Commentary | Jun 22, 2017
We sat down with Matthew McCandless, our executive director, to look at three of the biggest current threats to Canada’s fresh water and to learn what IISD-ELA is doing about them.
Commentary | Jun 7, 2017
What would you do if you had an additional $10,000 to inject into your work? Invest in some new equipment? Get a new project off the ground? We are asking ourselves that very question here at IISD Experimental Lakes Area, as that may soon be a reality for us!
Commentary | May 10, 2017
What exactly are microplastics? What are they doing to our water? And why should you be worries? We sat down with our research fellow Dr. Michael Rennie, who has recently worked on the impact of microplastics on fresh water, and he gave us the lowdown on them.
Commentary | Apr 4, 2017
Do you really understand why zebra mussels are dangerous to our water? Moreover, what can you do about them? Our research scientist Scott Higgins breaks it down for you.
Commentary | Dec 20, 2016
Mark Lyng explains all that IISD-ELA is doing to become more sustainable, including implementing solar panels, rechargeable snowmobiles and energy efficient cabins.
Commentary | Dec 2, 2016
“And as a resident Fisheries Research Biologist at IISD-ELA, who better to reveal five things you never knew about aquatic field work…”
Commentary | May 10, 2016
Dr. Scott Higgins explores some practical steps to take if you fear your lake may be suffering from eutrophication.
Commentary | Mar 22, 2016
As the calendar rolls through March, we enter the period of the spring snow melt. Water begins to move off the saturated […]
Commentary | Nov 25, 2015
Zebra mussels have arrived in Lake Winnipeg. What can we expect to happen to water quality and our fisheries? What are the implications for other lakes and rivers in our Western provinces? What should we encourage our provincial and federal leaders to do?
Commentary | May 15, 2015
Throughout the years, ELA has gone through its fair share of change. As a government-run facility, it saw different home departments (from […]
