Ontario Investing More Than $2.8M Towards Great Lakes Health

The Ontario government is investing more than $2.8 million in 24 projects to protect the health of the Great Lakes. These projects focus on improving fish and wildlife health and habitats and rehabilitate historically degraded areas in the world’s largest freshwater lake system by studying and restoring streams, wetlands and aquatic habitats and completing environmental clean up efforts to return these areas to their former health.

“Our government is proud to be delivering on our commitment to protect, conserve and restore the Great Lakes,” says David Piccini, minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. “These 24 initiatives will not only have a positive impact on the water quality and ecosystem of the Great Lakes, but also on the well-being of the communities that rely on them now and for generations to come.”

These projects include: $400,000 for the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority to continue ongoing collaborative work to improve water quality; and $75,000 to Niagara Parks Commission to conduct coastal wetland restoration projects to help restore fish habitat in a historically degraded area of the Niagara River.

For more information, visit ontario.ca.