Sunday, March 23, 2025
Why water is the new carbon
There’s a steady stream of news about severe water shortages and “megadrought” around the globe. As the Colorado River dries up in the United States,…
water stewardship
Northwest Territories releases five year plan for water stewardship
The Government of the Northwest Territories announced that it has released the next Water Strategy Action Plan, the Northwest Territories’ plan to responsibly and collaboratively…
Alliance for Water Stewardship to Launch AWS Standard 2.0
The Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) will be launching the AWS Standard Version 2.0 on World Water Day 2019, which is taking place on Friday,…
WWF Looks to Grow the Narrative on Water Stewardship
A new brief from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has called for an acceleration of the scope, activity, and framing of water stewardship that leverages risk…
Report Highlights Water Stewardship in the Global Supply Chain
CDP, formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project, has released its 2018 Global Supply Chain Report, which highlights the efforts of corporations from around the globe to…
B.C. First Nation in Court to Fight Proposed Mine
The Tsilhqot’in Nation is in federal court in Vancouver this week to oppose an attempt by Taseko Mines Limited (TSX:TKO) (TML) to overturn the 2014…
$925,000 for Alberta Water Stewardship Programming
Land Stewardship Centre (LSC) in Alberta has been given a multi-year, $925,000 grant by Alberta’s Environment and Parks to help protect the province’s water resources.…
Okanagan Basin Water Board Proposes Province-Wide Water Commission
The Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) is proposing to the provincial government a British Columbia water commission to streamline water use reporting and to connect…
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…
Around the World
“People ask what Manitoba and Israel could possibly have in common. Well, the answer is water. And we’re learning through collaboration how we can do…
Manitoba District Celebrates Completion of IWM Plan
Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick today congratulated the Seine-Rat River Conservation District and its project management team for completing the Seine River integrated watershed management…
Making Progress on Lake Winnipeg Recommendations
Two years after the release of the Lake Winnipeg Stewardship Board’s final report containing 135 recommendations for action, the board has evaluated the progress made…
FOE Launches Awareness Project in Manitoba
Friends of the Earth Canada is launching its new water awareness project, Be True To Blue, in Manitou, Manitoba in cooperation with the Pembina Valley…
Draft NWT Water Stewardship Strategy Released
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada have released the draft Northwest Territories Water Stewardship Strategy. The draft strategy…
WWF Releases Rivers at Risk Report
Our friends over at WWF-Canada have released a new report, Canada’s Rivers at Risk: Environmental Flows and Canada’s Freshwater Future (pdf here). The report claims…
Global Water Roundtable Created: Stockholm
A new initiative launched during World Water Week in Stockholm will establish global standards for water stewardship, with the goal of addressing the global threat…