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Cover crops, strip tillage demonstrations

Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Association held a Huron County equipment and crop demonstration at the Huron County Ploughing Match in August 2024.
Posted: Monday, August 19, 2024

Youth Corps helps Lake Huron

The Lake Huron Coastal Centre's Coastal Conservation Youth Corps program wrapped up two fantastic weeks of hands-on environmental work along Saugeen Shores and Kincardine in July of 2024.
Posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Maitland Conservation restoring fish habitat

Maitland Conservation has worked with local landowners to remove two private fish barriers and restore aquatic habitat. Both sites had online ponds which were restored to wetlands to improve water quality.
Posted: Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Study area provides place to learn about nature

The McLarty Environmental Study Area is located in the Pine River Watershed and it is open to the public to enjoy the great outdoors.
Posted: Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Youth in Grey Sauble are Watershed Guardians

Watershed Guardians is a new environmental education initiative.
Posted: Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Water Walkers to walk around Lake Huron

Anishinaabe-kwe grandmothers are walking 1,767 kilometres, in 30 days, around Naadowewi-gichigami (Lake Huron) to honour and protect the freshwater of the Great Lakes.
Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Plastic People film crew visits Lake Huron

Residents living along Lake Huron's southeast shore, including citizens from Bayfield and area and students from the South Huron area, are among the people who were interviewed for a new documentary about plastic pollution.
Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Landowner restores acres along Maitland River

'It has always been our vision to take care of the environment, as much as growing crops and livestock,' said Kate Procter.
Posted: Monday, June 17, 2024

Cover crop grants for farmers in Lambton Shores

St. Clair Conservation and Ausable Bayfield Conservation have an incentive program available for farmers planning to plant cover crops this year.
Posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Rural and urban stewardship is piece of the puzzle

You are an important piece of the puzzle in the work to protect Lake Huron. This is true whether you live or work in the countryside or in a village, town or city.
Posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Safer swimming tips for 2024

Visit websites and social media for local public health to find out more about swimming risks from pollution and how to reduce risk by swimming more safely.
Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2024

Huron Clean Water Project provides project grants

There is a total of $500,000 in available funds, in 2024, for water quality projects by Huron County residents, landowners, and community groups.
Posted: Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Crew tapes Plastic People doc in Bayfield area

Society's addiction to plastic use has negative impacts on rivers, lakes, oceans and people; a local citizens' group and local youth are some of the people working to be part of the solution.
Posted: Monday, November 27, 2023