Archived Projects
Explore our contributions to the health of Georgian Bay
through some of our past completed projects.
Not all archived GBF projects are represented here.
Project Manager: Nic Love
In 2025, we entered into a trial with the app Litterlotto with the goal to incentivise litter collection through rewarding prizes.
Archived 2025
Project Manager: David Sweetnam
Algae occur naturally in freshwater systems, and are essential to the aquatic food web and healthy ecosystems. However, too much or too little algae can result in negative impacts to water quality, the ecosystem, and human health.
In conjunction with ECCC, we recruited citizen scientists and launched a program for them to document algae sightings around Georgian Bay for the purpose of mapping problem areas.
Archived 2024
Project Manager: Ashley Morrison
This project was designed to increase the amount of homes in southern Georgian Bay with laundry machine filters, thereby diverting microplastic waste out of the water while providing critical data.
Archived 2024
Project Manager: Amber Gordon
We used GPS-tracked bottles deployed from pre-determined locations to track the route that waste and pollution may take. The GPS bottles pinged their locations every hour for a week or two, giving us data straight from the source.
This information is used to inform where shoreline cleanups, trash traps, and other pollution deterrents will be most effective.
Archived 2023