The group was modelled after the Task Force to Bring Back the Don, which at the time was limited to the area within the borders of the old city of Toronto.
During this time, they persuaded the TRCA to designate Crothers' Woods, which lay directly in the path of the planned extension, as an Environmentally Significant Area (ESA).
While this limits their ability to perform advocacy work—Canadian charities are not supposed to be politically active—it does allow the organization to raise funds more easily.
Some of their naturalization projects include the Goulding Estate on Dawes Road and parts of Warden Woods.
The five-year, CA$4,275,000 plan called for bike and walking trails, additional forest cover, regeneration of four degraded reaches, and the creation of community steward groups.
They also hold walks and bicycle rides that highlight the natural areas in the lower Don watershed, and sponsor workshops that assist local communities to engage in sustainable-living practices.