First Nations Rally to Save Lake Winnipeg From Blue-Green Algae Curse

Lake Winnipeg

In 2010, Gord Bluesky, the lands and resources manager for Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, received a disturbing photograph in his inbox.

One of my community members was at Patricia Beach. It was mid-November,” he told DeSmog Canada. “She sent me a picture of hundreds of dead frogs laying on the shoreline.”

Ever since then, Bluesky — whose community is located on the southern tip of Lake Winnipeg — has been especially concerned about his lake.

I’ve got little girls. We don’t even take them to the beach any more because it’s just too nasty,” he said.

In 2013, Lake Winnipeg was named the (Read more…)

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