Congratulation to local teams of volunteer ecological stewards who are doing their part to promote biodiversity in the midtown area through ecological restoration activities in designated parkland locations around the City.
Anyone walking to the Brick Works via the Chorley Park Switchback will be aware of the significant construction activities underway in the Mud Creek ravine, along with trail closures arising from the access arrangements for this work. This is the Mud Creek Inlet Restoration Project.
A celebration hosted by the Bloor East Neighbourhood Association (BENA) and the South Rosedale Residents’ Association (SRRA) will be held on September 13, 2025, to mark the official opening of the new Morley Callaghan Bridge.
Cudmore Creek Ravine may be midtown’s forgotten ravine, but it hasn’t been completely overlooked. On June 20, the City completed the Cudmore Creek Wetland and Trailhead Project, which has transformed a section of this ravine into an oasis of biodiversity, and a destination for users of the Crother’s Woods trail network.
A deteriorated ravine path, which some call “the missing link” in Toronto’s recreational trail system, may soon be coming back to life with the help from a midtown residents’ group, as funding for the first steps toward rehabilitation were approved by council on July 25, 2025.
Digital Waters is a Toronto-based non-profit developing affordable, made-in-Canada water monitoring technology to better understand and protect our local waterways. Since mid-2024 we’ve been monitoring Yellow Creek with their devices.
The work on the erosion control project in the ravine below Summerhill Gardens was completed at the end of May, 2025.
The MRG believes that the release of the 2025 Yellow Creek GSMP represents an important element of progress towards the restoration of the Vale of Avoca, but we believe it is important to recognize that it takes an extremely narrow view of the problems that it addresses.
On March 5, 2025, the City published an environmental assessment that looking at the remediation of water services infrastructure emptying into Yellow Creek in the Vale of Avoca ravine.
Our vision: a well-maintained woodland environment that provides a green haven for midtown Toronto. Our plan: a set of goals for restoration and remediation met through a combination of City investment and private funds.
