU) focused on collaborating to support and advance the innovation, commercialization, and sustainability of horticulture in Lincoln and the surrounding region. The Town’s efforts to forge strategic partnerships continue with the signing of this MOU with Vineland. Lincoln’s diverse economy includes a robust agri-business sector. The recent five-year map for economic growth highlighted a focus on agriculture and food and beverage production, emphasizing the important role horticulture plays in Lincoln.
The MOU has lead to collaboration on many projects, one example being the installation of a specialized soil profile at Ashby Park to support stormwater management and on-site retention and infiltration of precipitation.
The Town of Lincoln engages informally with a variety of local non-profit environmental organizations. Collaboration with these groups helps the Town connect with local citizens better, and produce events/initiatives more marginal to the needs of the community.
Some environmental organizations the town has worked with include:
