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  • A farm business can access up to $20,000 in 2018 for eligible practices and projects around croplands, grasslands, shorelines, stream banks, wetlands, and woodlands through the Species at Risk Farm Incentive Program (SARFIP).

    Species at Risk Farm Incentive Program returns

    The Species at Risk Farm Incentive Program (SARFIP) is back for 2018. Eligible best management practices and projects encompass activities around croplands, grasslands, shorelines, stream banks, wetlands, and woodlands.
    Posted: Friday, May 11, 2018

  • Thousands of water quality projects have been completed with support of landowners, community groups, and the County of Huron.

    Thousands of water quality projects in Huron

    Huron County landowners and community groups have, with support of Huron Clean Water Project, completed close to 2,700 protects to protect local water quality. The value of the projects is more than $10 million. That's good for water and the economy.
    Posted: Wednesday, May 2, 2018

  • Thousands of plastic items, and more than 1,000 pounds of garbage, have been kept out of Lake Huron - thanks to volunteers and other partners of the shoreline cleanup in Goderich.

    Volunteers keep thousands of items out of lake

    More than 175 volunteers collected 1,072 pounds of trash, on Saturday, April 21, 2018, from the Main Beach in Goderich and the banks of the Maitland River.
    Posted: Friday, April 27, 2018

  • Be aware of natural hazards along shoreline.

    Be aware of erosion, bluff stability

    Lake levels are the highest they have been in years. These higher-than-average lake levels, combined with rain, high winds and wave action lead to erosion at the base of the bluffs and an increase in gully erosion in some areas.
    Posted: Tuesday, April 24, 2018

  • Lake Huron is not at record levels - but water levels are above average, and that can add to erosion.

    Lake Huron water levels above average

    A March 2018 Monthly Water Level Bulletin, from Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada, said water levels in the Great Lakes are above the long-term average for this time of year and above the level of Chart Datum.
    Posted: Friday, April 20, 2018

  • End plastic pollution - protect people and aquatic species

    This Earth Day, reduce plastic pollution

    Earth Day is Sunday, April 22, 2018.
    Posted: Thursday, April 19, 2018

  • One of the rain gardens at Bayfield's Pioneer Park.

    Rain gardens are helping to protect Lake Huron

    There has been considerable interest in rain gardens since demonstration gardens went in at Pioneer Park in Bayfield, said Hope Brock, Healthy Watersheds Technician with Ausable Bayfield Conservation.
    Posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2018

  • There are four places you might consider planting trees.

    When it seems there is no land left for trees ...

    Landowners plant tens of thousands of trees locally; Funding may be available to help cover some of the costs.
    Posted: Friday, February 2, 2018

  • Photo by Jack Pal. Brandon J. Lemieux Memorial Beach Cleanup in Bayfield, Ontario, Canada on September 16, 2017.

    Beach cleanup honoured mother's son

    Brandon Lemieux loved to walk along the beach and he helped to keep the beach clean. He passed away on September 16, 2016. Brandon's mother, Susan, wished to honour her son's memory.
    Posted: Friday, September 22, 2017

  • Thanks to these volunteers who care about their beach and their Lake Huron water!

    Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup on Lambton Shores

    Volunteers combed about 2.5 kilometres (km) of the beach and volunteers collected and removed nearly 10 kilograms (kg) of garbage.
    Posted: Friday, September 15, 2017

  • Soil Health pioneer Don Lobb shares importance of soil at dunes, soil workshop.

    Importance of protecting dunes, soil shared

    The importance of protecting dunes and soil health was shared by two knowledgeable presenters at Dunes and Gardens Workshop.
    Posted: Friday, September 15, 2017

  • Keeping Lake Huron Great

    New mobile-friendly website; new YouTube channel

    The Healthy Lake Huron: Clean Water, Clean Beaches Partnership is now providing regular news updates digitally. The Partnership has also added a new YouTube channel and Labour Day weekend, 2017 we launched an upgraded new, mobile-friendly website
    Posted: Saturday, September 2, 2017

  • before and after pictures

    Phragmites Spading Day

    Ipperwash Beach and Dunes Phragmites Spading Day. The team spent 6 hours removing Phragmites and white sweet clover from the dunes along a 2.7 km stretch between West Ipperwash Road and Army Camp Road in Lambton Shores.
    Posted: Friday, August 25, 2017

  • Cover crops like those shown in the photo reduce erosion, lessen impacts on water, and protect and improve soil health.

    Cover Crops Doing Well in Huron County

    Second year of Huron County Clean Water Project's cover crops incentive category surpasses surprising success of first year
    Posted: Wednesday, July 26, 2017

  • Rural Septic Systems

    Faulty septic systems are hazardous to your health, the environment...and your wallet.
    Posted: Saturday, July 8, 2017




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