Ontario Reports Progress in Cleanup of Lake Simcoe, Lowering Phosphorus Levels

摘要

Lower phosphorus concentrations and recovering fish stocks demonstrate the success of its plan to rehabilitate Lake Simcoe, the Ontario government said Oct. 23. The province's 2009 Lake Simcoe Protection Plan has led to a gradual decline in spring phosphorus concentrations, which cause blooms of blue-green algae and a resurgence in the number of native fish species, the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change said in a statement accompanying its five-year progress report on the plan (32 INER 508, 6/10/09). "Our five-year report shows our collaborative efforts to protect and restore the health of the lake are working, but we know there's more work to do," Environment and Climate Change Minister Glen Murray said.