WHO? Chris Herc, the environmental monitoring coordinator at Grand Council Treaty #3, has been a dedicated member of Water Rangers for only one year, but has over 50 observations recorded […]
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Category: Community stories
In Remembrance of Dan Streisel
Dan Streisel was an integral part of our water monitoring efforts in Saskatchewan with the University of Regina. Unfortunately, Dan recently passed away this 2023 season. We wanted to highlight […]
Climate Change and Watershed Resilience with Les Stanfield
Les W. Stanfield is a Senior Ecologist, who has been a wealth of knowledge to the Water Rangers team! He has been at the forefront of science and decision making […]
Healing Our Headwaters
Atlantic Salmon has disappeared from Lake Ontario, and Ontario Streams is trying to re-establish them through restocking. As part of “Bring Back the Salmon”, Jennifer Valentine, Water Rangers’ Outreach Director, […]
Spotlight: CWC Nature Pack
Who are they? CWC Nature Pack is a small group of friends based in Kanata, Ontario who monitor the Monahan Drainage Basin. After discovering Water Rangers online, they applied to […]
Spotlight: Sharbot Lake
Who are they? The Sharbot Lake Monitoring Program is a dedicated group of people who either live, or have cottages on, Sharbot Lake, located in the Frontenac Region of Eastern Ontario. […]
Ottawa River’s Eelusive Eels get Eelectronic Trackers
Water Rangers were out at Petrie Island on Wednesday to see the Ottawa Riverkeeper and the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s 4th Annual Eel Release! The purpose of the event was to […]
Water Rangers and Brila explore Brewery Creek!
Earlier this month, Water Rangers members met up with middle school students from the Brila applied philosophy workshop for a tour of Brewery Creek in Hull. The workshop is offered […]
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 […]
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 […]