Welcome MWC’s new Director of Environmental and Watershed Programs!
Muskoka Watershed Council is very excited to welcome Christy Doyle, the new Director of Environmental and Watershed Programs, to the organization beginning January 26th.
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2014 Muskoka Summit on the Environment
I am a volunteer in Muskoka. As well as being on the executive of the Muskoka Watershed Council, I am also the videographer/video editor. This gives me a great opportunity to ensure that truly wonderful ideas and presentations are not lost after the words are spoken and the video projector is turned off. I record, edit … Read more
2014 Muskoka Summit on the Environment
As a volunteer, as well as being on the executive of the Muskoka Watershed Council, I am the videographer/video editor. This gives me a great opportunity to ensure that truly wonderful ideas and presentations are not lost after the words are spoken and the video projector is turned off. I record, edit and post to … Read more
Robert Sandford Questions & Answers
I just completed and posted another video of Robert Sandford from the University of Saskatchewan, at the 2014 Muskoka Summit on the Environment. This is the question & answer session following his talk: Come Hell & High Water: Scientific Truth and Economic Consequences In Hollywood Disaster Movies mentioned here. Copyright © 2014 cottageinmuskoka.ca, All rights reserved.
Shark-Filled Tornado (Sharknado) Unlikely in Muskoka!
Don’t be put off by the “grabber” title; this is an engaging and informative presentation on hydrologic change brought about by Climate Change and well worth your time. As a volunteer, as well as being on the executive of the Muskoka Watershed Council, I am the videographer/video editor. This gives me a great opportunity to … Read more
In Muskoka, the environment is the economy. For cottagers, protecting the Muskoka watershed, protects your investment.
This is the most important thing you can do today to help protect the Muskoka watershed which gives us all so much everyday! The Muskoka Watershed Council has launched an online campaign to bring the 2014 Watershed Report Card to life! This new user-friendly digital report card will provide information on water quality; phosphorus levels in your … Read more
Muskoka’s Lakes: The Calcium Story
As mentioned last month in this cottageinmuskoka blog entry and this news story from the Huntsville Forester (Cottage Country Now), the decline of calcium in our lakes can affect our lakes recovery from acid rain as well as zooplankton in our lakes, which are are very sensitive to declining calcium levels. From the Muskoka Watershed … Read more
Timber harvesting and the health of our lakes: The Calcium Story
Mentioned in a number of Muskoka Watershed Council lectures over the past few years, calcium decline in Muskoka Lakes and in particular, the consequences of timber harvesting on lake calcium levels have been hinted at as a potential direct cause of declining health of our lakes in Muskoka. Here’s a past primer news story from the … Read more
Muskoka. Our environment is far more than our economy.
From the Muskoka Watershed Council Lecture Series I have just finished editing and have just posted this video on the Muskoka Watershed Council’s YouTube page. All of us should be familiar with the fact that in Muskoka, our environment is our economy; over half our GDP comes from tourism and cottaging. In this lecture, Peter … Read more
Algae and Water Quality. Looking back to see the future
As mentioned in previous posts, cottage owners and cottage buyers want to know about water quality on lakes in Muskoka. Because water quality has a direct relationship to property value, and algae – particularly algal blooms – directly affect water quality, we all want to know as much as we can . I just completed … Read more