Muskrat Watershed Council

The Muskrat Watershed Council is a volunteer community-based not-for-profit organization whose main goal is to improve water quality for our local communities by using scientific and local-based knowledge. We seek to engage and empower people and communities in identifying and reducing nutrient loading from all sources within the Muskrat Watershed. Together they strive to: - Find solutions to improve water quality - Educate the public on the importance our of water quality - protect the watershed -Seek or raise funding from any resources available to put towards implementing projects to improve water quality within the Muskrat Watershed SCOPE OF Great Lake Local Action Fund: This Project will help reduce erosion create new habitat and filter out sources of agricultural run-off in the Muskrat Watershed located in the St. Lawrence River Watershed over the long-term and also includes the following: • Naturalizing a minimum of three agricultural streambanks with native trees and shrubs. • Collaborating with a minimum of five farmers in the Muskrat Watershed to conduct in-situ soil sampling to provide data on the health of their soil and recommendations for responsible and sustainable soil management practices. • Installing cattle fencing and external watering source on a minimum of one farm property in the Muskrat Watershed. • Providing educational opportunities for Project participants and members of the community on topics relating to agricultural best management practices soil health and environmental stewardship.