Ottawa, ON – On Wednesday, Ottawa Riverkeeper held its Annual Riverwatch Meeting and celebrated the awarding of a $262,900 Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) Grow grant in March 2017, along with a $72,500 OTF Seed grant awarded to the group in June 2018. The group had a chance to hear more...
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6 things you should know about the 2019 Flooding
June 11, 2019
There has been a lot of talk about how much water was in our watershed this year. But where did it all come from? How has this contributed to the flooding?
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Ottawa Riverkeeper welcomes federal investment to engage communities in monitoring the watershed
May 29, 2019
Ottawa, May 29 2019. Ottawa Riverkeeper warmly welcomes the federal government’s decision to fund research and community-based monitoring (CBM) to better understand the health of the Ottawa River watershed. Announced this morning by Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change (ECCC), the investment totalling $275,000 over two years will...
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The Ontario Endangered Species Act: A Disappearing Act?
May 10, 2019
Have you heard? The Ontario government is in the process of amending the province’s Endangered Species Act (ESA). This is the long-established piece of legislation that aims to protect aquatic and terrestrial species whose population numbers are in such decline that they are in danger of disappearing all together from Ontario.
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Flooding in the Ottawa River watershed
April 29, 2019
The flooding of the Ottawa River is affecting thousands of people, and we want to make sure that everyone is safe and has access to the resources they need.
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Abandoned huts on the ice – a form of river pollution that must end
April 16, 2019
An abandoned trailer on the ice in the Masson-Angers area, which could have ended up in the Ottawa River had it not been for the last-minute intervention of authorities last Friday.
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