The Elgin Clean Water Program provides technical assistance and financial incentives to help landowners undertake stewardship projects.
Elgin County
Joined June 2016
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Trees are often referred to as “the lungs of our planet” but have you considered that wetlands act as the kidneys too? They filter excess nutrients, sediment, and pollutants to help keep our watersheds healthy! #RestoreWetlands #WorldWetlandsDay
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1.5 acre wetland project💧wetlands will improve water quality the flowing water will reach 100m before it reaches Kettle Creek, result in habitat for turtles outside Port Stanley 🐢
🙌 Partners: Ducks Unlimited, Elgin Stewardship Counsel, Elgin Clean Water Program, EcoAction, WWF
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It was great to showcase this recent wetland creation project and hear the landowner’s perspective on the @ElginCleanWater Program Bus Tour. Reach out to your local Conservation Authority today to start planning your wetland project! elgincleanwater.ca/contact-u… #LoveMyWatershed
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Another exciting event coming up: "Decision-Making Around BMPs" w/ Tracey Ryan from @OntarioSoilCrop Mar. 8 @ 1230pm.
You will hear directly from producers about their decision-making when it comes to implementing BMPs into operations.
Register: bit.ly/3I5MEOR
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Elgin Clean Water retweeted
#DYK Over the last 5 years 22 wetland projects were implemented in our watershed? Wetlands help improve water quality by slowing down water across the landscape and trapping sediment and providing important wildlife habitat. #WorldWetlandsDay #GenerationRestoration #ForWetlands
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Join us virtually on February 9 for the 2023 #ONFARM Forum!
Don't miss informative & engaging discussions on soil health indicators, water quality and the adoption of BMPs like cover cropping & organic amendments.
Register here: bit.ly/3ieRteH
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What a difference two years makes! Check out these great before and after shots of the Port Stanley Lagoons project.
#LoveMyWatershed #NaturalChampions #ConservationMatters #ElginCounty #PortStanley
2 YRS OF PROGRESS: When you make nature a priority! The "before" photos were taken March 2020 and the "after" photos July 2022. Project partners: Elgin Stewardship Council, @KettleCreekCA, St. Thomas Field Naturalists & landowner Municipality of Central Elgin.
Elgin Clean Water retweeted
Happy to have Drake Larsen from the @ThreeRidgesFarm as a speaker at the Growing Biodiversity conference!
Be sure to register to hear from Drake and the rest of our amazing speaker line-up! eventbrite.ca/e/growing-biod…
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Join us for the Growing Biodiversity conference on August 9th!
Speakers from @ALUSCanada @BirdsCanada & @WWFCanada will present trends in biodiversity & showcase the impacts of farmer-led stewardship 🌱
Learn more & register here: eventbrite.com/e/growing-bio…
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The 2022 #ONFARM Forum is full of exciting announcements! OSCIA looks forward to partnering with @syngentacanada's Operation Pollinator to offer ONFARM cooperators the opportunity to establish important pollinator habitats on their farms. #soilhealth #biodiversity
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Oat cover crop was planted after wheat. A swath of oats left un-sprayed down a large drainageway across the farm. Smart adjustment to help protect this area from erosion during surface runoff events this coming season! #covercrops
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Looks like a great webinar series to learn more about the #GreatLakes! Topics include contaminants, nutrients, coastal processes, areas of high ecological value.
It’s where most people interact with our #GreatLakes. Introducing a #webinar series on the health of the 8,500 km that make up our #Canadian Great Lakes nearshore! Register for each below.
ALT Kayaks on the shore.
Elgin Clean Water retweeted
Interesting new study about the ability of treed riparian buffers storing carbon in the soil.
New #SES_research from Dr. Naresh Thevathasan and collaborators.
Riparian buffers are strips of vegetation protecting waterways. This study showed that tree buffers are able to store more soil carbon than grass buffers.
➡️link.springer.com/article/10…
#SoilCarbon #Mitigation #UofG
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What a difference 6 months and a lot of rain makes in this wetland creation project at the KCCA Administration Centre. Check out the before and after pictures of these two wetland cells.
Funding for this project was provided by @ONenvironment, @environmentca, and @DUContario
Elgin Clean Water retweeted
It’s No-Till November! Share photos of your un-tilled fields or stubble after harvest (#KeeptheStubble) You could win a subscription to No-Till Farmer and this T-shirt. Post your photo. Tag @LandWaterNews The draw winner is to be chosen on #WorldSoilDay
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Happy Halloween! Check out these spooky visitors to KCCA properties. 😱🎃👻
#happyhalloween
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A cute and fuzzy example of making cover crops work for/benefit your farm business... and the dog is adorable too!
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Congratulations to Emma Vandenbroek, the recipient of the 2021 Elgin County/Kettle Creek Agricultural Conservation Scholarship.
L to R: Elizabeth VanHooren (@KCETrust ), Emma Vandenbroek, Greg Fentie and Art Alblas (Elgin Federation of Agriculture)
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Agriculture is part of the solution to #ClimateChange! By capturing carbon in #soil, we can draw down GHGs from our atmosphere AND make farmland more resilient to changing weather.
Learn more about the research from @AGillespieSoil: youtu.be/NbzUkZO5guE
#UofG @SoilNetwork
Elgin Clean Water retweeted
See how many tree species you can spot over #NationalForestWeek with our LEAFO Bingo! By learning common leaf characteristics, you can improve your tree ID skills. Put those skills to the test and let us know if you get five in a row! ow.ly/RI7I50GdTo1
