in Chatsworth, Grey Highlands, Southgate, West Grey
July 27, 2023
Photo: waterfronttrail.org
The Ontario government is investing $6 million to support 30 multi-year projects that will help protect, conserve and restore the Great Lakes including the southeast shores of Lake Huron, Eastern Georgian Bay and Huron-Bruce. These investments will help reduce plastic litter, excess nutrients and road salt entering lakes, rivers and streams, advance climate resiliency, and make significant progress on restoring environmentally degraded areas of the Great Lakes.
“Our government is continuing to work with partners to ensure Ontario’s Great Lakes are protected,” said David Piccini, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. “We’re very proud to be supporting projects that will improve water quality, reduce plastic and salt pollution and increase collaboration with farmers, Indigenous organizations and communities to help improve the Great Lakes.”
The projects are led by community groups, not-for-profits, conservation authorities, universities and Indigenous organizations and communities across the province and support commitments in the Canada-Ontario Agreement on Great Lakes Water Quality and Ecosystem Health and Ontario’s Great Lakes Strategy.
Local Great Lakes restoration projects include:
Bruce Peninsula Biosphere Association - $474,500
“This group of projects around the Lake Huron-Georgian Bay basin will help to enhance water quality and aquatic habitats, restore streams and a wetland, increase biodiversity, remove plastic waste and engage local First Nation communities to improve the ecosystem health of the Great Lakes,” said Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers.
“Given the significant agriculture industry in Huron and Bruce Counties, a resilient agriculture and food industry has a direct co-relation to the health of our Great Lakes,” said Lisa Thompson, Minister of Agricultural, Food and Rural Affairs. “Today’s announcement is another positive step in advancing best practices that support the goals outlined in Ontario’s Great Lakes Strategy. We are taking a multi-ministry approach to positioning Ontario as ‘best in class’ when it comes to good stewardship and healthy ecosystem associated with our Great Lakes.”
Funding for the Great Lakes Program is part of the Ontario government’s $14 million in annual investments to further protect, conserve and restore the health of the Great Lakes and support the well-being of communities that rely on them.
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