The tall limestone cliffs and turquoise water of the Bruce Peninsula provide a variety of recreational opportunities for residents and visitors alike. Credit: Scott Parker
Sharing information on Best Management Practices is an important part of collaboration between the individuals, communities, watershed groups and governmental agencies at work for Lake Huron. Credit: BPBA
Exposed limestone bluffs at Cave Point, Bruce Peninsula.
Rocky islands of eastern Georgian Bay. Photo credit: Ellen Perschbacher
Southern Ontario agriculture along Lake Huron’s southeast shore. Credit: Daniel Holm Photography
Sand beach and dune complexes are found along the southeastern shores, such as those pictured here near Pinery Provincial Park. Credit: Daniel Holm Photography
Lake Huron waters support a thriving agricultural sector, particularly in the southeastern portion of the watershed. Credit: Daniel Holm Photography
Volunteers engaged in stream restoration efforts in a Lake Huron tributary. Photo credit: MSIA
Rocky islands of eastern Georgian Bay. Photo credit: Ellen Perschbacher
The St. Marys River flows from Lake Superior to Lake Huron, contributing 8 billion liters/hour to the receiving basin in Lake Huron. Photo credit: Mark Chambers

Public invited to Lake Huron-Georgian Bay event to encourage community watershed actions

Severn Sound Environmental Association is hosting a mini-summit called 2022 Lake Huron Georgian Bay Community Watershed Actions. You are invited. The event is Thursday, June 16, 2022 at 1 p.m. Communities in Watershed Action takes place at Tay Community Rink, 560 Calvert Street in Port McNichol (east of Midland), Ontario.

The organizers invite you to “come meet amazing groups working with communities around Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.”

To register for this mini-summit event, click the Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/communities-in-watershed-action-tickets-350620464247.

Presenters include Kim Gavine, General Manager of Conservation Ontario; Mayor George Cornell, Township of Tiny director on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Cities Initiative; Sarah Smith, Huron County Water Protection Steering Committee; and Glenn Cannington of Muskoka Watershed Council.

Funding for the event is from the Lake Huron-Georgian Bay Watershed – A Canadian Initiative for Community Action, sponsored by Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment Conservation and Parks.

The goal of the Lake Huron-Georgian Bay Community Action Initiative is to empower communities to take action that not only benefit their local ecosystems but that of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.