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Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has revealed that the Lake of the Woods walleye population is in danger and that its current fisheries are not sustainable, spelling serious trouble for the local economy.
The revelation follows a province-wide risk assessment done by the MNRF between 2015-2017, showing that Lake of the Woods is the most at-risk inland fishery in Ontario, both in terms of “likelihood of collapse” and the resulting social and economic impacts that will follow. Out of over 40 lakes surveyed across the province, Lake of the Woods was the only one to clearly fall into the danger zone of the MNRF’s risk assessment.
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Mar 10, 2021 7:28 AM
Researchers, scientists and resource managers from both Canada and the United States will come together for the next two days to discuss the state of the Rainy-Lake of the Woods Basin.
It’s the start of the annual International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Forum.
Participants will be meeting virtually.
Todd Sellers, the executive director of the Lake of the Woods Water Sustainability Foundation, says despite not being able to meet face-to-face, the turnout is still strong.
“We got about 200 people registered. It’s new territory having this all zoomed, but we’ve all gotten used to having to work that way in the current environment,” says Sellers.