International Joint Commission IJC hosts meetings on August 6, 7
This is Volume 3, Issue 2 of the Healthy Lake Huron - Clean Water, Clean Beaches e-Newsletter. This August 2019 edition is the second issue of 2019 of the Lake Huron News Update. This is a free e-newsletter with email news updates from the Healthy Lake Huron: Clean Water, Clean Beaches Partnership. Thank you for your interest in the work that has been done, is being done, and needs to be done to protect and improve the southeast shore of Lake Huron.
We hope you are enjoying summer on Lake Huron's southeast shore! Vsit healthylakehuron.ca for ways to help keep this Great Lake great.
‘Step in, speak out for Great Lakes’
IJC meetings in Collingwood (August 6) and Goderich (August 7)
Team of regional agencies, organizations and local governments partner with International Joint Commission (IJC) to host panel discussion and community conversation
Great Lakes meetings are held in United States and Canada; meetings visit Collingwood, Goderich in August
After the International Joint Commission's August 6, 2019 stop in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada, the IJC’s second meeting on Lake Huron, as part of the binational organization’s ‘Step In and Speak Out for the Great Lakes’ tour, is in Goderich, Ontario on August 7.
These events give area residents an opportunity to learn and talk about Lake Huron and Great Lakes water quality.
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The meetings will bring together area residents with local experts, professionals and advocates to discuss their priorities for restoring and protecting Lake Huron and the Great Lakes.
The International Joint Commission is a Canadian-United States treaty organization that seeks to prevent and resolve issues facing the two countries’ boundary waters. By engaging the public on their perspectives of Great Lakes health and completing its own research on issues facing the lakes, the IJC evaluates both countries’ efforts to restore the Great Lakes ecosystem based on the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement’s goals and objectives.
You are invited to ‘show your lake some love’ with photos of how you protect Lake Huron
Enter first Love Your Greats photo contest for chance to win Great Lakes prizes in celebration of Love Your Greats Day
A day to celebrate our Great Lakes, called Love Your Greats, takes place on Saturday, August 10, 2019. Love Your Greats is held the second Saturday of every August, and promotes education and local action to protect our Great Lakes.
This year, Ausable Bayfield Conservation would like to see that action and invites the community to share their actions in the form of a photo contest. “Throughout the watershed, homeowners, farmers, businesses, community groups and other organizations have been working to protect Lake Huron, and it is important to recognize and celebrate these efforts,” said Hope Brock, Healthy Watersheds Specialist with Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA). “The hope is that you will share with us your photos illustrating what you do to protect Lake Huron.”
The photos of what you do to protect Lake Huron might include, but are not limited to, photos showing rain barrels, rain gardens, wetlands, natural areas, trees, permeable pavement, cover crops, minimum or no-till fields, berms, grassed waterways, buffers, exclusion fencing, or beach cleanups. “If your photo has a story to tell, we encourage you to share that as well,” said Brock. “No matter how large or small, we are interested in seeing all the actions you take to protect Lake Huron.” Often, when people share what they have done on their own properties, it inspires others to take positive actions as well, she said.
You may submit your photo to the contest simply by posting a photo showing what you or your family does to protect Lake Huron by replying to the Love Your Greats photo contest post on the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Facebook page, or Twitter feed, with the hashtag #LYGLakeHuron. Or, you may send your photo, by email, with #LYGLakeHuron Photo Contest in the subject of the email, to info@abca.ca. To be eligible for the contest, photos should be posted or received by Monday, August 12, 2019 at noon local time. The complete set of contest rules are posted online at abca.ca at this web page:
Three winners of the photo contest will be drawn at random and will receive a Love Your Greats or Great Lakes T-shirt, hat, or similar prize. For more information visit abca.ca or contact Hope Brock, Healthy Watersheds Technician, at Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority, by phone at 519-235-2610, extension 246, or toll-free at 1-888-286-2610.
To learn more about the Love Your Greats initiative, visit loveyourgreats.com.
Learn about Great Lakes at speaker series hosted by Lambton Heritage Museum during visit of interactive Canada’s Waterscapes travelling exhibit
Healthy Lake Huron partners included among speakers at Lambton Heritage Museum’s speaker series for visit of Canada’s Waterscapes travelling exhibition
Partners in the Healthy Lake Huron - Clean Water, Clean Beaches Partnership are among the fascinating list of presenters in a summer speaker series hosted by Lambton Heritage Museum as part of the visit of Canada’s Waterscapes travelling exhibition.
Lambton Heritage Museum is located at 10035 Museum Road, south of Grand Bend (across from Pinery Provincial Park). To find out about the upcoming speaker events visit the Lambton County Museums’ website:
Canada’s Waterscapes is produced by the Canadian Museum of Nature in collaboration with the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council. This “engaging, family-friendly, interactive” travelling exhibit is at the Lambton Heritage Museum for five months only and it is being called “... a rare opportunity to see this interactive exhibition here ...” in the local area.
The Canada’s Waterscapes exhibit opened at Lambton Heritage Museum continues until September 30, 2019. Museum hours are Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission prices are $5 for adults; $4 for students and seniors; and $3 for children ages 5-12. (A family admission is $15). The speaker series and PA Day events are special programs included as part of the regular museum admission price.
You can learn about “Canada’s worst invasive plant” from Nancy Vidler on Saturday, September 7, 2019 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. with her talk on Invasive Phragmites Australis: Why do we need to be concerned? She will talk about how a volunteer community group came together to restore and protect the natural habitats in Lambton Shores.
If you missed some of the talks that have already taken place this summer, don't worry ... the Lambton Heritage Museum has many of those presentations recorded and available for viewing on their Facebook page:
These are just some of the rare and engaging events taking place at Lambton Heritage Museum. Visit their website at www.heritagemuseum.ca to find out more.
