Above: A May 2009 aerial tour of Broughton’s Creek reveals the impact of wetland loss (includes interview with DUC lead research biologists Shane Gabor and Pascal Badiou. Courtesy: Winnipeg Free Press).

Below: Lake Winnipeg is the world's 10th largest freshwater lake, but it also has the highest concentrations of algae in the world.

related link

• CBC Television’s The Nature of Things: Save My Lake documentary
• DUC’s Broughton’s Creek Watershed Research: the impacts of wetland loss in Manitoba

 

Save My Lake 

CBC Television’s The Nature of Things is plunging into the scientific and environmental factors behind the deterioration of Lake Winnipeg Sunday, April 3, 2011, and will be highlighting some of Ducks Unlimited Canada’s (DUC) cutting-edge wetlands research.

The documentary, produced by Stornoway Productions, is called Save My Lake and will follow the scientists and researchers who are trying to determine what is causing Lake Winnipeg to be taken over by toxic blue-green algal blooms.

DUC researchers for the Institute of Wetlands and Waterfowl Research, Shane Gabor and Pascal Badiou, were filmed during the production of Save My Lake, and on April 3, viewers will be able to follow them as they take a tour of a watershed in southwestern Manitoba and explain how wetland drainage is contributing to Lake Winnipeg’s problems.

Make sure you tune in Sunday, April 3 2011 to watch this in-depth documentary regarding one of Canada’s most precious water resources.

Above: DUC research scientist Shane Gabor (right, white hat) is interviewed by the crew of Stornoway Productions about DUC’s Broughton’s Creek research for CBC TV’s The Nature of Things documentary Save My Lake, airing April 3, 2011.