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Lake Simcoe protection plan

1 Jun 2009

In the near-term the Plan would focus on the issues most critical to the health of Lake Simcoe including: • restoring the health of aquatic life within the Lake Simcoe watershed (see Chapter 3); • improving water quality, including reducing loadings of phosphorus to the lake (see Chapter 4); • maintaining water quantity (see Chapter 5); • improving the health of the ecosystem by protecting and reh [...] The Lake Simcoe watershed is defined in section 2 of the Act as Lake Simcoe and the part of Ontario, the water of which drains into Lake Simcoe or, if the boundaries are described more specifically in the regulations, the area within those boundaries. [...] The Lake Simcoe Protection Plan builds on the ongoing work of the LSRCA and the LSRCA will continue to be a key partner in the implementation of the Plan and protection of the watershed. [...] The committee provided valuable scientific advice on the state of the lake and its watershed, pressures on the system now and in the future, identification of ecosystem features that need protection and on appropriate management methods and a monitoring plan to support the protection strategy. [...] The focus of initial research projects may include: a. production dynamics and ecological function research tied to the coldwater fish community and the function of offshore food webs and ecosystems; or b. an evaluation of the impacts of nearshore water quality, nutrients, primary production dynamics, invasive species and climate change on the fish community and the function of the nearshore foodw
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Pages
93
Published in
Canada

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