Local mentors share cover crop knowledge
Maitland Conservation, Ontario Soil Network partner on pilot project to help local agricultural producers to 'cover-crop with confidence' as local mentors guide their peers about on-farm best management practices such as cover crops
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.
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The project partners will invite small groups of farmers to learn about best management practices (BMPs), such as cover crops, from local mentors in the agricultural industry.
The pilot project will include peer-to-peer discussions and on-farm visits to those participating in this opportunity.
The farmer mentors will share strategies that are "proving their weight in gold" to conserve and protect soil health, water quality, and productivity.
Planting cover crops is not the only recommended best management practice (BMP) but it is the network's focus for 2023.
Cover crops is a best practice that provides a number of benefits to the producer and to local soil and water. Those benefits include increased organic matter, increased nutrient holding capacity, soil porosity, reduced erosion, less chemical runoff, and less soil compaction.
The pilot project will provide local farmers with the chance to learn from, and ask questions of, other farmers with years of personal experience. These local mentors will share their personal motivation and the benefits and challenges of cover crops.
There are five local cover crop mentors who are taking part.
The mentors are:
- Alan Willits, of Wingham
- Gerard Grub, of Walkerton
- Joel Brodie, of Brucefield
- Thomas Farrell, of Kincardine
- Tyler Papple, of Seaforth
On-farm visits begin in June 2023.
If you are a rural landowner in the Maitland Valley watershed, and you are interested in being part of this network, please email outreachtech@mvca.on.ca
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To find out about peer-to-peer learning opportunities, and cover crop and best management practice grant programs, in your local watershed, please contact your local conservation authority staff.
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Pine River Watershed Initiative Network hosts 4-H Conservation Club Tree Planting Day
Saturday, May 6, 2023 proved to be a beautiful day for the Pine River Watershed Initiative Network (PRWIN) Annual 4-H Conservation Club Tree Planting Day.
The Ripley 4-H Conservation Club; Kinetic Knights; Kincardine 2nd Scouts; Sawjan Samanvay Sanatan Centre; and PRWIN families worked together planting seedlings at Pine River Food.
Ben Lobb, Huron-Bruce MP, joined the group to plant seedlings along the river flats.
Also, representatives from Enbridge and the Society of United Professionals volunteered at the planting site.
The 4-H Tree Planting Day volunteers hand planted more than 2,000 White Cedars with a mix of Norway Spruce and hardwoods.
To wrap up the morning planting session, Lucknow Co-op and Mercato N Pizzeria provided pizza for the hard-working crew.
The Network would like to say "Thank you!" to the "tireless and energetic directors and volunteers."
To learn more about improvements being made in Pine River watershed visit the Pine River Watershed website and PRWIN's Facebook page or check out their electronic newsletters.
The most recent edition of their e-newsletter was issued on May 16:
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Visit local public health websites and social media for safe swimming best practices and water quality information
As spring turns into summer, many individuals and families, either visiting Lake Huron or living in the area, will consider swimming in the lake.
As you make decisions about where and when to swim, don’t forget to visit local public heath websites and social media channels to learn about safe swimming practices and, where available, water quality information for Lake Huron beaches.
Recreational water use is popular along Lake Huron’s southeast shore stretching from Sarnia to Tobermory. These activities can benefit your health and well-being if done safely. Still, the possibility of injury or illness from recreational use exists if the water is polluted or unsafe. Organisms such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites can cause infection and human illness. These organisms can be present in natural bodies of water.
In some areas along Lake Huron’s southeast shore beaches may be closed or posted at times but, whatever the signs say or don’t say, it is important to know about when the lake may become most contaminated and about best practices to help reduce risk to you and your family.
The quality of Lake Huron water can change dramatically day to day, hour to hour, or even minute to minute with either heavy rainfall, high wave action, or both. The water may have high levels of bacteria that could increase the risk of skin, eye, ear, nose and throat infections or gastrointestinal illness.
In some cases, local beaches may be closed or posted if local public health believes there may be a risk to the public when the levels of Escherichia coli (E. coli) exceed (or are predicted to exceed) the federal guidelines and provincial standard (200 E. coli per 100 mL of beach water) for recreation. Other factors, such as environmental conditions, may also cause beaches to be posted and/or closed.
In some cases, predictive beach models are used and reviewed to reduce the time required to use beach water sampling; to provide real-time or same-day water quality information; and to reduce the impact of extended beach postings.
Some local public health agencies conduct monitoring and testing on a number of public beaches but swimming and recreational conditions can change quickly. It’s important to know about recent weather events, and the impact weather can have on recreational water quality, and to follow best practices. It is not possible for public health to monitor all beaches and they can’t do it all the time or monitor for all pollutants.
When beaches are monitored they may be monitored for E. coli levels only. There may be other harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or pathogens in the water. Also, local public health generally does not test other bodies of water such as creeks and streams, rivers, ravines, gullies, and dams. Residents should be aware these areas could be unsafe for swimming.
The number of E. coli can be influenced by rainfall, turbidity (water clarity), air and water temperature, as well as the features of the coastline.
Sources of E. coli may include, among other things, animals and waterfowl, malfunctioning sewage disposal systems, and stormwater runoff carrying chemicals and excess nutrients into creeks, rivers, and the lake.
Positive actions are required to manage water running off of land (‘slow it down, spread it out, soak it in ...’), if we want a Lake Huron that is fishable, drinkable (after the raw water source is treated), and swimmable. Find out about positive actions you can take to reduce impacts on creeks, rivers, groundwater, and Lake Huron.
Read and heed any beach water quality signs but don’t rely on signs and postings alone. High bacteria levels often occur due to weather-related events.
Beachgoers should make informed decisions about beach water quality in real time before they decide to go swimming or not. When you have all the facts, you may be the best judge of whether the water is safe to swim.
There is always risk when swimming in a watercourse but you can make informed decisions to manage and reduce that risk.
Here are some ‘rules of thumb’ to guide you:
- If the beach is posted with a warning sign, don’t swim.
- If there has been a heavy rainfall in the previous 24 to 48 hours, don’t swim. (Bacteria levels may be higher).
- If you can’t see your feet at adult-waist depth, cloudy water can mean that bacterial levels may be higher and, in that case, don’t swim.
- If there is a large number of water fowl, dead fish, algae, scum, or dangerous debris … don’t swim.
- Also – do not ever swallow lake water … no matter how clean it looks.
Even if warm weather hasn’t arrived yet, it’s never too early to follow your local public health channels (websites and social media) for information on beaches and water quality – and other local public health issues.
Here are some ways to find out more:
Online Sources along Lake Huron’s Southeast Shore:
Local public health is an important partner in the Healthy Lake Huron (HLH) – Clean Water, Clean Beaches Partnership.
Here are some of the local public health web pages with information on water quality at local beaches and/or safe swimming practices:
Social Media Channels along Lake Huron’s Southeast Shore:
On Twitter:
To follow Huron; Lambton; or Grey Bruce local public health Twitter feeds you may visit here:
On Facebook:
You may also ‘like’ and ‘follow’ the Huron Perth Public Health; Lambton Public Health; or Grey Bruce Public Health Facebook pages here:
Other Sources:
For more beach safety tips go to The Canadian Red Cross:
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Simple steps for opening the cottage
Victoria Day weekend is almost here!
Are you a shoreline resident or cottager? Protect water for your family and neighbours with these simple steps for opening your cottage:
- Test your water for E. coli and total coliforms. Talk to local public health about tests (which may be free in your area).
- Check when your septic tank was last pumped out. Get it pumped out.
- Avoid spilling gasoline when filling boat tanks. Use extended spouts or funnels.
- Ensure you have a spill kit on your boat in case of a spill.
- Plant native species on your shoreline to help protect water sources.
Learn more:
#WaterWise #WaterWednesdays
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World Turtle Day event on May 23 in Port Franks
You are invited to 'shellebrate' World Turtle Day in Port Franks on Tuesday, May 23, 2023.
Ausable Bayfield Conservation invites you to drop by, at the Port Franks Pavilion at Port Franks Community Centre, 9997 Port Franks Road, between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. on May 23.
This will be a chance for people to make a turtle button and to learn how to:
- Report turtle sightings
- Build a nest protector
- Move turtles across roads to safety
Do you have turtle questions? Ask a biologist at the event.
Download the poster now:
World Turtle Day is held each year on May 23.
This public awareness day has been held since 2000 to celebrate turtles and to urge the public to restore and enhance the habitats they need to survive.
To find out more, contact Hope at 519-235-2610 or toll-free 1-888-286-2610 or email hbrock@abca.ca
#Shellebrate
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May is Museum Month
International Museum Day is Thursday, May 18, 2023
Visitors to Arkona Lions Museum and Information Centre, at Rock Glen Conservation Area, are learning more about Great Lakes watersheds and how to protect them thanks to a piece of art called A Watershed of Clay.
#MuseumMonth #InternationalMuseumDay
Watch the video now on our Healthy Lake Huron YouTube channel.
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Artwork at Arkona Lions Museum helps visitors learn about Great Lakes watersheds and protecting soil, water
We all need to work together to protect soil and water and we are all a piece of the puzzle.
Art moves us and inspires us to look at our landscape in a new way. A piece of art, called A Watershed of Clay, is located in Arkona Lions Museum and Information Centre at Rock Glen Conservation Area.
The museum hopes the art will inspire people to take positive actions to protect their Great Lakes watersheds.
Thursday, May 18, 2023 is International Museum Day.
May is Museum Month.
Consider checking out this educational and inspiring piece of art.
Artist Andrea Piller created the ceramic sculptural piece. The artwork is 57 inches (almost five feet) wide and 36 inches (more than three feet) tall. It weighs about 100 pounds. Piller’s ceramic sculptural artwork is inspired by Ontario’s land, sky, and shorelines.
The art project was possible thanks to the work of researcher Hannah May, a Masters student and Food from Thought 2020 Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) Scholar working under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Binns and Dr. Jana Levison. As a University of Guelph School of Engineering researcher, she has done research at the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks’ Integrated Water and Climate Research Station located in Parkhill Creek. May has researched the transportation of nutrients (such as phosphorus and nitrogen) in Great Lakes Basin watersheds where clay soil is common.
Surface runoff, drainage, and erosion can lead to excess nutrient enrichment in the Great Lakes. This can impact the abundance and diversity of species in the lake and could add to toxic algal blooms and eutrophication, which is harmful to human and aquatic health. There is a need to manage water running off of land and to develop strategies to reduce nutrient loss to the Great Lakes as our climate changes, according to May. She said there is a need to understand how watersheds work, how nutrients can reach the lake, and how we can reduce these impacts. The artwork helps to teach the public about nutrient movement in a watershed and the need to manage and reduce those impacts.
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Artist Andrea Piller; researcher Hannah May; and conservation educator Nina Sampson worked together to develop this clay artwork. They wanted to provide a message about the science of watersheds but also to spark curiosity and get viewers to think about how water, watersheds, and people are connected. The mosaic clay tiles show the water cycle and landscape features. Arrows show how runoff; streamflow; groundwater; evaporation; and rain, snow, and other precipitation interact. The project team decided on clay as a material as clay soil is a key part of the landscape along Lake Huron’s southeast shore. Clay has been used in local home construction, for instance.
May said the artwork project was a fascinating one.
“This has been a great chance to connect with people outside my field, to build relationships, and to communicate concepts in a simple and creative way to new audiences,” she said.
This art project was funded by Guelph Institute for Environmental Research (GIER) and the Food from Thought program. The creation of this artwork is part of an arts-based knowledge mobilization project. GIER has a vision to break down barriers among disciplinary silos and bring the arts, the sciences, the humanities, and the engineering together to tackle complex environmental problems.
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Healthy Lake Huron partnership is in second decade of cooperative work to protect, improve Lake Huron
Federal, provincial, county and agency partners work together to understand water quality issues, apply research findings and identify and enact strategies to enhance lake water quality
We all need to work together to protect and improve Lake Huron’s water and beaches. That’s the goal of Healthy Lake Huron (HLH) – Clean Water, Clean Beaches. The HLH partnership along Lake Huron’s southeast shore completed its first decade of work (2011-2021), under the Healthy Lake Huron name, in 2021. Before that, partners coordinated Lake Huron work as the Lake Huron Southeast Shores Initiative.
Healthy Lake Huron entered its second decade of work, under the HLH umbrella, in 2022, and protecting Lake Huron is as important as ever, according to the partnership. Some other initiatives may come and go but Healthy Lake Huron partners continue to work together.
Different levels of government and local agencies share resources and information through Healthy Lake Huron and implement actions strategically as a team effort.
The partnership held meetings in October and December of 2022.
The December 7 meeting included a presentation on regional climate projections over Ontario and the Canadian Great Lakes Basin and supporting resiliency efforts for the Great Lakes Basin. This presentation was by Dr. John Liu, Senior Science Advisor on Climate Change and Pam Lamba, Senior Policy Advisor with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. There was also a presentation on climate change predictions for Lake Huron and surrounding area by Katherine Gaudreau, Regulatory Support, Environment Programs and Dr. Cherie-Lee Fietsch, Manager, Environment Programs, Bruce Power.
The group previously met on October 6, 2022. The meeting included a presentation by Don Scavia, Professor Emeritus of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan. He presented on Lake Huron nutrient load contributions to Lake Erie. The meeting also dealt with actions taken to address other lake issues including Phragmites. There were updates about water quality protection projects in priority watershed areas and the meeting also addressed five-year planning. Another presentation documented increases in social media engagement by the partnership. There was a provincial ministry update from Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks staff and a federal department update from Environment and Climate Change Canada staff.
Over the past decade and longer, landowners, community groups, agencies, and ministries have worked together on projects designed to monitor water quality and to reduce phosphorus and nitrogen inputs into the nearshore of Lake Huron. Water quality and soil health projects include erosion control, stormwater management, cover crop initiatives and rural green infrastructure enhancements.
When federal, provincial, and local partners are sharing the most current information with each other and working as one to develop strategic action for Lake Huron, it demonstrates the same priority to protect and improve water quality in Lake Huron.
To learn more about Healthy Lake Huron visit the website at healthylakehuron.ca
The partnership also invites people to subscribe to its e-newsletter and follow it on social media.
Thank you for all you do to keep your Great Lake great.
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Conservation actions save soil and money – recent media reports highlight importance of watershed management
A number of recent reports in national media, local media, and agricultural media underline the importance of conservation actions that preserve topsoil, build soil health and protect water quality.
These articles also underline the importance of integrated watershed management.
Some highlights of some of these articles, and some local comment, are in the articles below.
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Public support needed to improve soil health and protect Great Lakes, recent media reports suggest
Building soil health and planting cover crops to benefit water quality require partnerships and public support, according to two media reports in the May issue of The Rural Voice.
Editor of The Rural Voice, Lisa Boonstoppel-Pot, wrote an article in the May issue of the magazine titled ‘Healthy soil is its own reward ….’ The article reports on a presentation, by Vanastra-area farmer Rick Kootstra, at the Rural Landowner Workshop held in Mitchell, March 23.
In the article, Rick Kootstra talks about partnering with the conservation authority staff to put projects into action.
“What I have done over the last four to five years is make good working relationships with these folks to plant trees, berms, wetlands and work with the Huronview Demonstration Farm,” he said. “If we pair together, it will go a long way to making Ontario a better place.”
Some of the ways he practices stewardship on his farm include strip tillage and maintaining vegetative cover through the planting of cover crops.
Building and preserving soil health is in everyone’s best interest, the local landowner says. As the cost of land has grown, preserving valuable topsoil from erosion is more important than ever.
“ ... (It) doesn’t make economic sense when soil floats down the river, blows off the field or when organic matter measures less than two per cent,” he said in the article.
Erosion is a fact of life with heavy rain events but he says, in the article, that soil in the strip-tilled field is protected and better able to absorb high volumes of water.
Cover crops, he said, are important to reduce erosion, retain nutrients and control weeds.
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Columnist says protecting soil, water is shared responsibility
Columnist Mel Luymes, who works in agriculture and conservation and blogs at headlands.ca, wrote a second report in May’s The Rural Voice. In her ‘Shared responsibilities in the headwaters’ column, she recounts a trip to Chesapeake Bay in April and “ ... every field I saw across the Delmarva Peninsula through Maryland had a cover crop on it. Every. Last. One..”
An important reason there has been such positive cover crop adoption, she says, is public support and a generous incentive program for planting cover crops.
Water quality issues, including phosphorus and algal blooms, is a concern in the Bay just as it is in Lake Huron. The columnist cites local examples of cooperative work to protect Lake Huron.
She talks about the example of the Garvey-Glenn watershed, north of Goderich, part of Lake Huron’s southeast shore. About 25 agricultural producers, working with Maitland Conservation staff, have planted cover crops, completed minimum-till and erosion control projects, and buffered 90 per cent of the drains and watercourses in that watershed.
She also talks about developing a stewardship program in Perth County. The county may not directly touch the Great Lakes but, she said in her column, the headwaters of five major rivers go to Lake Huron, Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie.
“While the population of Perth County is less than 40,000, their activities impact well more than 400,000 people that live just along these five rivers ... not to mention the millions that live around the lakes,” she wrote.
“Water quality is the sum of millions of decisions on millions of acres upstream,” she writes in her column. “This means there are millions of opportunities to improve it.”
She says people in towns and villages can improve stormwater management, wastewater treatment and reduce lawn fertilizers. She said there are opportunities in rural areas for wetlands and woodlots, buffers on streams and ditches, and better management of soil, manure and fertilizer.
In summation, she writes, we have a “ ... shared responsibility not only to those downstream whom we don’t even know, but to millions of people in the generations coming after us who we will never get a chance to meet. It is a responsibility I’d like us to take very seriously.”
For the original article and column, please read The Rural Voice.
To find out about grants for water quality projects in your area, contact your local conservation authority staff.
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Local producers taking part in demonstration project to plant rye cover crop after corn for potential soil health, water quality benefits
It is partnerships between landowners, local conservation agencies and funding partners that makes it possible to take positive action on the ground, said Hope Brock, Healthy Watersheds Technician with Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA). She says this is echoed in the recent media reports in the May issue of The Rural Voice.
Another example of agricultural producers working to build soil health and to protect water quality is a new rye after corn demonstration project. Producers with the Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Association (HSCIA) are demonstrating the use of cover crops following corn harvest. It is at this cold and wet time of the year that partnerships help people to understand next steps for improving over-winter cover on agricultural lands, Brock says.
The Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Association and its members have been adopting cover crop practices for both the water quality and soil health benefits that they provide.
Given that most producers are able to seed a cover crop after wheat, HSCIA would like to investigate the feasibility of planting a late-season rye cover crop after grain corn. If successful, more producers may take interest in planting a late-season cover crop, which would help to increase overwinter vegetative cover and reduce runoff from spring storms/melts.
In the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority watershed, where overwinter cover is tracked, one would expect a minimum of 30 per cent overwinter cover given a corn-soybean-wheat rotation. Rates, however, typically range from 11-35 per cent (Ausable Bayfield Watershed Report Card 2023). This project will help demonstrate the effectiveness of rye as a late-season cover crop.
There are 12 agricultural producers involved in the trial. They will be planting their soybeans shortly if they haven’t already. The next step is to conduct soybean plant stand counts within 21 days of planting. Producers are keeping track of their soil conditions at planting time and any herbicide applications they need to make. HSCIA plans to share results when the trial concludes.
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Trees and wetlands save money during flooding, according to recent report
Nature-based solutions (NbS), such as trees and wetlands, are needed to address flooding, according to a recent report.
The Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo has found we sometimes look to ‘grey’ infrastructure to address our environmental issues when ‘green’ or nature-based solutions or interventions hold many of the answers. The new report, published by the Canadian Standards Association in April 2023, calls on governments to use nature-based solutions. The report is called Managing Flooding and Erosion at the Watershed-Scale: Guidance to Support Governments Using Nature-Based Solutions.
“(Nature-based solutions) need to be considered for river flood and erosion management with the same rigour as grey infrastructure solutions,” the report says.
The report, by Joanna Eyquem, recommends:
- Develop consistent provincial approaches to integrated watershed management. “Canada already has good practice approaches for watershed management that support implementation of NbS for flood and erosion risk management,” the report says. “These approaches need to be strengthened and supported in Ontario …” … (Ontario’s 36 conservation authorities) … “ … and extended to other provinces.”
- Fund river flood management to high-risk watersheds. “Funding for river flood and erosion risk management needs to be directed to watershed-scale strategies that address prioritized high-risk areas or projects that have been identified by such strategies,” the report says. “This approach would support meaningful appraisal and implementation of measures (including NbS) that address underlying causes of flooding and erosion while achieving multiple benefits.”
- Routine consideration of nature-based solutions for river flood and erosion management.
Wetland creation, restoration, and enhancement is a nature-based solution. It’s powerful to hear the testimonials of local landowners who are developing wetlands on their properties, said Angela Van Niekerk, Wetlands Specialist at Ausable Bayfeld Conservation Authority (ABCA). These projects help their local backyard creek and the Great Lakes. One landowner, after working with the conservation authority to create a wetland, said it’s exciting to see the wildlife come to the wetland area.
“The kids and I spend a lot of time watching the pond come to life,” the participating landowner said. “This past weekend we found a baby Painted Turtle along with plenty of frogs and toads ... my son is in his glory! We have a pair of wood ducks nesting as well.”
Ruthanne and Mels van der Laan tell about constructing their mini-forest and wetland and the joy it brought for them and their family:
“Several years ago, we contacted Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority to see if it was possible to re-establish four acres of what was once pastureland for our Texel sheep. The Ausable Bayfield team came and did all the work and turned the four acres into attractive wetlands. The wetlands attract wildlife such as deer, ducks, and a variety of birds. There is a muskrat house in the pond. There are lots of frogs, snakes and a resident Heron and many wildflowers to admire. Neighbours stroll through at any given time just to admire the changes that have taken place over the years. With Mels doing his daily trek and checking what needs to be done, such as trimming trees and keeping the pathway mowed, it is so beautiful to look at even in the winter. The family is taking over from us and it is perfect to leave a legacy for them and the grandkids will remember Opa taking them outdoors and talking about the environment and all of nature’s wonders.”
There are programs to help landowners enhance wetlands and to plant trees
To find out about grants for water quality projects in your area, contact your local conservation authority staff.
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Love Your Greats Day is Saturday, August 12, 2023
What actions can you take, on Love Your Greats Day, to protect Lake Huron?
A day to celebrate and protect our Great Lakes, called Love Your Greats Day, is held the second Saturday of every August. In 2023, this special day is on Saturday, August 12.
Love Your Greats Day organizers say local citizens like you, and local communities like yours, can take positive actions to protect Lake Huron and the other Great Lakes.
There are many ways you can help Lake Huron. “Each positive action you take adds up,” organizers say.
You may plant trees or donate to local tree planting programs. You may use rain barrels or add rain gardens or wetlands or make other stormwater management improvements.
Organizers encourage you to think of actions you can take, as an individual, to protect and improve the Great Lakes. They invite you to choose products that don’t pollute; to reduce your plastic use; and to do projects that slow down or capture water running off of your property.
Consider adding green infrastructure to your property. This benefits creeks, rivers, and Lake Huron. This natural infrastructure can also help us adapt to extreme weather and changing climates.
Learn more and watch this video now:
Contact your local conservation authority to find out about technical expertise and grant incentives that may be available to help you.
Green infrastructure includes forests and woodlots, wetlands and stormwater ponds, soil, and natural areas. It also includes technologies to absorb water and manage runoff. These technologies include rain barrels and permeable pavement. These green technologies filter and store stormwater and replicate ecosystem functions.
Enhancing natural features and green infrastructure has many benefits to our Lake Huron communities. It can help to store, filter, and treat water running over land during storm events.
Adding natural features to our landscape has benefits for air and water quality. It provides habitat for wildlife and pollinators. It makes our communities more resilient and better prepared to adapt during extreme weather as our climate continues to change. Green infrastructure can reduce flood risk by slowing and reducing stormwater. This is an economic benefit as well.
What are some other ways you can help to protect and enhance Lake Huron?
You may take litterless lunches to the beach, properly dispose of waste, and help clean up litter along Lake Huron.
You may use reusable water bottles and refill them at local water refill stations.
To find out more actions you can take to protect your Great Lake, visit the Healthy Lake Huron – Clean Water, Clean Beaches Partnership at healthylakehuron.ca (and follow Healthy Lake Huron on social media).
Share your stories by using #loveyourgreats or tagging @loveyourgreats on social media and visit www.loveyourgreats.com
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