We regret the lack of recent detailed updating, but we are presently heavily committed to producing a book describing our work within the Algonquin Park Ecosystem, which we expect to publish in 2009. Subsequent to that, we look forward to a complete revision/update of the Algonquin Eco Watch website. Thank you for your patience.
Algonquin
Eco Watch is a non-profit charitable environmental protection organization
dedicated to
"assess, protect and sustain the Algonquin Ecosystem for the future".
We invite
you to browse through our website in detail, and sincerely hope
that you will decide to join us in our efforts
to protect this precious and
unique part of Ontario.
Although
they may not be obvious, many problems threaten the long term health of the
Algonquin Ecosystem. Examples include airborne pollutants drifting into the
ecosystem from the Sudbury Basin on prevailing westerly winds; waterborne
pollutants originating from within, or outside of, Algonquin Park; lack of
adequate protection for sourcewaters, which combine to form the headwaters
of the seven major rivers that flow off the Algonquin Dome; improperly regulated
development of facilities and/or ecotourism, which can lead to degradation
of natural ecosystems and cause changes in normal animal behaviour patterns;
conflict between humans and indigenous species such as black bear, which can
result in unnecessary destruction of wildlife; improper logging techniques,
which can discourage biodiversity and
lead to successional imbalances and species loss from the forest ecosystem.
