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www.iisd.org The Experimental Lakes Area, west of Vermilion Bay, will embark on a new study put on hold for the past year because of COVID-19. Executive Director Matt McCandless says they’ll be moving ahead with a much publicized project to ensure our lakes and rivers remain clean and safe. “We’ll be looking at how wetland plants can actually be used to clean up oil that might spill. So we’re are excited to have that project back up and running this year.” McCandless expects to have about 30 people working at ELA this summer, about 50% capacity. He notes last year they had about 12 ...

Workers in a section of the Experimental Lakes Area. (File Photo) The Experimental Lakes Area near Kenora will be capped at around half its usual occupancy this summer. That’s because of COVID-19 health restrictions. Despite that, Executive Director Matt McCandless says the research area will still be open and conducting experiments. He says they are starting a couple of studies, including what happens to microplastics over time. “That’s why we’re going to basically be adding an enclosure in a lake to actually look what is happening to the ecosystem once these microplastics are there,...