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Optimizing Water Retention to Reduce Algal Blooms in Canadian Lakes
Five years of monitoring and modelling data are used to show how water retention projects can be better designed to improve phosphorus reduction.
Stories of Resilience: Water
Across the Canadian Prairies, water carries memory, identity, responsibility, and life. Yet the voices of those most deeply connected to it are often absent from climate and water policy discussions.
Natural Infrastructure Essentials
On the Canadian Prairies, the need for water storage to cope with climate change is increasing. Natural infrastructure provides a solution.
Nature That Works
This publication shows how natural infrastructure can contribute to meeting water management needs, while also providing social, economic, and environmental benefits.
Funding the Future
Practical recommendations for federal infrastructure programs with 14 criteria to better enable natural infrastructure in Canada.
Building Natural Infrastructure Capacity Across Professions and Skilled Trades in the Canadian Prairies
As the demand for natural infrastructure continues to grow across the Canadian Prairies, it's essential to build more professional capacity in the skilled trades.
Estimate of Natural Infrastructure Public Grant Funding in Canada and in the Canadian Prairies
This analysis estimated the amount of public grant funding available across Canada and in the Canadian Prairie provinces for investing in urgently needed natural infrastructure.
Financing for Natural Infrastructure Projects
This report shows how private capital can finance natural infrastructure to meet our water needs, making financing decisions, and investment benefits.
Summary Report: Advancing Natural Infrastructure Forum 2024
A summary and record of the Advancing Natural Infrastructure Forum 2024.
A Scan of Natural Infrastructure Approaches
A scan of communities in Canada that are successfully implementing natural infrastructure to help deliver municipal services.