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Dr Norman Yan holding glass with local water

October 24, 2022

Muskoka non-profit collaborates with scientists from around the world

Category iconAnnouncements,  Environmental Programs,  Featured,  FMW,  FMW News,  News,  News Post,  Press Release,  Research,  Science,  Watershed Health Tag iconbioremediation,  daphnia,  environmental,  muskoka,  sentinel,  water flea,  water quality,  watershed

Citizen Science

March 22, 2022

Becoming an FMW Citizen Scientist

The results are in! Friends of the Muskoka Watershed, in collaboration with community, university, and government partners, along with thousands of

Category iconCitizen Science,  Environmental Programs,  FMW News,  Research,  Watershed Health Tag iconcalcium,  calcium decline,  citizen science,  environmental,  muskoka,  watershed,  wood ash

May 13, 2021

Calcium deficiencies in landscapes: its effects and its solutions

Calcium is an essential macronutrient and signalling molecule needed by all plants to respond to stress and stimuli. However, in many parts of the

Category iconResearch,  Science,  Student Research Tag iconcalcium,  calcium decline,  calcium deficiency

May 10, 2021

GUIDEBOOK: Your Guide to HATSEO Wood Ash Recyling in Muskoka

How would you like to help fix a serious problem in Muskoka’s forests and lakes at no cost to you, while helping to recycle and re-purpose a waste you

Category iconEnvironmental Programs,  Publications and Presentations,  Research,  Science,  Watershed Health Tag iconcalcium,  calcium decline,  ecological,  ecological osteoporosis,  muskoka,  osteoporosis,  recycling,  residential,  wood ash

May 10, 2021

REPORT: Is Residential Wood Ash Safe for Use to Help Solve the Calcium Decline Problem in Muskoka?

The overarching goal of the HATSEO project is to evaluate the use of residential wood ash - a readily available waste product – to help solve the Ca

Category iconEnvironmental Programs,  Publications and Presentations,  Research,  Science,  Watershed Health Tag iconcalcium,  calcium decline,  daphnia,  environmental,  muskoka,  toxicity,  toxicology,  wood ash

May 10, 2021

REPORT: Solving the Calcium Decline Problem – Insights from a Muskoka Wood Burner’s Questionnaire

Over the past several decades, calcium (Ca) concentrations have been declining in Muskoka lakes and forests. In 2014, The Muskoka Watershed Council’s

Category iconEnvironmental Programs,  Publications and Presentations,  Research,  Science,  Survey,  Watershed Health Tag iconcalcium,  calcium decline,  daphnia,  environment,  environmental,  holopedium,  muskoka,  soil,  sugar maple,  watershed,  wood ash

May 10, 2021

PUBLICATION: Could a residential wood ash recycling programme be part of the solution to calcium decline in lakes and forests in Muskoka (Ontario, Canada)?

One possible solution to the recent decline of calcium (Ca) concentrations in Canadian Shield forests and lakes in eastern North America is the

Category iconEnvironmental Programs,  Publications and Presentations,  Research,  Science,  Watershed Health Tag iconcalcium,  FACETS,  muskoka,  NIWA,  non-industrial,  recycling,  research,  residential,  watershed,  wood ash

October 23, 2020

More on our Halt the Salt program

Friends of the Muskoka Watershed is still in the process of pursuing funding, via grants and private donations, to enable us to fully roll out our

Category iconFMW News,  News Post,  Research,  Science,  Uncategorized,  Watershed Health Tag iconchloride,  daphnia,  freshwater,  Road Salt,  water quality,  zooplankton

The Road Salt Threat to Muskoka Lakes

October 20, 2020

The Road Salt Threat to Muskoka Lakes: Answering 10 Key Environmental Questions

Category iconEnvironmental Programs,  Publications and Presentations,  Research,  Science Tag iconchloride,  muskoka,  Road Salt,  water quality,  watershed

March 26, 2020

“Halt the Salt” in the Muskoka Bay in Gravenhurst

Category iconEnvironmental Programs,  News Post,  Research,  Science,  Watershed Health Tag iconRoad Salt

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