Water Matters

In 2011, Lake Champlain and the Richelieu River suffered from a record flood. According to a new report, this was caused by warm, wet and windy spring weather that followed near-record winter snowpack, and human changes to the lake and river.

Fish can’t get past a dam on a river without help. Researchers are studying the best ways to help fish on the St. Croix River travel past the Woodland and Grand Falls dams, working with the owners, Woodland Pulp.

Fish in the Red River-Lake Winnipeg system don’t carry passports, even though they move between Canada and the United States. And they can benefit from the river system being relatively unimpeded by dams and other barriers as they migrate and spawn.