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Increased cover crop adoption benefits Lake Huron
Local agricultural producers and other rural landowners have increased cover crop planting. They have done this with support of staff who create peer-to-peer workshop opportunities and links to funding incentive programs.
Posted: Friday, March 7, 2025
Just 15 minutes in nature boosts your well-being
Planting trees is a way to create recreational and physical and mental well-being enhancements on your own property.
Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Managing water and nutrients on Bruce Peninsula
Organized by Bruce Peninsula Biosphere Association (BPBA), a March 2023 event highlighted some of the work that BPBA has been doing on phosphorus reduction structures.
Posted: Monday, June 12, 2023
Local mentors share cover crop knowledge
Maitland Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) and the Ontario Soil Network (OSN) are partnering to pilot a project that will enable agricultural producers to learn directly from other local, innovative producers.
Posted: Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Protecting Great Lakes watersheds
A number of recent reports in national media, local media, and agricultural media underline the need for actions, on a watershed basis, that preserve topsoil, build soil health and protect water quality.
Posted: Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Partners research water, climate in Parkhill area
The research looks at how surface water (such as a creek, river, or lake) and groundwater (water under our feet in aquifers) interact in different seasons.
Posted: Friday, October 7, 2022
Scott Municipal Drain Restoration Project
'This is a legacy that will carry on for generations,' said Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson during a celebration at the Scott Farm on Nature Centre Road just outside of Belgrave.
Posted: Friday, September 23, 2022
Forest health faces threats
A study into forest health, in a watershed along Lake Huron's southeast shore, identifies issues and the need for action to manage the forest health.
Posted: Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Citizen scientists collect data
Learn how atmospheric conditions, wildlife, algae blooms, beach litter, microplastics, human activity, storm and erosion damage have impacted the Lake Huron shoreline.
Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
The Bayfield Beach Shipwreck
In this segment of ‘What is Buried in Your Beach?’ we will uncover how the Lynda Hindman shipwreck came to be a tourist attraction and conversation maker off the shores of Pier Beach in Bayfield.
Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Battling Algal Blooms
16-year-old Annabelle Rayson, a Grade 11 student from St. Patrick's Catholic High School in Sarnia, has set out to combat algal blooms in the Great Lakes.
Posted: Thursday, September 8, 2022
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