Shoreline

Over the course of two cleanups in Thurso and Hawkesbury, volunteers collected over 1400lbs of trash from the shorelines of the Ottawa River! More cleanups are planned over the summer as part of this ongoing partnership with the Pacte d’Amitié.

Catch up with the fourth cohort of the Youth Water Leaders Program! It’s been an amazing first three weeks and we can’t wait to see great things to come from our Water Leaders.

As you already know, 2020 looked a little different than previous years. Due to COVID-19, we were unable to get out on the river to do typical shoreline cleanups. While we still cannot gather in large groups, we wanted to share why shoreline cleanups are important and how you can do them individually or with your household bubble in 2021.

Ottawa Riverkeeper has organized shoreline naturalization projects to assist local communities in protecting their waterways. In the Spring of 2018, Ottawa Riverkeeper, Watersheds Canada, and 25 volunteers, including a number of highschool students, revegetated a site vulnerable to erosion at Arnprior, along the Ottawa River.

74 native plants have been planted at Fitzroy Harbour, transforming the shoreline and helping protect the Ottawa River.