Month: June 2024
High school students participate in re-energized Grey-Bruce envirothon
A small contingent of youth from two area schools descended on the woods near Sauble Beach on Wednesday where their knowledge and skills relating to the local environment were put to the test. The teams from St. Mary’s High School and Bruce Peninsula District School were participating in what organizers are hoping is the beginning […]
LIVE: Pro-Palestinian protesters set up tents at Western University
Protesters set up tents on Wednesday at Western University in what could be the first attempt to set up an encampment at an Ontario university amid a wave of pro-Palestinian protests spreading across campuses in Canada and the United States.
Toledo students help with restoration project in the Maumee AOC
Toledo students help with restoration project in the Maumee AOC
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Wed, 05/01/2024 – 1:04 pm
With funding from the GLRI and H2Ohio, Toledo Public Schools and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency led two events to help restore Hill Ditch, a tributary of the Ottawa River within the Maumee Area of Concern (AOC). Hill Ditch restoration project partners include the U.S. EPA, Toledo Public Schools, the Mannik and Smith Group, Metroparks Toledo, Geo Gradel Co., GEI Consultants, and Partners for Clean Streams.
Ohio EPA coordinated a live stake harvesting event with Toledo Public School Natural Science Technology Center (ANSAT) students. During the event at Wiregrass Lake Metropark, students harvested dormant branches of Willow and Red Osier Dogwood trees for replanting as part of a habitat restoration project nearby in the Maumee AOC. The students cut, trimmed, and bundled 525 stakes to be installed at the Hill Ditch project site. Three days later, students assisted with the live stake planting, where they planted about 400 of the harvested stakes directly into the soil. These stakes will root a few weeks after planting and will eventually grow into new trees.
Hill Ditch is a newly re-routed tributary stream of the Ottawa River, which ultimately flows into Maumee Bay and Lake Erie. These new plantings will help stabilize the stream banks and improve the riparian and aquatic habitat in the restored portion of the stream, which flows through the ANSAT campus. By stabilizing the stream banks, the willow and dogwood trees will not only help keep the soil in place but can also reduce the amount of phosphorous and nutrients entering the waterway that can ultimately contribute to harmful algal blooms in Maumee Bay. The harvest and planting events were unique opportunities for ANSAT students to learn about restoration ecology, bioengineering, and to gain hands-on experience with ecosystem restoration practices. Future students will also benefit from this project as part of learning exercises for their courses at ANSAT, where they will be able to study this restoration project as it matures.
To learn more about these events and the Hill Ditch restoration, watch news coverage from WTOL-Channel 11(YouTube) featuring the project.
Woman convicted of harassing dozens of doulas faces new charges
A Brantford woman serving a house arrest sentence for defrauding and harassing doulas by faking pregnancies faces new charges in Hamilton. Kaitlyn Braun, 25, faces “multiple criminal charges,” including obtaining by false pretense, harassing communications and an alleged breach of a conditional sentence order, Hamilton police said in a news release. The police said their […]
PHOTOS: London Jazz Festival concert
The London Jazz Festival celebrated International Jazz Day with a concert by the Baddest Big Band and Brassroots at Wolf Performance Hall
‘Unfortunate’: London Children’s Safety Village fades to memory
The pint-sized village in northeast London is now gone for good, ending a two-decade run teaching little kids key personal safety lessons.
Vehicle crosses Highway 403 median, collides with oncoming vehicle: OPP
One person suffered minor injuries in a crash Wednesday on Highway 403 when a vehicle crossed the median and collided with a second vehicle heading in the opposite direction, Brant County OPP said.
Lucas Co. commissioners, Toledo mayor to announce lawsuit aimed at preventing pollution in Lake Erie
In Ohio, the Lucas County Commissioners, along with Toledo’s mayor, are set to announce a lawsuit Wednesday aimed at preventing pollution in Lake Erie. The lawsuit aims to compel the […]
Canadian company accused of violating probation for oily bilge water its vessels released into Great Lakes
Last August, the dry-bulk vessel Algoma Niagara released thousands of gallons of oily bilge water into Lakes Superior, Erie, and Michigan. The discharges are among numerous reported violations that have […]
Wooden steamship that sank in fierce 1909 gale found in Lake Superior
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society announced today that it has found the final resting place of a 735-ton wooden steamship, the Adella Shores, which sank in Lake Superior in […]