Forty per cent of our watershed economy depends on the recreational industry—$200 million annually—and this industry is being threatened by
the lake’s deteriorating health.

Excessive weed and algae growth are fouling the beaches and making swimming and boating unpleasant—but there’s more to it all than that.

In the absence of remedies, the damage is cumulative. Ultimately, we can
end up with a dead lake, where native aquatic populations can’t survive.
Such a fate seems to be unfolding in Lake Erie, where a huge dead zone has been unresponsive to remedial action. If we don’t want that for Lake Simcoe, we need timely remedies.