A delegation from Wildsight’s Living Lakes Canada team attended the Living Waters Rally held in Ottawa last week.

The rally brought together 110 delegates representing recreational, indigenous, faith, philanthropic, environmental, business, academic and arts and culture groups from across Canada to discuss the future of Canada’s freshwaters.

Living Lakes Canada director and Brisco resident Kat Hartwig (pictured above second from left) noted that the conference really helped to validate the importance of the water stewardship and citizen science work being done here in the Columbia Basin. “We are definitely leading the emerging trend of communities engaging more actively towards the health of their watersheds,” said Hartwig.

Healthy, living waters are essential to the prosperity of our communities and the survival of all species. “We are blessed in the Columbia Basin to have some of the world’s most pristine waters and thus a global obligation to protect them and restore them,” Hartwig added.

Conference attendees agreed that in order for Canada to have healthy, functioning watersheds, we need regular, independent public assessment of and reporting on the state of our waters. It is in this regard we are able to address priorities for a sustainable freshwater future.

Living Lakes Canada invites individuals and organizations to get involved in the protection and restoration of our freshwater, ensuring that all our waters are in good health—swimmable, drinkable and fishable.

Lead image from Canadian Freshwater Alliance

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