Read our new report – Lake Overload
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Lake Overload – Action is needed to
clean up our water
Dear Paov,
Waterways across this country are showing signs of neglect.
Two of the largest lakes – Lake Winnipeg and Lake Erie – are being overloaded with phosphorus. This contributes to massive algal blooms which can suffocate or be toxic to aquatic life. These lakes provide drinking water for millions of people and support huge Indigenous, commercial and recreational fisheries.
Preserving freshwater means getting nature back into our watersheds.
While governments in Canada and the US recognize there is a phosphorus problem, regulations to restrict a major source of excess phosphorus – agricultural lands – are not being put in place.
In our latest report Lake Overload, we highlight the problems afflicting healthy water across the land and apply recommendations from leading experts. We provide natural solutions to make this water swimmable, drinkable and fishable.
Your actions to help the environment goes a long way. Will you join us in advocating for putting nature back in healthy waterways?
It’s essential that we ask our federal government to protect shorelines across the country. And demand the Manitoba and Ontario governments put nature back in agricultural lands by immediately protecting wetlands, mandating windrows and vegetation buffer strips on field edges, and requiring enforceable manure management plans.
Together we can make water clean again and put nature back into our waterways — one of the most essential of ingredients for a healthy society.
For the wild,
Eric Reder | Wilderness and Water Campaigner
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