Healthy Communities from the Land to the Lake

Healthy Watersheds, Healthy People and Wildlife is a presentation, to the Healthy Lake Huron – Clean Water, Clean Beaches Partnership, in 2021, by Dr. Justina Ray, President and Senior Scientist, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada (WCS Canada).

Healthy Communities from the Land to the Lake

Healthy Lake Huron - Clean Water, Clean Beaches is a concerted effort to address nuisance algae concerns and to promote safe and clean beaches and shorelines from Sarnia to Tobermory.

Six key watersheds have been identified as priorities for immediate action.  This group is now working together with local partners to develop and support the implementation of watershed management plans, with specific targeted actions, as well as monitoring and research, for each priority area.

More about who Healthy Lake Huron is

Tackling erosion through tree roots and community

Figures 1-3, showing different types of tree roots.

2025-06-20

Tens of thousands of trees, planted from land to lake along Lake Huron's southeast shoreline, are taking root to keep soil in place and out of our streams, rivers and lake. Learn about the roots that are doing this job.
A photo of Lake Huron with Love Your Greats wordmark logo superimposed.

2026-08-08

Love Your Greats Day is August 8, 2026

A day to celebrate and protect our Great Lakes, called Love Your Greats Day, is held the second Saturday of every August. Saturday, August 8, 2026 is Love Your Greats (LYG) Day.
Block planting adjacent to cornfield completed in 2022 in the Maitland Valley watershed on marginal, sloped farmland to reduce erosion.

2025-08-26

Celebrating partnership with Forests Canada

Over five years, Maitland Valley Conservation Authority has worked alongside Forests Canada to plant 43,000 trees in the Maitland Valley watershed.