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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