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Environmental Issues
Post date: Jul 27, 2017
Lake associations in the Gatineau Valley (see Links) are concerned about deteriorating health of the watershed caused by aquatic invasive species and inflow of excessive nutrients. Environmental priorities include:
Eurasian milfoil - assess, prevent, mitigate (e.g. with jute burlap tarps).
Prevent other invasive species (e.g., by pressure-washing boats).
Shorelines - assessment, re-vegetation (reduce nutrient inflows).
Water quality - e-coli, transparency, phosphorous, other indicators.
These hot-button issues are reflected in work by the Agence de Bassin Versant des 7 (ABV des 7).