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Tag: watershed reports

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What the health? Missing data in Canada’s freshwater

UPDATE: Water Rangers became the new steward of Watershed Reports in 2023. To learn about the 2024 edition of the reports, visit watershedreports.waterrangers.ca. Canada’s abundance of freshwater is a national treasure. It sustains our... Read More
UPDATE: Water Rangers became the new steward of Watershed Reports in 2023. To learn about the 2024 edition of...
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Citizen scientists to help pinpoint phosphorus hotspots to tame Lake Winnipeg algae blooms

Lake Winnipeg Foundation, a WWF-Canada Loblaw Water Fund grant recipient, developed and tested water monitoring protocols which will enable a community-based network of citizen scientists to collect high-quality data to help reduce algae blooms... Read More
Lake Winnipeg Foundation, a WWF-Canada Loblaw Water Fund grant recipient, developed and tested water monitoring protocols which will enable...
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Freshwater ecosystems face immediate threats

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

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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The missing link to healthy waters in Canada

Atlantic Canada has seen an incredible increase in the number of community-based water quality monitoring programs in the past decade. The challenge is to grow standardization and collaboration between organizations to feed into the... Read More
Atlantic Canada has seen an incredible increase in the number of community-based water quality monitoring programs in the past...
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