22 12, 2023

Climate impacts, water availability and agricultural activity in the Prairies: Implications for water availability, crop yields and water allocation

2025-09-12T17:49:38-04:00December 22, 2023|

Canadian Water Network, in partnership with the Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative at the University of Regina and ClimateWest, is undertaking a project to understand the impact of climate change on water availability across the Canadian Prairies. Thanks to the generous support of RBC’s Tech for Nature grant, the project will inform adaptation approaches to anticipated [...]

31 03, 2018

Nutrient management and water resources: An updated framing for more effective research access

2025-09-12T16:30:28-04:00March 31, 2018|

Harmful algal blooms, fed by excess nutrients in the water, are a pressing environmental, economic and public health concern in water bodies across Canada. Government organizations on both sides of the Canada-US border are responsible for setting goals, overseeing implementation and monitoring, and evaluating outcomes of nutrient management. Decisions need to be made, and a [...]

31 03, 2018

Examining the efficacy of nutrient management practices for agricultural landscapes

2025-09-12T16:30:49-04:00March 31, 2018|

Effectively managing nutrient losses from agricultural lands is critical for protecting water quality, and is a core focus in regions like the western basin of Lake Erie (Canada-Ontario Lake Erie Action Plan, 2018). With financial support from Ontario’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, CWN led a project to provide an updated synthesis of [...]

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