An Indigenous Perspective on Watershed Health
By Christopher Stock. Our watershed is made up of natural and human elements that work independently and collectively. Photo by Keanna Stock. In order to fully understand how Indigenous Peoples…
Water in Muskoka – By the Numbers
By Rebecca Willison. Muskoka – That’s a lot of water – and it all matters! Most maps you see of Muskoka don’t include the full extent of our water resources,…
Caring for Muskoka waterways needs to be similar to how we care for our health.
The kind of integration that keeps our body healthy does not yet exist for managing the Muskoka Watershed. By Geoff Ross. Unless you have training as an ecologist, you may…
Our bodies are inseparable from our environment.
Human health and environmental health are inseparable. By Geoff Ross. The alveoli of your lungs provide an area the size of a tennis court by which the air you breathe…
Strengthened environmental management is essential in Muskoka.
This requires a radical change in perspective. By Peter Sale. In 1891, Bracebridge Bay was considerably more degraded, both above and below the waterline, than it is today. We have…
Living in our changing watershed: MWC looks at integration and relationships
This series will include essays on what we as citizens value in our watershed. By Neil Hutchinson. The 2023 Muskoka Watershed Report Card said we need to be wary of…