Lake Winnipeg

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Lake Winnipeg

• Canadas Sixth Great Lake

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Canadas Sixth Great LakeFaces Many Threats

• Severe nutrient loading
• Climate change
• Invasion of exotic species

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Dr. David Schindler,Killam Memorial Professor of
Ecology

• Addressing the International Joint Commission
• Please give Lake Winnipeg some attention weve
  got to get started

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An International Responsibility

• Its watershed encompasses 4 provinces and 2
  states.
• The majority of the nutrient overload comes via
  the Red River from the U.S.

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The Saskatchewan River

• Once the source of 60 of Lake Winnipegs water
  has seen its flow drop 80 due to agricultural
  use in Alberta and Saskatchewan

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Concentrated Livestock Operations

• Live stock operations contribute phosphorus
  output equivalent to 87 million humans
• This waste is untreated, seeping into the ground
  water and eventually to Lake Winnipeg

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Resources

• Government of Manitoba news release on the Lake
  Winnipeg Stewardship Board Interim Report
• http//www.gov.mb.ca/chc/press/top/2005/02/2005-02
  -18-01.htm/