We're interested in knowing what fish people catch and eat from the Detroit River. Your input will provide valuable information to Detroit River Canadian Cleanup (DRCC) staff to help guide future research, education and outreach, monitoring and remediation efforts in the Detroit River and its watershed. 

Participants will receive a $5 Tim Horton's gift card (while supplies last) for their time. Take the survey now!

Ten organizations and individuals were honoured with Essex Region Conservation Awards for their efforts in making the Windsor/Essex/Pelee Island region the Place for Life. 

 

Ric Cornado won the Environmental Achievement award  for over three decades of environmental advocacy. Ric founded the Citizens Environment Alliance of Southwestern Ontario, advocated tirelessly for the Detroit River, and has inspired generations of environmental advocates. The award was presented posthumously and accepted by his son, Derek.  

The Robert Pulleyblank Award for Municipal Environmental Achievement for its significant work in climate adaptation and mitigation, leadership in adopting a Climate Emergency declaration, the completion of the Sewer Master Plan to reduce flooding risks, and the significant engineering studies to protect the Riverside area from flooding. The City has also made tree canopy one of its top priorities, and committed $2.5 million to protected Pêche Island from erosion while undertaking the largest habitat restoration program on the Canadian side of the Detroit River to date.
 

A new habitat project in the River Canard is complete! The Collavino wetland is a 150 acre site at the mouth of the Detroit River that has been designated as a Provincially Significant Wetland. With funding support from Environment and Climate Change Canada, ERCA repaired the existing dyke and installed pumping infrastructure and water level control structures to manipulate water levels on the inside of the dyke to improve habitat quality. Once the restoration plan is implemented, this wetland will provide valuable habitat to local marsh bird populations, amphibians, and reptiles.

Wet conditions throughout the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River basin in the spring of 2019 resulted in record or near-record high water levels this past summer on all of the Great Lakes. These high water level conditions caused tremendous challenges, still ongoing in certain areas, for people living and working along the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River shoreline, including damage to homes and property.

 

The IJC's Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Adaptive Management (GLAM) Committee seeks to document and better understand the impacts associated with these high water levels. It's part of the committee's long-term efforts to support the IJC's International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board and International Lake Superior Board of Control in evaluating existing strategies for managing outflows from Lake Ontario and Lake Superior.  

 

Information provided by shoreline properties owners is critical for ensuring that scientific and engineering tools used to evaluate regulation plans under a range of wet and dry conditions accurately reflect the high water impacts that have been experienced.

 

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Be part of the largest environmental volunteer event in Michigan-Ontario history. Join the Great Global Cleanup: Detroit River April 25th 2020. More information to come!