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Are you or someone you know experiencing grief after the death of a loved one? This bereavement group will help you work through the stages of grief. The group is led by Carin Pelka, grief worker with 10 years experience offering bereavement groups. Sponsored by the Jones Funeral Home and Norval United Church. PLEASE PHONE THE FUNERAL HOME AT 905-877-3631 TO REGISTER AS SPACE IS LIMITED . 6 week group Fridays from 7:00 - 8:30 pm Starting Friday, April 4th Location: Norval United Church 484 Guelph Street, Norval GEORGETOWN BEREAVEMENT GROUP N a t h a n O l i v i e r i t l i i r i of the week March 15, 2008 Proud Sponsor Providing aggregate to build schools, hospitals, roads and the Acton Rural Heritage Community Centre N a t h a n O l i v i e r i plays at the Dufferin Centre on Saturdays in the yellow Under-11 team. This is his first time playing soccer, and he enjoys a high-energy midfield role the best. He is looking forward to the snow clearing so he can start his outdoor soccer career! Acton/Georgetown, Friday, March 21, 2008 13 A Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) study has calculated that recreational fishing on the Credit River is worth $48 million. There is no question that we have an incredible recreational resource in the Credit River fishery, which is recog- nized across Ontario and well beyond, said Rae Horst , CVC Chief Administrat ive Off icer . What this study does is begin to demonstrate the economic value associated with a healthy river system. Recreational resources, such as a sport fishery, are often considered pub- lic goods for which no price can be charged, thus determining its value requires a sophisticated economic tech- nique called the travel cost method- how much anglers are willing to spend to travel to a particular fishing spot. According to this study, for Credit River anglers thats $1.2 million annually. This means that, in total, all the (recreational) anglers who f ish the Credit River would be willing to pay $1.2 million dollars every year for the angling opportunities that the river pro- vides, explained Jeff Wilson, CVC Ecological Goods and Services Project co-ordinator. Almost 300 anglers stretching from Niagara Falls to Sault Ste. Marie who fish the Credit River completed an online survey between August 2006 and January 2007. The most avid anglers fishing the Credit River indicated they fished 100 days a year, while according to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans 2005 Survey of Recreational Fishing, the average angler in Ontario fished 17.2 days a year. The Credit River provides more then 30,000 angling days (the number of anglers times the number of days spent fishing) every year with almost 18,000 of those occurring in the spring and summer. Depending on the season, fishing dest inat ion, f i sh type sought , and expected catch rate, the average value of a fishing day ranged from $9 a day to $148 a day. The studys methodology will allow Credit Valley Conservation to forecast changes in anglers behaviour as a result of changes to the fishery. For example, if a habitat restoration project was being considered that would result in improvements to the f i shery, the increased economic value from the improvements could be estimated. This type of information is essential for ensuring that public dollars are spent on projects providing the largest possible improvement to the social and economic well-being of watershed resi- dents, stated Wilson. The survey results also indicated that the three most heavily fished sites along the Credit are: from Erindale Park to Hwy. 403 in Miss issauga; Trout Unlimited Private Agreement Waters located near Inglewood in Caledon and the Forks of the Credit Provincial Park in Caledon. CVC study indicates Recreational fishing on Credit River has a value of $48M CYNTHIA GAMBLE Staff Writer