A Coastal Technologist with the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation was one of the guest speaker at the recent Latornell Symposium in Alliston.
Tineasha Brenot says the theme of the conference was Land to Great Lakes Relationship Status: It's Complicated.
She explains the goal was to look at how that relationship with the Great Lakes could be improved, whether that came down to water governance, green infrastructure projects, bio-diversity and monitoring strategies and collaboration with Indigenous groups and looking at how different organizations are approaching these topics.
Brenot says plastic pollution was discussed in several seminars and while there were no immediate solutions beyond raising awareness, there is a sense of urgency to protecting the Great Lakes that wasn't as evident a few years ago. She points out the Great Lakes is a huge source of fresh water so it's important to make sure they're being protected at the municipal, county and provincial level to make sure that fresh water is there for generations to come.
“Whether that came down to water governance, green infrastructure projects, bio-diversity and monitoring strategies and collaboration with Indigenous groups and looking at that from how different organizations are approaching these topics.”
“There is a sense of urgency that we need to protect the water that we have. With the Great Lakes contributing to a significant source of fresh water we need to make sure we're creating protection from a municipal, county, provincial perspective and making sure that that's there for generations to come.”
