Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation

Planting is tiring work. Good thing we had hardworking Green Ribbon Champion volunteers to plant 1600 Marram Grasses this year! This will help build healthier dune systems along Lake Huron.

This holiday season give your loved ones the gift of a healthier, cleaner, and safer Lake Huron by donating to the Coastal Centre in their honor. Choose one of our adorable, and environmentally friendly holiday E-cards to go along with your gift! https://www.canadahelps.org//lake-huron-centre-for-coasta/

We want to give a big THANK YOU to the 70 incredible Green Ribbon Champion volunteers this year! You are an important part of what makes this program possible.

On December 1st join us in celebrating #GivingTuesday. This is an opportunity for people to support #charitable organizations who are making a difference in your community. This year support the Coastal Centre end plastic pollution in our #greatlakes.

Visit our website to view our position statement regarding the proposed dune excavation work at Sauble Beach and to find scientific literature regarding the health of coastal dunes. Position Statement: https://www.lakehuron.ca/position-statements Scientific Literature: https://www.lakehuron.ca/beaches-and-dunes

All you need to start a nature journal is something to make a mark with and something to make a mark on. Coastal Conservation Youth Corps 2020 participants naturally used sketching as they learned about species ID in Goderich's Maitland Woods. #CCYC #naturejournal

Have you seen this seedling sprouting in our coastal forests? In time the leaves will grow and change shape as the more familiar form of Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) evolves. This fall the Coastal Conservation Youth Corps #CCYC selected a patch in the Maitland Woods where they removed young seedlings of this invasive species - roots and all. Manual removal is not successful if stems are broken, or roots remain in the ground. Get them while they're young and before the ground is frozen to make way for native woodland species.

Thank you so much for your generous donations this Giving Tuesday. We EXCEEDED our goal!!! This will help us get the resources we need to fight plastic pollution in Lake Huron because of your help.

Our free beach assessments are still happening throughout October. To learn more about the shoreline system in front of your property register at www.lakehuron.ca/grc Huge thank-you to our program supporters @NWMOCanada @saugeenshores @huronkinloss

Today is your last chance to bid on our fantastic silent auction items. The auction closes tonight at 8pm! All proceeds raised go towards our #charitable #conservation programs. Visit www.lakehuron.ca/conferenceauction to place your bid. Thank you to all of the generous businesses and individuals that made this possible! #fundraiser #greatlakes #lakehuron #environment #isthecoastclear #supportlakehuron

The final session of our #lakehuron #conference is tomorrow! Join our live speaker series to learn more about the work that is being done to understand complex water quality issues in Lake Huron, and restore our coastal habitat. www.lakehuron.ca/conference

Our Lake Huron virtual conference continues next Tuesday with a live speaker series. Learn more about some of the wildlife that call Lake Huron home, and the invasive species that threaten our shores. www.lakehuron.ca/conference #greatlakes #water #lakehuron #learning #conference #isthecoastclear #itcc2020

While studying vegetation and forest composition in Maitland woods, young naturalists from the Coastal Conservation Youth Corps discovered these galls on Sumac sp. trees. With research, we suspect they are the Sumac gall aphid (Melaphis rhois). Amazing for such a tiny insect to create a large and strikingly coloured formation. As part of the fascinating life cycle, the females drop to overwinter in moss beneath the tree. #CCYC

Along many parts of the Lake Huron coastline, particularly north of Point Clark (including southern Georgian Bay and the south shore of Manitoulin Is.), beach and dunes are considered geologic relicssand deposits which were deposited centuries ago when the coastal geologic conditions were much different than today. The beach and dunes should be regarded as a non-renewable resource that must be conserved in order to maintain this natural resource. #didyouknow #themoreyouknow #education #lakehuron #beach #dune # grooming #sensitivearea #sustainability #ecosystem

Our Lake Huron virtual conference continues today with a live speaker series. Learn more about how partnerships are being leveraged to create more effective planning and management of our Lake Huron coastal resources. Visit www.lakehuron.ca/conference for all of the details! #greatlakes #water #lakehuron #learning #conference #isthecoastclear #itcc2020

Plants like American beachgrass are essential to dune health. The roots of the plants act as a net to hold the dune together. When wind blows sand across the beach and dunes, the sand hits the plants and collects around the base. Without these plants, there would be no dunes, which provide resources to a surprising array of animals. #beachgrass #lakehuron #sandbeach #dune #education #roots #erosion #restoration #themoreyouknow #ecosystem #health

Join Paul Parete from Environment & Climate Change Canada as he discusses the Lakewide Action and Management Plan (LAMP), a binational ecosystem-based management strategy for protecting and restoring the water quality of Lake Huron. The speaker series runs live Oct 13th from 1-3pm! www.lakehuron.ca/conference #greatlakes #water #lakehuron #learning #conference #isthecoastclear #itcc2020

Covid-19 has changed our lifestyle and many of us have been hiking trails more to enjoy time away from home. A kind reminder from mother nature to leave trails cleaner than you found them. Carry out all litter. #ecofriendly #forest #hiking #trails #mothernature #lowimpact #sustainability #trees #clean

Join Ted Briggs from MECP and Jacqui Empson-Laporte from OMAFRA as they discuss Healthy Lake Huron - a multi-agency/stakeholder group that has worked together since 2010 to protect and improve water quality along the southeast shores of Lake Huron. The speaker series runs live Oct 13th from 1-3pm! www.lakehuron.ca/conference #greatlakes #water #lakehuron #learning #conference #isthecoastclear #itcc2020

Join Samantha from Huron Pines and Barry from the Grey Bruce Sustainability Network as they discuss Lake Huron Forever - the brand that represents a collaboration of Community Foundations and watershed environmental groups from Michigan and Ontario working together to support green infrastructure projects on Lake Huron. The speaker series runs live Oct 13th from 1-3pm! Visit www.lakehuron.ca/conference for all of the details! #greatlakes #water #lakehuron #learning #conference #isthecoastclear #itcc2020

Would you like to guess how many #nurdles the #CoastalConservationYouthCorps volunteers sifted out the sand as part of their Shoreline Cleanup and microplastics study? Post your estimate and we'll let you know who's closest.... yes, we actually counted them! #CCYC #GreatCanadianShorelineCleanup

Dune fencing reduces wind speed across the sand surface and encourages foredune deposition. They also act as a minor barrier to wave attacks, reducing the erosion potential of waves. #themoreyouknow #education #lakehuron #restoration #beach #dune #dunefencing #sustainability #sensitivearea #ecosystem #sand

Go panning for Nurdles! This little white plastic pellet, a ‘nurdle’ is how plastic is shipped before it is made into a product. Sadly they find their way onto our beaches before this happens, thus polluting our land & lakes. Throw out any you find to keep our sand plastic free. Thanks, Liz #CCYC for this post.

Are you in Grade 9,10,11, or 12 and looking to earn up to 30 volunteer hours gaining valuable experience in coastal conservation on Lake Huron? Based in Goderich, the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation is hosting this immersive opportunity for gaining diverse experience in the environment field doing dune restoration, invasive species removal, shoreline surveys, plant identification, beach clean-ups, learning about species at risk and coastal processes. https://www.lakehuron.ca/ccyc