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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

Scott Aitchison - ASHMuskoka

November 27, 2021

PRESS RELEASE: Aitchison uses Friends of the Muskoka Watershed and ASHMuskoka as example

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Thursday, November 25, 2021 Muskoka, ON – ASHMuskoka, a project of the Friends of the Muskoka Watershed, took centre stage

Category iconEnvironmental Programs,  FMW News,  News Post,  Press Release,  Watershed Health Tag iconcalcium,  environmental,  muskoka,  press release,  scott aitchison,  watershed,  wood ash

September 21, 2021

ASHMuskoka Advisory Board meeting

NOTE: By invitation only.  Thank you.

Tag iconadvisory,  environment,  environmental,  muskoka,  research,  soil,  watershed,  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

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

April 28, 2020

From forest to lakes: how does calcium make its way into our waters?

Our lakes get calcium (Ca) naturally from the air and from surrounding lands, and on occasion, from us. Ca enters lakes directly from the atmosphere,

Category iconASHMuskoka,  Calcium,  Science Tag iconASHMuskoka,  calcium,  calcium decline,  hydrology,  lake,  muskoka,  watershed

August 14, 2019

FAQ: Calcium and the watershed

Elevator version: Calcium is an essential nutrient, particularly for tiny creatures called daphnia. They filter the water in our lakes, and without

Category iconASHMuskoka,  FAQ,  News Tag iconacid rain,  calcium,  crayfish,  daphnia,  ecosystem,  environment,  holopedium,  muskoka,  sugar maple,  watershed

August 14, 2019

FAQ: ASHMuskoka

Elevator version: The trees and lakes in Muskoka, and many other Canadian Shield regions, are suffering because they don't have enough

Category iconASHMuskoka,  FAQ,  News Tag iconash,  ASHMuskoka,  calcium,  ecosystem,  environment,  faq,  muskoka,  ontario,  recycling,  watershed

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