Happy World Water Day! Spring is coming, and that means that Canada’s summer season is coming up soon! We’re getting ready for the big thaw too…. and have big […]
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Water Rangers & Aquahacking in Montreal
Last Tuesday I was lucky enough to speak at the Aquahacking press conference. They’re launching a new campaign for a river: the St. Lawrence in Montreal, and want to get more […]
Ice on, ice out!
It’s winter, and not really the time for making freshwater observations… but that’s not really true! Northern folk with cold winters have been measuring “ice on” (when ice completely covers […]
A fall history walk along Brewery Creek
Last Thursday, Mark and I went out with Sheila, John and their lovely dog Breezy to get an update on testing at Brewery Creek. We were treated to the history […]
Cleaning up along the Rideau River
On Sunday, in between rain showers (and an hour later thanks to daylight savings), I helped clean up New Edinburgh park with a bunch of community-driven folks. We had donuts and […]
Testing the waters with the Riverkeepers
On Wednesday, Meaghan Murphy and Meredith Brown from the Ottawa Riverkeepers took me out with them for one last boat trip. They wanted to help me test the waters and […]
New wetland near the Ottawa River
Last Friday I had the pleasure of working with 35 other volunteers in a regeneration project near the Ottawa River organized by the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (RVCA) in association […]
Bubbling brooks and careening creeks with City Stream Watch
On August 19th I had the pleasure of meeting Chelsey and Justin from the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority who work on City Stream Watch, a program where they analyse local streams. […]
On Patrol with the Ottawa RiverKeepers
I had the pleasure to go out on patrol with Meaghan Murphy and Adèle Michon from the Ottawa RiverKeepers Thursday morning. We were going out to check out effects from […]
Urban Ottawa River Exploration
Yesterday, I had the pleasure to paddle around on the Ottawa River in between the Champlain Bridge and the Railway bridge near Lemieux Island with river enthusiast, Dan from Champlain […]