What is Needed to Restore Our Watershed's Health?
- Adequate protection measures
We need measures and laws to ensure that, even as development increases, pollutants such as phosphorus remain below sustainable targets.- There must be adequate Provincial policy to support the findings in the provincially funded LSRCA Assimilative Capacity Study (ACS)
- Best Management Practices on future growth in Lake Simcoe are essential
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Restoration programs
We need to work to undo the damage caused by years of pollution, development and neglect.- Forest cover must be increased to at least 25%, to help clean the water draining into the Lake, and to clean our air
- Eroded streambanks and shorelines must be repaired to reduce silt, sediment and phosphorus from entering the Lake
- Old stormwater management ponds must be upgraded to address the quantity and the quality of water draining into the Lake
- Expertise and funding must be provided to rural landowners to help store manure properly, decommission wells and implement best management practices on their property
What Will It Take?