Cavan-Monaghan is a gatewayto the Ganaraska watershed, where Oak Ridges Moraine headwaters, wetlands, and forests shape downstream water quality and quantity. Once nearly desertified into shifting sand dunes by early deforestation and settlement pressures, major restoration projects rebuilt one of the ORM’s most ecologically rich landscapes. This areas has been subject to large wind-generation projects on the ORM, and now could face rising pressure from the Alto High-speed Rail Network.