TUC's S.W.A.T. (Small Watershed Action Team) program is dedicated to increasing the abundance and quality of stream habitat of native salmonids through stream restoration efforts in both Alberta and Ontario.In September of 2020 the second of two dams on Armstrong Creek in Markdale, Ontario, was...

It may seem like a lot of our work in Alberta involves restoration relating to off-highway vehicle trails. In fact, some of our biggest projects in recent years have involved trail reclamation and stream crossing repair.So what does this trail reclamation look like? We know that oftentimes these...

How does sediment end up in a creek? Restoring streams and fish habitat often means working on the land, rather than in water. The reality is water comes to the streams from the land and what’s happening in the stream is a reflection of what’s happening on the surrounding landscape.What happens...

TUC's two-person Ontario Strategic Watershed Action Team has been traveling throughout southern Ontario working to improve coldwater streams that have become degraded. Though most of these systems face similar issues, such as widening of the waterway leading to too much sediment buildup and...

As we continue into the summer months, it is common to have lower water depths and higher water temperatures in our lakes and rivers. It is important to remember the stress that these types of environmental conditions can have on our fish and other wildlife. Fish and other aquatic animals...