Lake Health
RLEF supports projects that protect, preserve, and enhance our lake environment, including shoreline restoration, habitat reconstruction, and water testing.
RLEF-Funded Research Finds Fish Sanctuaries Do More Than Protect Fish
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…
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Bass Spawning Sanctuaries Work (BaSS): 2025 Early Stats
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…
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Help Shape a Conservation Plan for Big Rideau Lake
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.
Read MoreBass Spawning Sanctuaries (BaSS): An Update from David Philipp
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…
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Review-Mirror profiles RLEF activities
RLEF activities are featured in an article in the Westport Review-Mirror, September 18, 2025…
Read MoreCan Pressure Washing Restore a Bass Nursery?
Restoring degraded aquatic habitat is one of the most appealing tools in freshwater conservation. A study on Big Rideau Lake, published in 2024, tested one such intervention for smallmouth bass spaw…
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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 Rid…
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Bass Spawning Survey – Swimmers in the Water
There’s a new “live” report up on Facebook from researchers at Carleton University, reporting on survey of showing a bass on a nest, and talking about ideal temperatures for bass spa…
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