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Ottawa Riverkeeper’s education team has been going to schools in Gatineau to teach students about the watershed and the issues it faces, thanks to our funding partners.

New results from our monitoring program paint a grim picture: road salt pollution continues to harm the ecosystems of urban streams and creeks long after the snow has stopped falling and salt is no longer being spread. We must work on reducing the use of this pollutant to safeguard urban waterways.

Ten years ago, Ottawa Riverkeeper first launched community-based monitoring programs. Today, we look back on the incredible projects and volunteers that have helped to deepen our collective understanding of the Ottawa River watershed!

On June 17th, volunteers rallied together to remove a whopping 405 lbs of trash from Brewery Creek, an important urban stream in the heart of Gatineau.

Ottawa Riverkeeper and the regions of the Pacte d’Amitié celebrated three years of partnership and community-led water protection with a massive joint cleanup in Hawkesbury on May 13, 2023!