Elizabeth Hendriks

Posts count: 25

How Canada’s government can get freshwater right

March 19, 2018

Concerned about proposed freshwater legislation, WWF-Canada is asking for improvements to regulations to minimize the cumulative impacts of new developments on ecosystems, communities and wildlife. Read More

Concerned about proposed freshwater legislation, WWF-Canada is asking for improvements to regulations to minimize the cumulative impacts of new...
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Canada’s top 10 wild rivers identified for first time

November 16, 2017

Here’s why wild rivers are so important. Read More

Here’s why wild rivers are so important.
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Plan 2014 a win for Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River wildlife

December 12, 2016

Approval of binational water level management plan proves it’s possible to create conservation measures that benefit freshwater species and habitat, local communities and industry at the same time. Read More

Approval of binational water level management plan proves it’s possible to create conservation measures that benefit freshwater species and...
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Freshwater ecosystems face immediate threats

October 26, 2016

A silent crash is taking place in Canada’s waters. From the tiny mussels that filter toxins to the giant sturgeon, a survivor from the time of the dinosaurs, freshwater life is dropping at an... Read More

A silent crash is taking place in Canada’s waters. From the tiny mussels that filter toxins to the giant...
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Inaccessible or unmonitored: the trouble with water data in Canada

June 23, 2016

Earlier this week, WWF-Canada released seven new Watershed Reports as part of its national assessment of our country’s freshwater. Elizabeth Hendriks, vice president of freshwater, takes an in-depth look at a worrisome trend emerging... Read More

Earlier this week, WWF-Canada released seven new Watershed Reports as part of its national assessment of our country’s freshwater....
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Dramatic changes to our freshwater concerns, study finds

June 16, 2016

Canadians now rank climate change as the biggest threat to freshwater supply for the first time, 2016 RBC Canadian Water Attitudes study finds Read More

Canadians now rank climate change as the biggest threat to freshwater supply for the first time, 2016 RBC Canadian...
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The trouble with this winter’s unfrozen Great Lakes

January 28, 2016

Little-to-no ice cover means changes for freshwater ecosystems and could spell trouble for summer beachgoers Read More

Little-to-no ice cover means changes for freshwater ecosystems and could spell trouble for summer beachgoers
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Why the Yukon River is so valuable (and it has nothing to do with gold)

January 20, 2016

The Yukon Watershed is the latest watershed assessed by WWF-Canada. Through the report, WWF aims to strengthen safeguards to protect these waters, species and communities that rely on the watershed. Read More

The Yukon Watershed is the latest watershed assessed by WWF-Canada. Through the report, WWF aims to strengthen safeguards to...
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A rallying call for Canada's Freshwater

October 10, 2014

This past weekend several members of WWF-Canada’s freshwater team attended the Living Waters Rally 2014. Read More

This past weekend several members of WWF-Canada’s freshwater team attended the Living Waters Rally 2014.
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Looking at the health of our water through water quality

July 17, 2014

It's important to look at water quality because of the huge impacts on aquatic plants and animals, our drinking water and human recreation. Read More

It's important to look at water quality because of the huge impacts on aquatic plants and animals, our drinking...
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Reflecting on the Health of Canada’s Waters: Flow

July 10, 2014

Environment flow is a measure of how water flows (or doesn’t) through a system. This is core to the health of the species we work so hard to protect. Read More

Environment flow is a measure of how water flows (or doesn’t) through a system. This is core to...
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Reflecting on the health of Canada’s waters

June 30, 2014

We’re checking on the health of all Canada’s waters; 25% of the way along, here’s where we stand. Read More

We’re checking on the health of all Canada’s waters; 25% of the way along, here’s where we stand.
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