On Tuesday, February 20, 2024, the Detroit River Canadian Cleanup hosted their 14th Annual Film Screening Event at Imagine Cinemas in Lakeshore. This year, we featured two The Water Brothers documentaries – Paving over Paradise, a documentary on wetland loss, and The Forever Chemicals, a documentary on a group of chemicals called PFAS. Thank you to our expert panelists for sharing your expertise with our audience. Thank you to our audience for spending the evening with us and we hope you enjoyed the event. We were so impressed with the quality of questions, and were pleased to hear how much everyone cares about the health of our watersheds. Special thanks to Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks for helping to make this event possible, and to all the Essex Region Conservation staff and Imagine Cinemas for their support with the event. Thank you! ... See MoreSee Less
Meet the expert panelists for the PFAS - “Forever Chemicals” episode to be featured at our upcoming free film screening event on February 20.Our three panelists include Dr. Cheryl Murphy, Director, MSU Center for PFAS Research, Mark Burrows, Physical Scientist & Senior Project Manager, IJC - International Joint Commission Great Lakes Regional Office, and Abby Hendershott, Executive Director of the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.Registration is required and spaces are limited. For more information and to register, please visit our website: www.detroitriver.ca/movie. ... See MoreSee Less
Meet the expert panelists for the Wetlands - “Paving Over Paradise” episode to be featured at our upcoming free film screening event on February 20.Our three panelists include Kathryn Arthur, Restoration Biologist, from Essex Region Conservation, Dr. John Hartig, visiting Scholar at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER), and Kathy Jones, Volunteer Manager for Birds Canada and Marsh Monitoring Program Lead.The expert panelists for the PFAS - “Forever Chemicals” episode will be announced soon. Stay tuned! 💧Registration is required and spaces are limited. For more information and to register, please visit our website: www.detroitriver.ca/movie. ... See MoreSee Less
Good news! We just received fish habitat monitoring results from the Peche Island Habitat Project we partnered on with City of Windsor - Municipal Government, Environment Ontario, Environment and Climate Change, Essex Region Conservation, and others!Results show there were a total of 31 fish species caught behind the constructed sheltering islands, with 12 more species caught than in pre-construction surveys, including one Species at Risk. Sixteen native species not-previously-captured in the area were detected. Given the increase in species richness and number of fish caught, the newly constructed berms have little-to-no negative impact on the fish and fish habitat around Peche Island, with data suggesting positive improvements. #detroitriver#fishhabitatrestoration... See MoreSee Less
The Detroit River Canadian Cleanup's free film screening of "Paving Over Paradise" and "The Forever Chemicals" episodes from the Water Brothers documentary series is only 3 weeks away - register today! www.detroitriver.ca/movieThis screening is taking place at the Imagine Lakeshore Cinemas, 164 Commercial Boulevard in Tecumseh. Doors open at 6:30pm, film starts at 7pm with expert panel discussion to follow.The Forever Chemicals - The water-resistant properties of countless products we use everyday is made possible by a group of toxic chemicals known as PFAS. Just how dangerous are these “forever chemicals” and are there safer alternatives?Paving Over Paradise – About three quarters of the wetlands that once existed in southern Ontario are now gone. How do we restore these vital habitats that are also some of our best natural defenses against the effects of climate change?See you there!🎬 ... See MoreSee Less
Join us on Tuesday February 20th, 2024 at 7pm for a free screening of two Water Brothers documentaries at the Imagine Lakeshore Cinemas, 164 Commercia […]
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