Review-Mirror profiles RLEF activities
RLEF activities are featured in an article in the Westport Review-Mirror, September 18, 2025…
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Long Island acquired by Rideau Waterways Land Trust
With the support of our community, including the Rideau Lakes Environmental Foundation, the Rideau Waterways Land Trust has completed the acquisition of a significant portion of Long Island in Big Rideau Lake. The generous donation of 33 acres of land on Island 186 had ensured the future protection of one of our lake’s special places. This land supports many species…
RLEF supports Long Island Conservation
Help us preserve a very special place on Big Rideau Lake …
RLEF-funded Researcher @ BRLA
Dr. John Smol addressed the Big Rideau Lake Association (BRLA) on Algae and Aquatic Plant Growth in the Big Rideau Lake, on May 17, 2023. … The PEARL Lab has received support from RLEF’s Small Grants Program.
The Rideau Lakes Need Your Help
The Rideau Lakes Need your Help….
For the past few years, we have been funding scientific research to ensure that we maintain and improve the water quality
Public Meeting – Rideau Lakes Campground Study – August 25
The Township of Rideau Lakes has called a public meeting on Thursday August 25th to review the report on the future development of campgrounds. If density, development, water quality and the lake environment concern you, please review the Agenda package (available from the Township web site) and either attend the meeting or contact your councillor to make your opinions known.…
Feedback wanted: TRL Campground Land Use Study
Temporary campsite or mobile home park? Changing land use patterns in what were once transient campgrounds pose challenges for the lake environment. Following an interim control by-law passed last year, the Township of Rideau Lakes has begun a study to examine the adequacy of current policies and regulations. An Issues and Options Report has been drafted, and feedback on its…
Algae a threat to Rideau Lakes Health
BRLA and URLA urge action on storm runoff The presidents of the Big Rideau Lake Association and the Upper Rideau Lake Association together addressed the Township of Rideau Lakes Municipal Services Committee about the critical question of limiting run-off into the lakes. (See the article in the Star.) Nutrients and pollutants are entering our lakes, feeding algae blooms. Toxic blue…
Support the RLEF in 2021
Letter to Lake Residents To BRLA Members and other Friends of the Rideau Lakes: I am writing on behalf of the Rideau Lakes Environmental Foundation (RLEF), to ask for your help. Since 1991, our small non-profit foundation has worked alongside BRLA and other local lake associations to focus on protecting, improving and enhancing the Rideau Lakes. Below are three critical…
RLEF expresses concern about blue-green algae analysis
RLEF has joined with the Big Rideau Lake Association, the Upper Rideau Lake Association, the Otter Lake Landowners Association and the Bass Lake Property Owners Association to express concern about the turn-around times for analysis of samples in Ministry of Environment laboratories. A letter to Steve Clarke, MPP Leeds-Grenville, Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, notes that despite the presence of…