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Posted: February 2, 2024
Piloting a New Road Salt Monitoring Methodology in 2023-2024
Ottawa Riverkeeper’s road salt monitoring initiative has uncovered alarming levels of chloride in local creeks for the past 4 years. We explore what the program is finding this year, and how we continue to evolve our monitoring to make it faster, easier, and cheaper to keep tabs on our local freshwater ecosystems.
Continue Reading >Posted: January 18, 2022
The 2021-2022 Road Salt Program at Ottawa Riverkeeper
As we greet 2022, we are surely in the heart of winter in the National Capital Region (NCR), as we see toques all around, winter sports are going strong, and snowplows are becoming an everyday sight. Monitoring the effects of road salts on our aquatic ecosystems has been a major undertaking at Ottawa Riverkeeper in the past few years, and this winter we are continuing our work while expanding the program throughout the city.
Continue Reading >Posted: July 17, 2019
Bonnechere River Community Paddle
We had a blast at the 8th annual community paddle down the Bonnechere River!
Continue Reading >Posted: May 2, 2018
The Law on Toxics needs Reform
Find out more about how the Law on toxics must be reformed.
Continue Reading >Posted: February 6, 2018
Public consultation on the Ottawa River Watershed
Help us share the message that we need a new, inclusive and collaborative approach to protecting our river.
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