Turning Science into Community-Wide Action - Friends of the Muskoka Watershed

Turn Science into Community-Wide Action to Protect Your Muskoka Watershed

Proactively identifying environmental threats and proposing solutions, preserving your piece of paradise for future generations.

DATA-DRIVEN ACTION

Take a moment to look around you…

You may have already guessed it – Muskoka is facing serious environmental threats. Have you noticed more algae in the water? Have you seen brown roadside vegetation? And when was the last time you saw a crayfish? From calcium decline in our forests and lakes to harmful winter road salt, these and other challenges have the potential to change forever the Muskoka you know and love.

Ensure the Muskoka You Know Stays the Muskoka You Love

Assess

Always looking for potential changes and emerging threats.

Communicate

Staying connected to the Muskoka community and policy-makers.

Evaluate

Tracking trends to evaluate the effectiveness of previous actions.

Diagnose

Gaining a deeper understanding of the cause behind environmental issues.

Act

Preventing, restoring, and creating proactive action to combat threats to the Watershed.

A RIVER OF KNOWLEDGE

Friends of the Muskoka Watershed is Dr. Norman Yan’s passion project. Co-author of over 200 publications and 25 years of experience with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Yan has been a proud member of the Muskoka community for over 20 years. Few people understand the Muskoka Watershed like Dr. Norman Yan, but there are those who care as much as he does.

PAUL GRINNELL

Technical Operations Director

SPENCER MACPHERSON

JOAN D’SOUZA

BUSINESS MANAGER

SANDY LOCKHART

Communications Director

ANDREW WAGNER-CHAZALON

Communications Chair

GORD MILLER

Treasurer

NEIL HUTCHINSON, PH.D.

Environmental Action Committee

LENORE INNISS

Membership Chair

DOUG CLARK

Executive Director

PETER KELLEY

Chairman

DR. NORMAN YAN

Secretary and Fundraising Chair

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