A History of Environmental Actions.

‘Polluters deny, obfuscate and predict’ harm to the economy with scientists’ persistence eventually leading to change. by Neil Hutchinson. The successful pattern of environmental management (centre) describes the path from…

A photo of Norman Yan and Lenore Inniss examining animal plankton on board the Peerless on Lake Rosseau in September. Photo by Friends of the Muskoka Watershed.

How might multiple divergent threats pile on to damage Muskoka’s lakes?

By Dr. Norman Yan. Norman Yan and Lenore Inniss (R), Chair of Friends of the Muskoka Watershed, examine animal plankton on board the Peerless on Lake Rosseau in September. Photo…

Kevin Trimble, a board member at the Muskoka Watershed Council, spoke at the Integrated Watershed Management Leadership Workshop, held at Huntsville’s Active Living Centre on November 28th.

Municipalities embark on a long and winding journey towards watershed management.

Collaborative approach needed to enable watershed-scale decisions that address local land-use issues. By Kevin Trimble. Kevin Trimble, a board member at the Muskoka Watershed Council, spoke at the Integrated Watershed…

Snapping Turtle

Do the turtle and deer have a legal right to use Muskoka’s lakes and land as we do?

Just because our legal code declares that other species do not have rights does not make that assumption correct. By Peter Sale. The snapping turtle is Canada’s largest freshwater turtle…

Photo of Finn MacDonald, Taryn van Kooten and Om Patel at MSE2024 – Resilience

It really is possible to take proper care of the Muskoka we love?

By Peter Sale. Finn MacDonald, Taryn van Kooten and Om Patel from Gravenhurst High School, three of the four students who were featured at MSE2024 – Resilience in Bracebridge. Those…

Floating Home in NWT

Our Changing Watershed: Living with Flood Waters

A floodplain is a risky area to build. By Dr. Neil Hutchinson. Floating home in Yellowknife Bay, N.W.T., where annual water level fluctuations are 20 to 40 centimetres and 1.5…