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Lake Huron e-news March 2010
Submitted by Geoff.Peach on March 1, 2010 - 1:00am
At Your Service ...
Continuing on the theme of biodiversity (in celebration of
the
International
Year of Biodiversity), this issue will explore some of the services
that ecosystems provide us, and why it's important to protect these
benefits.
To begin, an ecosystem is a community of animals and plants interacting
with one another and with their physical environment. Ecosystems include
physical and chemical components, such as soils, water, and nutrients
that support the organisms living within them. These organisms may range
from large animals and plants to microscopic bacteria. Ecosystems
include
the interactions among all organisms in a given habitat. People are part
of ecosystems. Our health and well-being depends upon the services
provided by our local ecosystems and everything that makes them up
organisms, soil, water, and nutrients. Along Lake Huron, some of
our coastal ecosystems include wetlands, bluffs, dune grasslands,
alvars,
and woodlands.… continue reading »
Lake Huron e-news February 2010
Submitted by Geoff.Peach on February 3, 2010 - 5:28pm
Stepping Back
In our last issue, we introduced the term
"biodiversity", the diversity of living things in our
environment. In this issue we'll discuss biodiversity from a broad
lake-wide perspective, and how plant life in particular contributes to
the health of our lake environment.
When we observe environmental problems showing up at the beach,
like excessive algae washing ashore, or posted beaches due to high
bacteria, often these problems originate beyond the local beach area.
Some of these issues are compounded by the state of our watersheds.
The Lake Huron watershed covers roughly 134,000 square kilometres.
Since European settlement of the Lake Huron region, the watershed has
undergone significant changes, particularly south of the Bruce
Peninsula,
and along southern Georgian Bay. Forest cover, for instance, has been
reduced from an estimated pre-settlement extent of 90% to around
18%, and as low as 6% in some of Huron's river systems.
Livestock main source of E. coli: study
Submitted by Ross Klopp on May 5, 2009 - 8:41pmDNA fingerprinting shows human sewage only a tiny fraction of the problem
By Tom Spears, The Ottawa Citizen May 5, 2009
Manure from cattle and pigs far outweighs human sewage as the source of E. coli pollution in Lake Huron, says a new Canadian study that helps show why the bacteria pollution problem is growing.
After years of arguments over where the disease-carrying bacteria come from -- humans, livestock or wildlife -- DNA "fingerprinting" says human sewage is only a tiny fraction of the problem.
In samples from Lake Huron and the creeks and rivers feeding it, cattle and pig manure accounted for 59 to 62 per cent of the E. coli.…continue reading »
Green Digester Cones for Sale
Submitted by Ross Klopp on March 2, 2009 - 12:19pm
The Township will have a limited number of Green Digester Cones for sale to Township residents at a cost of $75.00/each (includes caddy).
Digesters can be reserved by calling the Huron Landfill at
519-395-3500 during normal hours of operation
(Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
or purchased onsite starting March 17th.
Payment must be by cash or cheque at the time of pick up.
Township headed for mandatory septic inspection
Submitted by beachcomber on February 6, 2009 - 1:55pmHuron-Kinloss Township is a year away from a mandatory septic re-inspection program.
Environmental planner Matt Pearson of B.M. Ross and Associates told council Feb. 2 that the voluntary program, now in its third year, is seeing a certain amount of co-operation but not as much as was anticipated. continue reading
'Dead zones' killing marine life, scientists warn
Submitted by Ross Klopp on August 17, 2008 - 8:13pmStronger regulations needed to halt oxygen depletion caused by nitrogen runoff from fertilizer, sewage outflows, experts say
DAVID HUTTON
August 15, 2008
Oxygen-starved "dead zones" will continue to threaten coastal ecosystems in what scientists are calling one of the world's most pressing environmental problems unless regulations are introduced to reduce nitrogen runoff from fertilizer and sewage outflows, marine biologists say.
The number of dead zones has doubled every 10 years since the 1960s and now ranks with overfishing and habitat loss as a global environmental problem, said Robert Diaz, a marine biologist and professor at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, who coauthored the study published today in the journal Science.
Shoreline Algae
Submitted by Ross Klopp on August 10, 2008 - 10:16am
Brian MacEachern has been composing
numerous letters to the council, etc. concerning
the algae in the lake, one of which follows. Anyone who wants to be included in
Brian's list of names on this correspondence should
contact him directly.… continue reading »
Septic Tank Inspection Information Session
Submitted by beachcomber on July 4, 2008 - 11:13am
Demonstration and discussion of the septic tank
inspection procedure at Cottage 122 Bruce Beach Road. Anyone who missed the demo last year is quite welcome to
attend.
Bring your own clothespin! … continue reading »
Location
McPherson cottage
122 Bruce Beach Rd.
Huron-Kinloss, ONCanada
44° 7' 45.03" N, 81° 41' 27.1572" W
Recycle pickup
Submitted by beachcomber on July 4, 2008 - 12:06amSection 2 : Lakeshore North-North of Pine River to Kincardine boundary Lake Huron shoreline east to and including both sides of Lake Range Drive
Out by 8:00am
Recycle pickup
Submitted by beachcomber on July 4, 2008 - 12:06amSection 2 : Lakeshore North-North of Pine River to Kincardine boundary Lake Huron shoreline east to and including both sides of Lake Range Drive
Out by 8:00am
