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 Items tagged: algal bloomsItems Found: 6Lake Winnipeg: Canada’s Great Dead ZoneDecember 5, 2011 - 8:26 am We need to be honest with ourselves. What we have created is the largest inland freshwater dead zone in the world. At 15,000 square kilometres in area, algal blooms in Lake Winnipeg are now larger than the record 8,500-square-mile area of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. We need to admit that... Categories: Blog As Seen From SpaceNovember 9, 2011 - 1:17 pm “This is considered the worst bloom in decades," says Richard Stumpf, an oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who measured 50 times more microcystin in Lake Erie in the summer of 2011 than the World Health Organization recommends for safe recreation. The reasons... Categories: Blog Plan to Clean Up Lake Winnipeg Bolstered by New Research ChairDecember 8, 2010 - 9:04 am The appointment of Dr. David Lobb as Manitoba's first-ever research chair in watershed systems is a significant step in developing new, innovative ways to clean up Lake Winnipeg, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick and Dr. Digvir Jayas, University of Manitoba vice-president (research), announced... Categories: News, Western Canada Canada-Manitoba Sign Lake Winnipeg Clean-Up MemorandumSeptember 13, 2010 - 2:39 pm Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety and Member of Parliament for Provencher, on behalf of Canada's Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, and Manitoba's Minister of Water Stewardship, Christine Melnick, today signed a Canada-Manitoba Memorandum of Understanding Respecting Lake Winnipeg and the Lake... Categories: National, News, Western Canada Canada-Ontario Great Lakes Agreement ExtendedApril 1, 2010 - 9:22 am The 2007 Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem (COA) has been extended to March 31, 2011. The agreement, signed in June 2007, was set to expire on March 31, 2010.The COA establishes an action plan and roles and responsibilities between federal and provincial ministries... Categories: International, News, Ontario Manitoba Declares War on PhosphorusOctober 19, 2009 - 8:06 am Manitoba is implementing new rules for livestock waste management in response to recommendations made by the Clean Environment Commission (CEC) and the auditor general, Conservation Minister Stan Struthers announced late last week. “When we entered office, we recognized that decades of poor planning... Categories: News, Western Canada |
