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  • Lake Huron became a classroom for students in April of 2025.

    Students learn about Lake Huron coast

    The Lake Huron shoreline was a classroom, in April 2025, for students from Goderich District Collegiate Institute.
    Posted: Tuesday, May 6, 2025

  • A photo of planting by the shoreline.

    Restoring beach dunes in Pine River Watershed

    Pine River Watershed Initiative Network is working with shoreline residents to restore beach dunes through the Shoreline Reforestation Initiative.
    Posted: Friday, May 2, 2025

  • A poster promoting purchase of rain barrels to capture water and reduce runoff.

    Protect Lake Huron, buy rain barrels

    Rain barrels capture water during storms so that water is not running off the land where it could transport soil and pollutants into our storm sewers, creeks, rivers, lake, and drinking water sources.
    Posted: Thursday, May 1, 2025

  • An aerial view of McLarty Environmental Study Area.

    Community experiences at McLarty Centre

    The Pine River Watershed Initiative Network is Cultivating Community Experiences at McLarty Environmental Study Area.
    Posted: Thursday, May 1, 2025

  • (Bumble Bee photo © Sharon Nethercott)

    Bumble Bee conservation at Pinery Provincial Park

    You can contribute to Bumble Bee conservation, along Lake Huron's southeast shore, as a volunteer citizen scientist at Pinery Provincial Park.
    Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2025

  • A file photo of coastal youth taking part in Lake Huron Coastal Centre program.

    Coastal Centre launches Conservation Youth program

    The Lake Huron Coastal Centre is bringing back the Coastal Conservation Youth Corps program to Goderich, along Lake Huron's southeast shore.
    Posted: Friday, March 7, 2025

  • A photo of the Spiny Softshell turtle.

    Spiny Softshell turtle most distinct animal

    A study has found the Spiny Softshell turtle is Canada's most distinct animal.
    Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2025

  • Attendees look at the strip-till demonstration at Huron County Ploughing Match in August of 2024.

    Cover crops, strip tillage demonstrations

    Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Association held a Huron County equipment and crop demonstration at the Huron County Ploughing Match in August 2024.
    Posted: Monday, August 19, 2024

  • Lake Huron Coastal Centre’s Coastal Conservation Youth Corps is the next generation working to protect Lake Huron's southeast shore.

    Youth Corps helps Lake Huron

    The Lake Huron Coastal Centre's Coastal Conservation Youth Corps program wrapped up two fantastic weeks of hands-on environmental work along Saugeen Shores and Kincardine in July of 2024.
    Posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2024

  • Mike Sklad and daughters at community dam restoration planting at Naftel’s Creek.

    Maitland Conservation restoring fish habitat

    Maitland Conservation has worked with local landowners to remove two private fish barriers and restore aquatic habitat. Both sites had online ponds which were restored to wetlands to improve water quality.
    Posted: Tuesday, July 30, 2024

  • A photo of McLarty Environmental Study Area.

    Study area provides place to learn about nature

    The McLarty Environmental Study Area is located in the Pine River Watershed and it is open to the public to enjoy the great outdoors.
    Posted: Tuesday, July 30, 2024

  • A file photo of a student walking across a dock at a wetland.

    Youth in Grey Sauble are Watershed Guardians

    Watershed Guardians is a new environmental education initiative.
    Posted: Tuesday, July 23, 2024

  • A poster of the Lake Huron walk of Anishnaabek Grandmothers and Water Walkers.

    Water Walkers to walk around Lake Huron

    Anishinaabe-kwe grandmothers are walking 1,767 kilometres, in 30 days, around Naadowewi-gichigami (Lake Huron) to honour and protect the freshwater of the Great Lakes.
    Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2024

  • A graphic for the film documentary Plastic People.

    Plastic People film crew visits Lake Huron

    Residents living along Lake Huron's southeast shore, including citizens from Bayfield and area and students from the South Huron area, are among the people who were interviewed for a new documentary about plastic pollution.
    Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2024

  • Restoration Supervisor Shannon Millar plans Cedar in the buffer around a wetland.

    Landowner restores acres along Maitland River

    'It has always been our vision to take care of the environment, as much as growing crops and livestock,' said Kate Procter.
    Posted: Monday, June 17, 2024

  • A file photo of cover crops.

    Cover crop grants for farmers in Lambton Shores

    St. Clair Conservation and Ausable Bayfield Conservation have an incentive program available for farmers planning to plant cover crops this year.
    Posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2024

  • A photo of a rain garden.

    Rural and urban stewardship is piece of the puzzle

    You are an important piece of the puzzle in the work to protect Lake Huron. This is true whether you live or work in the countryside or in a village, town or city.
    Posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2024

  • A photo of a boy swimming.

    Safer swimming tips for 2024

    Visit websites and social media for local public health to find out more about swimming risks from pollution and how to reduce risk by swimming more safely.
    Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2024

  • A photo of sunflowers and other cover crops.

    Huron Clean Water Project provides project grants

    There is a total of $500,000 in available funds, in 2024, for water quality projects by Huron County residents, landowners, and community groups.
    Posted: Tuesday, April 16, 2024

  • Drink tap water in a reuseable container - it is less expensive and reduces toxic plastics.

    Crew tapes Plastic People doc in Bayfield area

    Society's addiction to plastic use has negative impacts on rivers, lakes, oceans and people; a local citizens' group and local youth are some of the people working to be part of the solution.
    Posted: Monday, November 27, 2023

  • A logo for Huron County Clean Water Project.

    More than 3,600 water quality projects completed

    In almost 20 years, Huron County's Clean Water Project has resulted in more than 3,600 water quality projects with a total project value of more than $14 million.
    Posted: Friday, September 1, 2023

  • A file photo of Lake Huron.

    Protecting Lake Huron's fish

    We all need to be part of the solution in taking the positive actions that are needed to protect our Lake Huron fish species.
    Posted: Friday, September 1, 2023

  • Some members of the Maitland Conservation stewardship team.

    Landowner helps with Maitland reforestation

    The participation of a local landowner has made it possible for Maitland Conservation to plant more than 12 acres of trees and shrubs.
    Posted: Friday, August 25, 2023

  • Helping to protect Lake Huron's southeast shore are Coastal Conservation Youth Corps.

    Conservation Youth Corps help clean up Lake Huron

    Young people taking part in the Coastal Conservation Youth Corps say they feel they've made an impact on Lake Huron's shoreline.
    Posted: Friday, August 25, 2023

  • Dead fish were reported, in July, in Ausable River and Lake Huron. (Photo by Jennifer Powell)

    Dead fish discovered along Lake Huron

    Local residents reported dead fish in Port Franks and area and in Lake Huron in July.
    Posted: Friday, August 25, 2023

  • A poster for July 16 and August 15 coastal resiliency workshops.

    Maitland Conservation creates Coastal Resiliency Initiative

    Maitland Conservation is hosting a Coastal Resiliency Workshop Series in July and August, 2023.
    Posted: Friday, June 16, 2023

  • At the Scott Drain, north of Blyth, Maitland Conservation and local landowners have spearheaded several innovative approaches that demonstrate the potential of municipal drainage design.

    Tour of innovative municipal drain projects

    Almost 50 municipal drainage superintendents and drainage engineers took part in a May 2023 tour of innovative nature-based solutions, such as wetlands, for municipal drains.
    Posted: Monday, May 29, 2023

  • A scenic photo of Bayfield.

    Second decade for Healthy Lake Huron

    Healthy Lake Huron entered its second decade of work, under the HLH umbrella, in 2022. Protecting Lake Huron is as important as ever.
    Posted: Friday, May 19, 2023




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