IJC staffers from the Canadian Section in Ottawa took time recently to help clean up a local shoreline.
Habitat
More than a half million fish passed through Milltown Dam on their way up the St. Croix River to spawn this year, a powerful sign of how alewife populations are recovering in the region now that access has been restored to the upstream reaches of the river.
The Great Lakes support a US$6 trillion regional economy. But their value goes well beyond, including benefits such as aesthetics, wildlife habitat, biodiversity conservation, recreational fishing, swimming, boating and aquatic life support. The lakes also provide drinking water to nearly 40…
The Great Lakes are expansive, interconnected watersheds in Canada and the United States.
Lake sturgeon are one of the most iconic species of the Great Lakes.
This project will result in detailed vegetation community aerial coverage and taxonomic data referenced to elevation and seasonal water levels in 8 Lake Ontario coastal wetlands.
“There’s huge potential for the St. Croix River to support some of the biggest runs of lots of different sea-run fish species in the region.”