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Top Five Great Lakes Stories of 2019
The following five news stories on topics related to the Great Lakes were among the most read news stories on Water Canada’s website in 2019.…
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Federal Funding Announced for Great Lakes Protection Projects
Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, announced $1.06 million in funding over three years for 10 projects associated with protecting and restoring the…
Capital Regional District Seeks Feedback on Watershed Management Plan
The Capital Regional District (CRD) is developing a watershed management plan to improve the water quality of Elk/Beaver Lake and seeking feedback on it from…
Lake Huron LAMP Released
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its Lakewide Action and Management Plan (LAMP) for Lake Huron 2017-2021, part of a binational effort to restore…
Canada Deepens Commitment to the Control of Great Lakes Sea Lamprey
The government of Canada announced the creation of a new team of fisheries managers to increase the capacity of Canada’s Sea Lamprey Control Program to reduce…
Ontario Joins Great Lakes Basin Partnership to Block Asian Carp
Yesterday, the State of Michigan’s Governor Rick Snyder announced the creation of a new Great Lakes Basin Partnership to Block Asian Carp with founding members:…
Advancing the Science on Dam Renewal and Removal
There are tens of thousands of large hydro dams in North America, built in the 1940s and 50s, that are nearing the end of their…
Campbell River, B.C. Proceeds with Wetland Water Control Project
Following work to remove invasive plants and regulate water levels as part of preliminary restoration at its Jubilee wetland this summer, Campbell River, B.C. has…
Loblaw Water Funds Supports Water and Habitat-Restoration Projects
Swaying public opinion on the value of beavers in rural Alberta may sound like a tall task, but Cows and Fish—as the Alberta Riparian Habitat Management Society is affectionately…
U.S. Scientists Working to Predict Lake Erie Hypoxic Water
Researchers are developing a warning system to for water utilities in Ohio that will notify them of hypoxic water near their intakes from Lake Erie reports…
Finland Ratifies the IMO Ballast Water Standard
The International Martin Organization (IMO) announced this week that Finland has ratified the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention, bringing key international measures for environmental protection…
Asian Carp Found in Lake Erie
The Ministry of Natural Resources confirms that an Asian Carp was caught in Lake Erie, west of Point Pelee. The fish caught by a commercial net…
Cottage Owners Encouraged to Implement Climate Adaptation Measures
Climate change impacts everyone, but when you own property on a shoreline or in a floodplains, the impacts can be substantial. The Federation of Ontario Cottage Owners…
Okanagan Basin Water Board Expands Program on Zebra and Quagga Mussels
Since the Okanagan Basin Water Board and it’s Okanagan WaterWise program launched the Don’t Move A Mussel campaign in 2013, the level of awareness regarding…
The Catch-22 with Global Ballast Water Regulations and Trojan Technologies’ Efforts to Settle Them
On a hot and summer evening in 1988, a group of researchers from the University of Windsor boarded a small vessel on Lake St. Clair…
Economic benefits of cleaning up a city’s waterfront
By Mario Carr A strong economy needs a healthy watershed. One municipality that understands this all too well is Hamilton, Ontario. Clean-up projects to reverse…
Lake Simcoe Protection Act A Success, New Report Shows
Today Ontario released a report that shows that the health of Lake Simcoe is improving. The five-year report is the results of the Ontario government’s decision…
Tracking Data
It’s a tough question to answer, even for those who work in freshwater. What indicators do you use to measure freshwater health? Even more, how…
Canada, In Brief 2015
Canada’s water challenges and the ways provinces and territories address those challenges can be so similar yet entirely unique. Each jurisdiction’s positions on issues of…
DNA Data Shows Asian Carp Approaching Lake Michigan
New data released by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service confirms the imminent threat of Asian carp to the Great Lakes. Sampling data collected…
Manitoba Takes Action Against Zebra Mussels in Lake Winnipeg
Manitoba has announced actions to protect Lake Winnipeg from invasive zebra mussels, which have been found in harbours at Gimli, Willow Point, Boundary Creek Marina/Winnipeg…
Canada, In Brief
With each province and territory subject to its own water challenges, keeping tabs on regulations and policies from coast to coast can be a confusing…
2012 RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grants Announced
RBC has announced its 2012 RBC Blue Water Project Leadership Grant recipients. Thirty organizations from five countries, selected from 219 applicants from around the world,…
Lake Management Planning Begins on Pigeon Lake
Pigeon Lake has joined Balsam, Cameron, and Sturgeon lakes in a program that seeks to enhance the environmental health and economic sustainability of lakes across…