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, […]
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Category: Excursions
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 […]
Fish Field Day + Testing Our Instruments
Water Rangers was given the exciting opportunity to join the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority on a City Stream Watch Fish Sampling Session at Steven’s Creek. Our trip served two purposes, […]
Join us for our official launch with Ottawa Riverkeeper!
Ottawa Riverkeeper launches citizen science web app Sharing data, empowering river stewards Join Ottawa Riverkeeper (Sentinelle de la rivière des Outaouais) and award-winning hackers on the shores of the Ottawa […]
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 […]
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 […]