Water, water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink. These were the words of the protagonist in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” Here on the West Coast of Canada, we are blessed with an abundance of water that comes every year as rain and snow. But unlike the Ancient Mariner, most of […]
Freshwater Management
Wetlands Deserve Better Protection
On July 24, 2017, the Government of Canada announced that it will invest $25.7 million into the Lake Winnipeg Basin program as part of its broader efforts to advance work on freshwater management in Canada. Specifically the new program funding will be directed to: Reducing nutrient pollution; Enhancing collaboration to protect freshwater quality throughout the […]