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European Water Chestnut at Voyageur Provincial Park
Last week I had the opportunity to go to Voyageur Provincial Park (just east of Ottawa) and help with their European water chestnut control program. European water chestnut is an…
Journée d’Élimination de la Châtaigne d’Eau! Venez Nous Aider à Protéger la Rivière des Outaouais!
[PHOTO CREDIT: VOYAGEUR PROVINCIAL PARK] Venez Nous Aider à Protéger la Rivière des Outaouais ! Nous sommes à la recherche de bénévoles qui aideront les travailleurs du Parc Voyageur provincial…
Water Chestnut Pull Days – Come help save the Ottawa River!
[PHOTO CREDIT: VOYAGEUR PROVINCIAL PARK] Come help save the Ottawa River! Volunteers are needed to help remove Water Chestnut plants from Voyageur Provincial Park, near Chute-a-Blondeau, ON. Water chestnut is…
Love Your Lake
[LOVE YOUR LAKE TRAINING] The Love Your Lake training is finished and our partners are ready to deliver the program on the following Ontario lakes: Green and Paugh Lakes in…
We’re Talking Shorelines
This week we’re near Westport, ON along with the Centre for Sustainable Watersheds training the technicians who will be out on some of Ontario’s lakes this summer surveying shorelines as…
Ontario Steps in to Save Renowned Freshwater Research Station
The Premier of Ontario announced that her government would support the operation of the Experimental Lakes Area for this year, allowing concerned Canadians to breathe a sigh of relief about…
Stormwater
[PHOTO] While this article and video focuses on Washington’s Puget Sound the situation is similar here in Canada. It begins when diver, Laura James, comes across a big black column…
Vote For Us!
We need your help! Vote for Love Your Lake at Shell Fuelling Change and help us win $100,000 to improve the health of Ontario’s shorelines. Buy anything at Shell and use…
Cutting Down on Phosphorus
Image Credit Content for this article was researched and written by CWF volunteer Connor Reid, with oversight provided by the CWF conservation team. Phosphorus is the 11th most abundant chemical…
Love Your Lake Shoreline Project
Have you been voting for the Love Your Lake Shoreline Project? Last week I had the opportunity to do some training on a lake in Renfrew County for this project…
