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100 per cent funding for stream buffers
Maitland Conservation can help landowners access 100 per cent funding for buffering watercourses in the Maitland, Nine Mile and Eighteen Mile River watersheds.
Posted: Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Trees, wetlands, education at study area
The McLarty Environmental Study Area is located on Bruce Road 6/Side Road 20 in the Township of Township of Huron-Kinloss. It is open to the public to enjoy the great outdoors.
Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
What's on your beach?
Sunset beach cleanup finds some surprises.
Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Learn more about life along the shoreline
St. Clair Region Conservation Authority (SCRCA) is providing ways for people to learn more about living with erosion.
Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Microplastics in 80 per cent of lake samples
Coast Watcher citizen scientists collected 24 samples at the beginning and end of the season and found microplastic pollution in 83.3 per cent of those samples.
Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Thirty youths in Coastal Corps
The Coastal Conservation Youth Corps hosted more than 30 young people.
Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Water monitoring along Lake Huron
Partners in Canada and United States working together to collect information on nutrients entering the Great Lakes.
Posted: Sunday, September 18, 2022
U.S. scientists, local researchers work together
A local conservation authority has worked side by side with American researchers studying phosphorus nutrient loading in Lake Huron and its impact on lower Great Lakes such as Lake St. Clair and (through the Detroit River) Lake Erie.
Posted: Sunday, September 18, 2022
Water, species monitoring informs restoration work
Low oxygen concentrations, nutrient enrichment, sediment loads, and invasive species can all impact aquatic species.
Posted: Sunday, September 18, 2022
Healthy Watersheds, Healthy People, Wildlife
The link between protecting natural areas and preventing pandemics received only modest attention as Canadians struggled with the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19). This linkage is really at the heart of the issue, however.
Posted: Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Working with Pine River landowners to plant trees
The Pine River Watershed Initiative Network, and participating local landowners, continue to work together to protect this watershed along Lake Huron's southeast shore.
Posted: Friday, July 29, 2022
New shoreline video series
A new video series offers information on shoreline processes; living with erosion; what you need to know before planning to build along the shoreline; and what you need to know before buying property along the shoreline.
Posted: Monday, June 20, 2022
If you swim in Lake Huron practise safe swimming
Follow local public health channels to have the best information when deciding if and when to swim in Lake Huron.
Posted: Monday, May 16, 2022
Opportunity for coastal youth
The Coastal Conservation Youth Corps (CCYC) is a program for youths between 14 and 18 years of age to learn about coastal issues and opportunities.
Posted: Friday, May 13, 2022
McFadyen Drain Green Infrastructure Case Study
This case study (McFadyen Drain) is one of two Green Infrastructure case studies posted, in February 2022, on the Healthy Lake Huron (HLH) - Clean Water, Clean Beaches website.
Posted: Monday, February 28, 2022
Ontario invests $2.5 million for Great Lakes
The Ontario government is investing more than $2.5 million in 19 new projects to protect the health of the Great Lakes. Some of those projects are in Healthy Lake Huron watersheds.
Posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Rural Green Infrastructure
Rural Green Infrastructure (RGI) is a series of methods, structures and practices that can help reduce stormwater impacts and build resiliency across rural landscapes.
Posted: Friday, August 27, 2021
Art promotes protecting watershed
Thousands of visitors to Arkona Lions Museum and Information Centre will know more about watersheds, and protecting them, thanks to the installation of a piece of art called A Watershed of Clay.
Posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Safe swimming information
Visit local public health for information on water quality, best practices for safe swimming.
Posted: Tuesday, August 3, 2021
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