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One Water Gathering in Goderich
Lake Huron Forever hosted a One Water Gathering event on Friday, October 3, 2025, in Goderich, Ontario. The port town is located along Lake Huron's southeast shore.
Posted: Friday, October 24, 2025
Celebrating partnership with Forests Canada
Over five years, Maitland Valley Conservation Authority has worked alongside Forests Canada to plant 43,000 trees in the Maitland Valley watershed.
Posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Lambton County Phragmites Project
A new cost-sharing program is helping, in Lambton County, to manage the aggressive, non-native Phragmites plant.
Posted: Monday, August 18, 2025
Youth Corps volunteers help to clean up Lake Huron
Nine youths from the Coastal Conservation Youth Corps, of the Lake Huron Coastal Centre, have been active in the Goderich area helping to clean up the shoreline.
Posted: Tuesday, August 5, 2025
New stewardship pilot program in Lambton County
If you are a landowner in Lambton County, talk to conservation authority staff about grants and technical support for your land stewardship projects through this exciting new pilot program.
Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2025
Soil health, water quality project for Great Lakes
Funding from the Province of Ontario is supporting implementation and demonstration of best management practices (BMPs) that enhance soil health and improve water quality across the Great Lakes Basin.
Posted: Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Huron Hospice continues green initiatives
Huron Hospice volunteers have removed invasive plants, planted native species of plants for pollinators, and now they are fundraising for an electric lawn mower.
Posted: Monday, June 30, 2025
Help to keep Lake Huron clean
One way you can help to keep this Great Lake great is to take part in beach cleanups. Lake Huron Coastal Centre has four, this summer, in which you can take part.
Posted: Monday, June 16, 2025
Students learn about Lake Huron coast
The Lake Huron shoreline was a classroom, in April 2025, for students from Goderich District Collegiate Institute.
Posted: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Restoring beach dunes in Pine River Watershed
Pine River Watershed Initiative Network is working with shoreline residents to restore beach dunes through the Shoreline Reforestation Initiative.
Posted: Friday, May 2, 2025
Protect Lake Huron, buy rain barrels
Rain barrels capture water during storms so that water is not running off the land where it could transport soil and pollutants into our storm sewers, creeks, rivers, lake, and drinking water sources.
Posted: Thursday, May 1, 2025
Community experiences at McLarty Centre
The Pine River Watershed Initiative Network is Cultivating Community Experiences at McLarty Environmental Study Area.
Posted: Thursday, May 1, 2025
Bumble Bee conservation at Pinery Provincial Park
You can contribute to Bumble Bee conservation, along Lake Huron's southeast shore, as a volunteer citizen scientist at Pinery Provincial Park.
Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2025
Coastal Centre launches Conservation Youth program
The Lake Huron Coastal Centre is bringing back the Coastal Conservation Youth Corps program to Goderich, along Lake Huron's southeast shore.
Posted: Friday, March 7, 2025
Spiny Softshell turtle most distinct animal
A study has found the Spiny Softshell turtle is Canada's most distinct animal.
Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
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
More than 3,600 water quality projects completed
In almost 20 years, Huron County's Clean Water Project has resulted in more than 3,600 water quality projects with a total project value of more than $14 million.
Posted: Friday, September 1, 2023
Protecting Lake Huron's fish
We all need to be part of the solution in taking the positive actions that are needed to protect our Lake Huron fish species.
Posted: Friday, September 1, 2023
Landowner helps with Maitland reforestation
The participation of a local landowner has made it possible for Maitland Conservation to plant more than 12 acres of trees and shrubs.
Posted: Friday, August 25, 2023
Conservation Youth Corps help clean up Lake Huron
Young people taking part in the Coastal Conservation Youth Corps say they feel they've made an impact on Lake Huron's shoreline.
Posted: Friday, August 25, 2023
Dead fish discovered along Lake Huron
Local residents reported dead fish in Port Franks and area and in Lake Huron in July.
Posted: Friday, August 25, 2023
Maitland Conservation creates Coastal Resiliency Initiative
Maitland Conservation is hosting a Coastal Resiliency Workshop Series in July and August, 2023.
Posted: Friday, June 16, 2023
Tour of innovative municipal drain projects
Almost 50 municipal drainage superintendents and drainage engineers took part in a May 2023 tour of innovative nature-based solutions, such as wetlands, for municipal drains.
Posted: Monday, May 29, 2023
Second decade for Healthy Lake Huron
Healthy Lake Huron entered its second decade of work, under the HLH umbrella, in 2022. Protecting Lake Huron is as important as ever.
Posted: Friday, May 19, 2023
100 per cent funding for stream buffers
Maitland Conservation can help landowners access 100 per cent funding for buffering watercourses in the Maitland, Nine Mile and Eighteen Mile River watersheds.
Posted: Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Trees, wetlands, education at study area
The McLarty Environmental Study Area is located on Bruce Road 6/Side Road 20 in the Township of Township of Huron-Kinloss. It is open to the public to enjoy the great outdoors.
Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
What's on your beach?
Sunset beach cleanup finds some surprises.
Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Learn more about life along the shoreline
St. Clair Region Conservation Authority (SCRCA) is providing ways for people to learn more about living with erosion.
Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Microplastics in 80 per cent of lake samples
Coast Watcher citizen scientists collected 24 samples at the beginning and end of the season and found microplastic pollution in 83.3 per cent of those samples.
Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Thirty youths in Coastal Corps
The Coastal Conservation Youth Corps hosted more than 30 young people.
Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Water monitoring along Lake Huron
Partners in Canada and United States working together to collect information on nutrients entering the Great Lakes.
Posted: Sunday, September 18, 2022
U.S. scientists, local researchers work together
A local conservation authority has worked side by side with American researchers studying phosphorus nutrient loading in Lake Huron and its impact on lower Great Lakes such as Lake St. Clair and (through the Detroit River) Lake Erie.
Posted: Sunday, September 18, 2022
Water, species monitoring informs restoration work
Low oxygen concentrations, nutrient enrichment, sediment loads, and invasive species can all impact aquatic species.
Posted: Sunday, September 18, 2022
Healthy Watersheds, Healthy People, Wildlife
The link between protecting natural areas and preventing pandemics received only modest attention as Canadians struggled with the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19). This linkage is really at the heart of the issue, however.
Posted: Wednesday, September 7, 2022
Working with Pine River landowners to plant trees
The Pine River Watershed Initiative Network, and participating local landowners, continue to work together to protect this watershed along Lake Huron's southeast shore.
Posted: Friday, July 29, 2022
New shoreline video series
A new video series offers information on shoreline processes; living with erosion; what you need to know before planning to build along the shoreline; and what you need to know before buying property along the shoreline.
Posted: Monday, June 20, 2022
If you swim in Lake Huron practise safe swimming
Follow local public health channels to have the best information when deciding if and when to swim in Lake Huron.
Posted: Monday, May 16, 2022
Opportunity for coastal youth
The Coastal Conservation Youth Corps (CCYC) is a program for youths between 14 and 18 years of age to learn about coastal issues and opportunities.
Posted: Friday, May 13, 2022
McFadyen Drain Green Infrastructure Case Study
This case study (McFadyen Drain) is one of two Green Infrastructure case studies posted, in February 2022, on the Healthy Lake Huron (HLH) - Clean Water, Clean Beaches website.
Posted: Monday, February 28, 2022
Ontario invests $2.5 million for Great Lakes
The Ontario government is investing more than $2.5 million in 19 new projects to protect the health of the Great Lakes. Some of those projects are in Healthy Lake Huron watersheds.
Posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Rural Green Infrastructure
Rural Green Infrastructure (RGI) is a series of methods, structures and practices that can help reduce stormwater impacts and build resiliency across rural landscapes.
Posted: Friday, August 27, 2021
Art promotes protecting watershed
Thousands of visitors to Arkona Lions Museum and Information Centre will know more about watersheds, and protecting them, thanks to the installation of a piece of art called A Watershed of Clay.
Posted: Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Safe swimming information
Visit local public health for information on water quality, best practices for safe swimming.
Posted: Tuesday, August 3, 2021
PLATO helps you make best Phosporus decisions
Did you think Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher? If you did, you would be right. But PLATO is something else as well. It is the Phosphorus Loss Assessment Tool for Ontario (PLATO).
Posted: Thursday, November 12, 2020
Stewardship Clusters Project
Here are the six Healthy Lake Huron Stewardship Clusters Project Reports.
Posted: Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Why soil health matters
It takes all of us to build soil health. In this video we asked "Why does soil matter?' We got an overwhelming response.
Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2020
Water quality and coming home
Hear Jen Christie's perspective on why water quality is important to her and why it should matter to everyone in the Lake Huron and Georgian Bay watershed.
Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2020
Cover Crops 101
Find out about the many benefits of cover crops and 'service crops' in this new video.
Posted: Thursday, August 6, 2020
Cover Crop Innovations in Huron County
There have been a number of cover crop innovations found throughout Huron County over the past few years. Here are a few highlights from 2020, in this new video.
Posted: Thursday, August 6, 2020
Enjoy 360-degree tour of Scott Demo Project
There are fewer in-person tours these days but here is a chance to tour the fascinating Scott Demonstration Project, virtually, in full 360 degrees!
Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2020
Pine River network helping keep Great Lake great
The Pine River Watershed Initiative Network (PRWIN) has accomplished many great things over the years. The Network is featured in the Saugeen Watershed Community Highlight and the Healthy Lake Huron – Clean Water, Clean Beaches Partnership.
Posted: Friday, July 24, 2020
Heathy Lake, Healthy Surfers
Help to keep Lake Huron water clean for drinking water, aquatic species and ... for surfers.
Posted: Friday, July 24, 2020
Working together at St. Joseph fish ladder
A new video outlines how the interest of the local community, and the response of Departments, Ministries, and agencies, resulted in protection of Rainbow Trout.
Posted: Friday, July 10, 2020
Cover Crops in Sixty Inch Corn Update
Certified Crop Advisor and Professional Agrologist Ross Wilson, of Ausable Bayfield Conservation, provides a June 2020 update on use of #covercrops and #60inchcorn in this trial south of Clinton, Ontario, Canada.
Posted: Friday, July 3, 2020
New catch-and-release fishing video
Help keep our Great Lake and rivers healthy for fish and other living things for future generations. Watch a new fishing video.
Posted: Friday, July 3, 2020
Help fight Canada's worst invasive plant
Phragmites can have devastating effects on our wetlands and Lake Huron coastline. Learn more about Phragmites and the work that is being done to stop the spread of this invasive species.
Posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Coastal Corks and Pints
From reducing cardboard and plastic packaging to reusing wastewater, to planting trees for each shipped order, to providing spent grains to local farmers for livestock feed, many of these breweries, wineries and cideries are reducing their footprint.
Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2020
Your actions help to protect your lake
People across Lake Huron's southeast shore are taking action to protect water quality. Jo-Anne Harbinson, Manager of Stewardship Services at Saugeen Conservation, shares some ways you can be part of this work to keep our Great Lake great.
Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Protecting life, property, water quality
Slowing down stormwater is part of the solution.
Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Water Infiltration Test
Ever wonder how to test water infiltration on your property? This quick test will let you compare different areas of your property or identify locations with poor infiltration.
Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020
Earthworm middens - good for soil and water
Do you know what an earthworm midden is? Do you know what it means for the health of soil and the quality of water?
Posted: Thursday, June 4, 2020
Great Lakes topic in summer speaker series
Partners in the Healthy Lake Huron - Clean Water, Clean Beaches initiative 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.
Posted: Thursday, May 23, 2019
Love Your Great Lakes on Saturday, August 10, 2019
A day to celebrate our Great Lakes, called Love Your Greats, takes place on Saturday, August 10, 2019.
Posted: Thursday, May 23, 2019
Lake Huron water levels highest in decades
" ...beginning-of-April levels of lakes Michigan-Huron and Erie were the highest they have been in over 20 years for this time of year ..."
Posted: Thursday, May 23, 2019
Helping improve stormwater management
The Urban and Rural Stormwater Improvements (URSI) for Lake Huron project will complete nine stormwater improvement projects over three years (2018-2020) in Ausable Bayfield watersheds along Lake Huron’s southeast shore.
Posted: Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Canada funds work to protect, improve Lake Huron
Some of the 58 new EcoAction Community Funding Program projects across Canada are taking place along or near the southeast shore of Lake Huron.
Posted: Thursday, October 18, 2018
Local beach cleanup took place September 8
Community members in the Lambton Shores priority watershed area continued to show their commitment to keeping Lake Huron clean when 20 volunteers picked up garbage at Ipperwash Beach on Saturday, September 8, 2018.
Posted: Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Species at Risk Farm Incentive Program returns
The Species at Risk Farm Incentive Program (SARFIP) is back for 2018. Eligible best management practices and projects encompass activities around croplands, grasslands, shorelines, stream banks, wetlands, and woodlands.
Posted: Friday, May 11, 2018
Thousands of water quality projects in Huron
Huron County landowners and community groups have, with support of Huron Clean Water Project, completed close to 2,700 protects to protect local water quality. The value of the projects is more than $10 million. That's good for water and the economy.
Posted: Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Volunteers keep thousands of items out of lake
More than 175 volunteers collected 1,072 pounds of trash, on Saturday, April 21, 2018, from the Main Beach in Goderich and the banks of the Maitland River.
Posted: Friday, April 27, 2018
Be aware of erosion, bluff stability
Lake levels are the highest they have been in years. These higher-than-average lake levels, combined with rain, high winds and wave action lead to erosion at the base of the bluffs and an increase in gully erosion in some areas.
Posted: Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Lake Huron water levels above average
A March 2018 Monthly Water Level Bulletin, from Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada, said water levels in the Great Lakes are above the long-term average for this time of year and above the level of Chart Datum.
Posted: Friday, April 20, 2018
Rain gardens are helping to protect Lake Huron
There has been considerable interest in rain gardens since demonstration gardens went in at Pioneer Park in Bayfield, said Hope Brock, Healthy Watersheds Technician with Ausable Bayfield Conservation.
Posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2018
When it seems there is no land left for trees ...
Landowners plant tens of thousands of trees locally; Funding may be available to help cover some of the costs.
Posted: Friday, February 2, 2018
Beach cleanup honoured mother's son
Brandon Lemieux loved to walk along the beach and he helped to keep the beach clean. He passed away on September 16, 2016. Brandon's mother, Susan, wished to honour her son's memory.
Posted: Friday, September 22, 2017
Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup on Lambton Shores
Volunteers combed about 2.5 kilometres (km) of the beach and volunteers collected and removed nearly 10 kilograms (kg) of garbage.
Posted: Friday, September 15, 2017
Importance of protecting dunes, soil shared
The importance of protecting dunes and soil health was shared by two knowledgeable presenters at Dunes and Gardens Workshop.
Posted: Friday, September 15, 2017
New mobile-friendly website; new YouTube channel
The Healthy Lake Huron: Clean Water, Clean Beaches Partnership is now providing regular news updates digitally. The Partnership has also added a new YouTube channel and Labour Day weekend, 2017 we launched an upgraded new, mobile-friendly website
Posted: Saturday, September 2, 2017
Phragmites Spading Day
Ipperwash Beach and Dunes Phragmites Spading Day. The team spent 6 hours removing Phragmites and white sweet clover from the dunes along a 2.7 km stretch between West Ipperwash Road and Army Camp Road in Lambton Shores.
Posted: Friday, August 25, 2017
Cover Crops Doing Well in Huron County
Second year of Huron County Clean Water Project's cover crops incentive category surpasses surprising success of first year
Posted: Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Rural Septic Systems
Faulty septic systems are hazardous to your health, the environment...and your wallet.
Posted: Saturday, July 8, 2017
Microplastics threaten Great Lakes
Geographer, filmmaker, and Great Lakes sampling project co-leader provides warning about harmful microplastics but offers examples of people stepping forward to clean up Great Lakes.
Posted: Friday, April 7, 2017
Rain Gardens for home owners
Bayfield and area residents learn about rain gardens at workshop for homeowners
Posted: Monday, March 27, 2017
Canada, Ontario work to keep microplastics out of lakes
Help keep microplastics out of Lake Huron through stormwater management
Posted: Monday, September 12, 2016
Faulty septic systems
Hazardous to your health, the environment and your wallet
Posted: Monday, September 5, 2016
Rented farmland: Who's implementing best management practices?
Important for landowners, farm renters to plan for best management practices; Increased amount of rented farmland makes it important to discuss BMPs
Posted: Monday, August 29, 2016
Protect water quality, plant rain gardens
Main Bayfield Watershed, Bluewater Beach Committee engage people in creation of local rain gardens
Posted: Monday, August 22, 2016
Improving Pine River one project at a time!
The Pine River Watershed Initiative Network has completed many environmental projects.
Posted: Monday, August 15, 2016
Lake Huron plays important role for Historic Saugeen Métis
Traditional knowledge can help work to sustain land, water for future generations
Posted: Monday, August 8, 2016
Project to reduce phosphorus loss, measure reductions
Huron subwatersheds chosen for OSCIA Great Lakes Agricultural Stewardship Initiative project to measure improvements in soil health, water quality, evaluate effectiveness of focused agricultural stewardship
Posted: Monday, August 1, 2016
Kettle and Stony Point First Nation controlling Phragmites
Species returning as invasive reed is managed
Posted: Monday, July 25, 2016
Dude, Where's My Beach?
Lake water levels changed from low to high, showing how levels change unpredictably
Posted: Monday, July 18, 2016
Beach water quality can change with weather
Find out about E. coli, beach conditions before deciding where, when to swim
Posted: Monday, July 11, 2016
Cover crops reduce loss of topsoil, nutrients
Healthy soil benefits food production, water quality
Posted: Monday, July 4, 2016
Reducing erosion, promoting soil health benefits
Farming practices have evolved to stop erosion by wind and water, promote soil health, and prevent soil degradation.
Posted: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Lake Huron communities help to clean up shoreline
Each year, St. Clair Region Conservation Authority (SCRCA) hosts a shoreline cleanup at Centre Ipperwash Beach.
Posted: Monday, June 6, 2016
Lake Huron project highlighted in provincial report
Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA), Healthy Lake Huron: Clean Water, Clean Beaches developed new rural stormwater management modeling technology; Project featured in new Showcasing Water Innovation Final Report released by Province of Ontario
Posted: Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Applications Now Open to Local Environmental Stewards
Ontario is calling on community groups to help protect, restore and enhance the Great Lakes by applying for a Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund grant.
Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2015
Communities lend a helping hand in Lambton Shores
St. Clair Region Conservation Authority (SCRCA) staff have been busy over the last year meeting with landowners to discuss opportunities to further a healthy Lake Huron. It is clear that Lambton Shores residents want to improve water quality to ensure th
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2015
Piping Plover recovery on Huron
Piping Plover is an endangered species that nests on beaches in the Great Lakes. Threats to the species include habitat destruction, human disturbance and predation. Provincial and federal agencies strive to manage the threats that persist on the breedin
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2015
Efforts continuing in the Bayfield North Watersheds
Since 2008, the Bayfield North Watersheds have been an area of interest for the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority, other local and government agencies, and residents.
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2015
Community of Bayfield implementing watershed plan
People living around the Bayfield River continue to implement recommendations from the Main Bayfield Watershed Plan. The watershed plan works with the four principles of the Lake Huron-Georgian Bay Framework for Community Action: Building Awareness, Supp
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2015
Garvey-Glenn Watershed Soil
When it comes to improving water quality, our solutions become more effective the closer we get to the source of the problem. Much of the 'non-point source' phosphorus and nutrients in Lake Huron are the result of soil erosion, and soil ero
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2015
Huron County Clean Water Project celebrates 10 years
The County of Huron has provided grants to county residents and community groups for a decade through the Huron County Clean Water Project.
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2015
Lake Huron: the power of community
People who live, work, and play on the shores of Lake Huron are taking action to protect them.
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2015
Footprints to Forests fights climate change
A new website gives people a new and local way to compensate for their personal carbon footprint.
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2015
Ontario’s climate change adaptation board game
To help start discussions around climate change, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) has developed WeatherCheck! Ontario’s Climate Change Adaptation Board Game.
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2015
Pine River Watershed: wetlands, topsoil, and headwaters
Wetlands are extremely efficient multi-taskers. They filter and purify water, replenish and store groundwater, provide excellent biodiversity and act as natural water retention ponds year-round.
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2015
