Lake Huron Environmental page
Shoreline stories and issues facing lakeshore communities |
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The Ontario Woodlot Association is warning against moving cut wood from other regions to the Lake Huron shoreline as presently, many invasive pests such as Emerald Ash Borer are threatening the very existence of your trees and Lake Huron's forests. Full story
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The Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON) and Hydro One Networks Inc. are pleased to announce they have formalized a unique agreement to ensure SON has full and meaningful participation in the ongoing Environmental Assessment and regulatory process of the Hydro One, Bruce to Milton Transmission Reinforcement Project. Full story
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Nearly 200 delegates attended the Coastal Centre's "Is the Coast Clear?" conference on May 23, 2008 in Port Elgin. The theme for this year's conference was "Making Waves: current and emerging issues along Lake Huron." Full story
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A bit of nature is visiting the township again this year, in the form of black bears wandering the wooded corridors along the lakeshore on their yearly search for mates and range. Full story
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Lakeshore area property owners wanting more of the township’s fragile beaches and dunes “cleaned” of algae blooms will have to pitch in to help and break out a rake. Full story
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After a black bear was reported as being on Concession 2 in Huron-Kinloss by a local contractor on his way to work in Lucknow, another was reported leaving the bush near Black bear spotted near Geddes Park trails in Kincardine near Scott Street last week on June 5. Full story
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Nearly 200 delegates attended the Coastal Centre's "Is the Coast Clear?" conference on May 23, 2008 in Port Elgin. The theme for this year's conference was "Making Waves: current and emerging issues along Lake Huron." Full story
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The Ontario Woodlot Association is warning against moving cut wood from other regions to the Lake Huron shoreline as presently, many invasive pests such as Emerald Ash Borer are threatening the very existence of your trees and Lake Huron's forests. Full story
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Cars, ATV’s, snowmobiles and heavy equipment can all cause environmental damage to beaches. Full story
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The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation is celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2008. Full story
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It’s time to start thinking about summer, and time start thinking about ‘greening’ the cottage. Below are some tips that cottage residents in lakeshore communities can use to do their share to help out the environment. Full story
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An OMB hearing held on June 21, concerning the severance of a Boiler Beach lot went in favour of the township, following “expert testimony” saying that hazard land was included in building lot size and septic systems don’t add bacteria to lake water. Full story
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A recent poll released by Great Lakes United shows that Ontarians see the Lakes as vital to our economy and way of life, with nine out of ten saying they are concerned with sewage and toxic pollution contaminating the food chain. Full story
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By Geoff Peach of the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation |
Most cottagers know some of the direct benefits of the woods bordering the Lake Huron shoreline; shade during the summer providing needed relief from the hot sun; wind break from the intense winds off the lake during storms; the aesthetic value of the trees and the connection with nature. Full story
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After years of work by staff, council members and others, the long awaited agreement has been finalised, seeing Huron-Kinloss taking responsibility for its beaches from the Amberley Road, to the Kincardine boundary at Boiler Beach. Full story
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A great article on dune conservation and what you can do to help preserve our shoreline, written by Geoff Peach, from the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation. Full story
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The township of Huron-Kinloss needs as many volunteers as possible on July 16, 17, 18 and 19, to assist in the removal and disposal of phragmites australis, an invasive grass species that has overtaken the beaches. Full story
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Spring is the time of year we look forward to our landscape 'greening up'. The trees breaking out in leaf, plants flowering - it's a time of re-growth and rejuvenation. Not to put a damper on your enthusiasm, but our natural areas are being threatened. Full story
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After taking the long way around, the Point Clark Beach Association’s (PCBA) “Petition for Action” will finally be making it to the floor of the Canadian Parliament building. Full story
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The recent Ontario Municipal Board, (OMB) decision/order, which overturned the original OMB 2004 decision, is “good news for those who support factory livestock "farms," but bad news for other Lake Huron stakeholders.” Full story
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One of the things we least like when we go for a swim in the lake is coming out with green slime clinging to our hair. Full story
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Council for Huron-Kinloss discussed the hefty price tag of $30,000-$50,000 for the engineering report needed before removing the groynes which have helped muck up the shoreline in Point Clark, after they were built by cottage owners wanting sandier beaches in the 70’s. Full story
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Huron-Kinloss council agreed at its March 5 meeting in Ripley to add four more beaches to its beach monitoring program with the Grey Bruce Health Unit (GBHU) for the 2007 season, at a cost of about $8,400. Full story
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The Canadian and US governments are currently reviewing the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, first penned in 1972 as a measure for the two nations to control pollution in the Great Lakes. (By Geoff Peach, The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation) Full story
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Environment Canada goes into detail explaining why and when a warning is issued and what you might expect when they are. Full story
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Goderich animal control officer Robert Trick told Goderich council on the January 22 meeting that a Northern Ontario man who had sighted the snake while hiking on the Maitland Trail. Full story
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Council for Huron-Kinloss received another report from the township’s livestock evaluator Paul Murray, of a domestic animal being killed following a wild animal attack. Full story
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By Geoff Peach, Lake Huron Coastal Centre. Full Story
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"Clean water and a healthy ecosystem within the Pine River Watershed". Full Story
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The township’s livestock evaluator, Paul Murray, submitted three more reports of wild animals attacking domestic animals to council at its September 18 meeting in Ripley. Full Story
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Point Clark’s shoreline may have less algae and sludge and more sand if the channels (groynes) cut by property owners were filled in, according to Geoff Peach, from the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation. Full Story
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Geoff Peach, of the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation says a virus has been introduced into Lake Huron by foreign freighters and may have been the cause of the large die off of round goby in Point Clark this summer and asks for the public’s help. Full Story
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The Grey Bruce Health Unit said in a press release on August 29 that beach water sampling at Boiler Beach, in the Township of Huron-Kinloss shows that samples are within Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care standards for acceptable bacterial levels. Full Story
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Latest results from laboratory testing confirm two more dead crows found in Grey Bruce carried the West Nile virus (WNv). This brings the total to eight WNv positive birds in the region this year. Full Story
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The Grey Bruce Health Unit says that recent water samples tested at Boiler Beach, at Concession 12, have shown elevated counts of bacteria. Full Story
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On Aug 2, the Grey Bruce Health Unit announced that beach water sampling at the Point Clark Beach in Huron-Kinloss showed two consecutive sets of samples within Municipality of Health and Long-Term Care standards for acceptable bacterial levels. Based on the sampling results, the Beach is now deemed safe for bathing. Full Story
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At it’s July 17 meeting in Ripley, Huron-Kinloss council authorized the payment of $472.50 each, to two area farmers who recently lost calves to wild animals. Full Story
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On Monday, June 26, the Grey Bruce Health Unit announced that water samples taken at the Point Clark Beach showed elevated bacteria levels, resulting in the beach being posted unsafe for swimming. Full Story
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A fact sheet prepared for the residents of Huron-Kinloss on the Common Reed that has been a problem along some beaches in the Township, put together by Geoff Peach of the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation. Full Story
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Health Unit says that barring any heavy rainfalls or high winds, the posting at the Point Clark Beach should not last long. Full Story
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By Geoff Peach
Coastal Resources Manager
Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation Full Story
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Health Unit says that barring any heavy rainfalls or high winds, the posting at the Point Clark Beach should not last long. Full Story
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Although the elevated bacteria counts which lead to the posting of the Point Clark Beach can likely be explained, experts do not know what caused the large die-off of round goby. Full Story
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On Sunday, June 26, scores of round goby and an unusually large amount of algae was found washed to shore in Point Clark. Full Story
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South Bruce OPP and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) have received numerous calls recently from residents reporting black bears from Kincardine to Southampton. Full Story
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Ministry of Natural Resources bear technicians rescued a young black bear last week after being scarred up a tree in the back yard of a Morpeth Street home, near the downtown area of Southampton. Full Story
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Geoff Peach, of the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation, says he is worried about calls he is receiving from lakeshore property owners. They are asking why Kincardine can take heavy equipment on the beach, while property owners are told they can not. Full Story
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The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) believes an area of the South-roadside ditch on Seneca Street is actually part of Jardine Creek, and should not be turned into a closed culvert when the road is reconstructed this summer. Full Story
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| Council considers thinning out trees on Township property |
At its May 1 meeting in Ripley, Huron-Kinloss council discussed the possibility of allowing logging along Lockhart Street in Kinloss as well as other areas of the Township. Full Story
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| Bad air days soon to come |
Studies show that pollutants from the Midwestern U.S. severally affect local shoreline air quality. Full Story
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| Blair’s Grove beach tiller at it again |
Despite being told by neighbours, environmental experts and three levels of government to stop destroying public beach, the lakefront cottage owner who gained notoriety last year for regularly killing off native vegetation is back at it again. Full Story
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| Station Beach may one day be Pebble Beach |
Geoff Peach of the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation says Kincardine may one day regret beach screening.Full Story
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At its March 20 meeting in Ripley, council voted in favour of moving ahead with taking administrative control of its beaches from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. (MNR) Full Story
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| There has been much talk lately concerning water quality, but little has been written about how the average homeowner can do their part to improve it. Proper septic maintenance can help not only the environment, but help homeowners avoid costly repairs. Full Story |
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The township of Huron-Kinloss has discussed the issue of construction equipment on the beach with Geoff Peach of the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation, the Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority, (SVCA) and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. It was recommended that all public accesses be restricted in such a way that motorized equipment can not easily access the lakeshore. Full Story
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Clean water advocate commends Huron-Kinloss in its efforts to ensure good near shore water quality for future generations. Full Story |
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Contaminants in the Pine River and Jardine Creek are well above acceptable levels, testing 2,230 times higher than acceptable levels for swimming in late July. This according to the 2005 Huron-Kinloss Water Quality Monitoring Report. Full Story |
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Wildlife experts say that everything from bears and fox to deer and cougars could be roaming the woods of Kincardine and Huron-Kinloss. Full Story
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A recent newspaper article, which quoted nutrient management coordinator Jayne Dietrich saying, “Quite frankly I do not know how some of the councilors sleep at night,” was discussed at the January 9 meeting of council in Ripley. Full Story
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Pat Law, business relations advisor for Suncor Energy Incorporated faced some tough questions at last week’s council meeting in Ripley. Full Story
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Lakefront property owners that damage public beaches by draining wetlands or removing grasses and other plant life could face heavy fines. Full Story
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Charges are still possible against a Blair's Grove resident who removed plant life and wetlands on the beach in front of his property. Full Story
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Huron-Kinloss council has received notice from the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) that it is unable to come to a decision on the township’s zoning bylaw, which was appealed by the provincial government, until another intensive livestock case is finalised (Peacock versus Norfolk County). Full Story |
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Heavy equipment causes damage to shoreline and public access trail on Amberley beach. Full Story
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