iTrackDNA & Targeted eDNA
PROGRAM SUMMARY One of Living Lakes Canada’s newest programs, iTrackDNA utilizes a method known as Targeted environmental DNA (eDNA), whereby samples are collected from areas of interest and [...]
Eastern Slopes Community-Based Aquatic Monitoring Collaborative
Living Lakes Canada with the Oldman Watershed Council has launched a community-based aquatic monitoring program across the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies. Through this program, Living Lakes Canada [...]
STREAM & DNA Metabarcoding
WHAT IS STREAM? DNA metabarcoding is an emerging tool for detecting the presence of different animals in an ecosystem. Based out of the Hajibabaei Lab at the University of Guelph, […]
Cultural Connections Pilot Project
Living Lakes Canada is partnering with First Nation communities across British Columbia to simultaneously integrate traditional western science by using the standardized CABIN protocol with the [...]
Canada Water Week
Canada Water Week is a week-long celebration of water from coast-to-coast-to-coast that coincides with UN World Water day in March every year. Individuals, organizations and governments host [...]
Upper Athabasca Watershed Health Assessment Project
In October 2013, 670-million litres of coal mine waste was spilled into Apetowun and Plante Creeks, two tributaries of the Upper Athabasca River. Five weeks later this plume of contaminated […]
