Lake Health

RLEF and BRLA address environmental challenges on Cow Island The RLEF and the BRLA share a commitment to the appreciation, understanding, preservation, and safe enjoyment of the Big Rideau Lake. BRLA …

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rideau Lakes Environmental Foundation Announces 2026 Research Grants Four projects to study the impact of docks, long-term lake change, microplastics, and road salt…

A new article in Aquatic Conservation from the Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory at Carleton University reports on research funded by the RLEF (Dusevic et al., 2024). Fish sanctuarie…

RLEF has been supporting research on lake fish populations, including that Dr. David Philipp and Dr. Steve Cooke for some time. Studies have shown that the Bass populations in Big and Upper Rideau Lak…

The Big Rideau Lake Association (BRLA) is working with the Rideau Lakes Environmental Foundation (RLEF) and the Upper Rideau Lake Association (URLA) to develop a conservation plan.

Here is an update on getting a larger, new Bass Spawning Sanctuary Study up and running in the expanded group of bass lakes that make up our Coalition for Innovative Fisheries Conservation (CIFC). Tha…

From Dr. David Philipp, October 2025 Largemouth and smallmouth bass (LMB and SMB) have a complex life history in which males of both species are entirely responsible for building nests, courting femal…

RLEF activities are featured in an article in the Westport Review-Mirror, September 18, 2025…