Our Changing Watershed: Is it Time to Give the Muskoka River Legal Rights?
Shifting the balance between us and the rest of nature. By Dr. Peter Sale. Birds Mill Dam in Bracebridge. Photo by Neil Hutchinson The Muskoka River Watershed is mostly in…
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…
Our Changing Watershed: How Nature Works to Avoid Flooding in Muskoka
By Kevin Trimble. We often don’t think about floods until we see torrents of water roaring over our dams and waterfalls, down our big rivers, or raising water levels in…
Our Changing Watershed: A Layman’s Guide to Spring Flooding in Muskoka
What happened in 2023? By Chris Cragg. The extreme spring flooding we saw in 2019 and 2013 does not happen every year. It only happens when a sequence of adverse…
Our Changing Watershed: Understanding the threats facing our watershed
What kind of place do we want Muskoka to become? By Dr. Neil Hutchinson. Our Muskoka, and our watershed, are changing. From the forests and wetlands in the upper reaches…
What is the Muskoka Watershed Council?
By Peter Sale, MWC Chair. The otter on the Muskoka Watershed Council logo has been cavorting across Muskoka for over 20 years, yet people remain confused. MWC is not part of…
MWC Chair’s Annual Report for 2022
Delivered by MWC Chair Peter Sale at MWC's Annual General Meeting held on January 20, 2023. Our last AGM, on 22nd April 2022, seems a very long time ago. The…
Watershed Stewards Recognized Through the Doug Cross Stewardship Recognition Program
Muskoka Watershed Council is pleased to recognize a number of watershed stewards, as selected by their respective organizations, through the Doug Cross Stewardship Recognition Program in 2022. The Doug Cross…
Muskoka’s Natural Heritage and Bill 23
To: Environmental Registry of Ontario https://ero.ontario.ca/index.php/notice/019-6172 https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-2927 https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-6160 Re: Muskoka’s Natural Heritage and Bill 23 Muskoka Watershed Council (MWC) is a community-based not-for-profit corporation. Since 2001, we have developed sound,…
MWC “Shellebrates” World Turtle Day!
By Jo-Anne Goodwin and Warren Goodwin. On the beach, on the roads, or on a log, cottagers and locals alike are thrilled yearly by the sightings of one of our…
It’s Endangered Species Day May 20th!
By Jess Lario. Endangered Species Day has been celebrated on the third Friday in May every year since 2006. The purpose of this day is to recognize and increase awareness…
Reflections on Earth Day and Muskoka
By Peter Sale. April 22nd will be the 52nd Earth Day. Starting in 1970 with teach-ins across US campuses, Earth Day became global in 1990. It is a day to pause…