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An urban landscape featuring a modern, wavy pedestrian bridge with red and white accents spanning over a series of wetlands, surrounded by newly planted greenery, with industrial buildings and power lines in the background under a cloudy sky.

A Culture of Collaboration Upholds Toronto’s Don River Revitalization

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Have you heard how Toronto’s industrial waterfront is being transformed? Scaling UP! This project scales up tried-and-true naturalization and sustainable building techniques, including: Removing concrete & adding meanders for flood mitigation & improved fish habitat Digging 1,000 m of new river channel, then creating floodplain and 13 ha of new coastal wetland Naturalizing and planting […]

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Lake Ontario at sunset in winter with a road in the foreground | Lac Ontario au coucher du soleil en hiver avec une route au premier plan

The Ontario Salt Pollution Coalition

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It takes “humility, care, and flexibility” for a diverse group of people to form a successful coalition…with some campaigning and facilitation skills thrown in the mix to turn plans into action! Dani Lindamood, Programs Director at Water Watchers, currently facilitates the Ontario Salt Pollution Coalition (OSPC). The OSPC unites nonprofits and concerned individuals to advocate for a “provincial

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Stream in Alberta running between reddish pink exposed banks with green vegetation | Ruisseau en Alberta coulant entre des berges exposées de couleur rose rougeâtre recouvertes de végétation verte

The Path Towards a Business Case Guidebook and Toolkit for Community-Based Water Monitoring

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⮕ Community-based water monitoring (CBWM) is a cost-effective method to collect water monitoring data that also offers intangible value to watershed stakeholders. ⮕ The CBWM Business Case Guidebook and Toolkit will help translate individual CBWM programs’ unique value into economic terms. These are the messages that water leaders Gabrielle Parent-Doliner (Director) and Praise Osifo (Community

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Splash in water with a few rocks around the area where something was thrown in | Éclaboussure dans l'eau avec quelques pierres autour de l'endroit où quelque chose a été jeté

2024 Annual Survey Results & OLW Network Map

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“Mapping and conversations are always two sides of the same coin. A map without conversations is nothing and conversations without some form of mapping [are] much more fragmented.” ~from Greater than the Sum’s interview series with Aldo de Moor, part 6 OLW’s annual survey has evolved since it began, from a focus on impact measures in

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A group of people walking through a grassy wetland under a blue sky with scattered clouds, participating in a fieldwork activity. // Un groupe de personnes marchant dans une zone humide herbeuse sous un ciel bleu parsemé de nuages, participant à une activité de terrain.

New Resources Build on Two Decades of Innovation at Atlantic Water Network

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Atlantic Water Network (AWN) ‘absorbed’ Laura Chandler, the network’s Program Manager, into its community of water leaders in 2019. Lucky for them, because she’s been instrumental in releasing some highly anticipated AWN resources this year! I spoke to Laura in February 2024 to hear more about this resource launch. She emphasized how it could not have

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Alt text: A large group of people smiling and posing for a group photo in a conference room. A banner in the background reads ROBVO. The attendees are of diverse ages and are wearing name tags. / Un grand groupe de personnes souriant et posant pour une photo de groupe dans une salle de conférence. Une bannière en arrière-plan indique ROBVO. Les participants sont dâges variés et portent des badges nominatifs.

Enabling Watershed Organizations to Collaborate: A Model from Quebec

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What’s your local watershed organization?! For me, living in Ontario where Saugechewigewonk (the Trent River) flows into Kenhtè:ke (the Bay of Quinte), there are two: the Lower Trent and Quinte Conservation Authorities. Wherever you live, chances are there’s at least one local nonprofit watershed group, whether it’s grassroots-organized or government-mandated.  Now for a harder question: Is there a group in

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