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Meredith Brown

@rivermeredith.bsky.social
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Mom. Auntie. Sister. Riverkeeper Emeritus, Ottawa Riverkeeper. Director at Canadian Geographic. Director at Canadian Canoe Museum. #ElbowsUp🇨🇦 #WaterIsLife #Rivers #Science #LaughterIsMedicine #gratitude

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Canadian Geographic @cangeo.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
“Every time we go and harvest Manoomin, we are acting in resistance, we are acting in resilience, and we’re thriving as people.” - Ryerson Whetung 👉 Read the full story here: bit.ly/44gg0ET Photography and story by Shelby Lisk, video edited by Heather Patterson
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Mark Mattson @waterkeepermark.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Such a great new @BlueFishnews podcast with @rivermeredith and Patrick Madahbee on the amazing Biinaagami.ca project. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
"To learn all the gifts from nmé, you have to work with him in the waters." Dennis Carrick For more stories from the #GreatLakes and #StLawrenceRiver visit Biinaagami.org
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Sturgeon
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Nature @nature.com · 09/06/2025
A global analysis reveals that most carbon dioxide emitted by rivers derives not from modern plant material, as was thought, but from ancient, buried carbon go.nature.com/3FQOdls
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Ancient carbon released through modern rivers
A global analysis reveals that most carbon dioxide emitted by rivers derives not from modern plant material, as was thought, but from ancient, buried carbon.
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Happy Great Lakes Day! On the map with @cangeo.bsky.social @waterkeepermark.bsky.social #Biinaagami #GreatLakes
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Beautiful story about sturgeon #GreatLakes www.biinaagami.org/to-learn-all...
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“To learn all the gifts from nmé, you have to work with him in the water” - Biinaagami
Lake sturgeon populations have plummeted in the Great Lakes watershed. Here’s how First Nations are collaborating with scientists to save an ancient relative
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Improving & protecting the health of the #GreatLakes is a shared responsibility. We need a multi-nation approach to science, policy and pollution prevention. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Canada’s air and water at risk as Trump administration guts environmental rules
Trump’s regulatory rollback is poised to unleash a wave of pollution North America hasn’t seen since the 1960s
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/05/2025
The Human Genome Project cost taxpayers $3 Billion. Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more. If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
How do these people sleep at night? These air pollutants harm all of us. WHO would ever vote for this?!! www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-...
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Senate votes to overturn EPA rule that limits 7 hazardous air pollutants
The party-line vote marked the first time in the 55-year history of the Clean Air Act that Congress has moved to weaken the power of the landmark environmental law.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
This election is not about Trump. It is about standing up for Canada and defying the rage-baiters, conspiracy trolls and those who trash our nation to score points. This election is about you Pierre Poilievre. We reject your hate politics. Canadians do your best. Don't accept the worst.
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Banned DDT, a harmful pollutant, was found in fish in Canada www.theguardian.com/environment/... #waterpollution #fishconsumptionadvisory
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Banned DDT discovered in Canadian trout decades after use, research finds
Potential danger to humans and wildlife from harmful pesticide discovered in fish at 10 times safety limit
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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Can fundamental rights protect the #GreatLakes from threats on both sides of the border? U.S. president ‘Trump has unilateral power to terminate treaties’ regardless of what Canadians want. New from @readtheorchard.org: ricochet.media/climate/envi... #cdnpoli #treaties #Trump #water
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Can fundamental rights protect the Great Lakes from threats on both sides of the border?
U.S. president Donald ‘Trump has unilateral power to terminate treaties’ regardless what Canadians want
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Monitoring herring gull eggs for contaminants in the #GreatLakes for over 50 yrs tells an important story. As opportunistic feeders, the gulls reflect the overall health of the Great Lakes ecosystem. Read @cangeo.bsky.social #Biinaagami full story: www.biinaagami.org/herring-gull...
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City of Ottawa @en.ottawa.ca · 17/04/2025
#OttCity has remarkable biodiversity – a true richness of plant and animal life. Whether you are an avid nature lover or just a casual observer, here’s a chance to explore your city and be part of a nation-wide challenge: bit.ly/43RTiUq #CityNatureChallenge
Photo collage with a northern cardinal on a backyard fence, bloodroot in bloom, midland painted turtles basking in the sun, large fungus on a fallen tree
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
It’s an important step to cleaning up our river. Real-time, public reporting on sewer overflows 🙌. Thank you City of Ottawa and Ottawa Riverkeeper! #swimdrinkfish #Ottawa
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Largest First Nation reserve in Canada files lawsuit over unsafe drinking water.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 08/04/2025
Reversing the ban could pave the way for projects like Northern Gateway, which faced fierce opposition in Skeena-Bulkley Valley.
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Conservatives Vow to End Oil Tanker Moratorium | The Tyee
Reversing the ban could pave the way for projects like Northern Gateway, which faced fierce opposition in Skeena-Bulkley Valley.
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 31/03/2025
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Globe Climate: Great Lakes caught up in trade war
Scientists on either side of the border say it’s going to be harder to work together to protect the lakes
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Great LakesQ @qglpolicywonk.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Environmental friends, please see below 👇👇 #EPA #Cleanwater #GreatLakes
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
What does being Canadian mean to you? 40 famous Canadians sound off: canadiangeographic.ca/articles/wha... #ElbowsUpCanada
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What does being Canadian mean to you? 40 famous Canadians sound off
PBS interview program Canada Files has spent six years asking notable Canadians that question. This is what they had to say.
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John Miedema @johnmiedema.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Listen to the quiet with Harrison Ford youtu.be/06uYTjKwS1E?...
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Listening to the Quiet with Harrison Ford - 2025
YouTube video by E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation
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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
There's still time to pour one out for the #GreatLakes today on World Water Day (March 22)💧 Lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario collectively hold ~20% of the planet's freshwater - 6 quadrillion gallons! That's enough to submerge the entire continental US in nearly 10 feet of water!
A graphic showing the percent of surface freshwater contained in the North American Great Lakes. Data comes from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and illustration is done by Sean Quinn.
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Today is #WorldWaterDay. A day to honour, love and advocate for life-giving water. #WaterIife
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Toronto! Saturday 2pm. Celebrate our glorious & free country. #ElbowsUp🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Happy Spring Equinox!
The Gatineau River
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Alex Munter @alexmunter.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I wonder what proportion of Canadians have « messages critical of Trump « on their phones?
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I’ve always loved the intelligent & feisty @margaretatwood.bsky.social #ElbowsUp🇨🇦
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
There are more than a few Canadians who are concerned about Trump & his oligarchs. Join us in Toronto, March 22. #Never51 #ElbowsUp
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Tim Thompson @b0undless.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Dear Canada, I felt compelled to make something. To stick up for, and to honour. To show our strength, beauty, genius, empathy, light & heart. It's made with deep gratitude for the people and places of this beautiful land. Vive le Canada 🇨🇦❤️✌️💪 vimeo.com/1056619122/f...
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Dear Canada...
Dear Canada... I felt compelled to do something, to make something for my country. To stick up for, and to honour it. To show our strength, beauty, genius, empathy,…
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Nice to see you on BlueSky Mark Mattson! @waterkeepermark.bsky.social
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American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Farmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government Websites. The Agriculture Department had ordered staff to take down pages focused on climate change on Jan. 30, according to the suit, which was filed in the US District Court Southern District of New York. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/c...
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Farmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government Websites
The data, which disappeared from Agriculture Department sites in recent weeks, was useful to farmers for business planning, the lawsuit said.
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Dean Blundell @deanblundell.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
🚨Donald Trump "Plans" to Redraw the US-Canada Border and Control the Great Lakes. Seriously... deanblundell.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
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Donald Trump "Plans" to Redraw the US-Canada Border and Control the Great Lakes
It's ok, Canada. He doesn't want the whole country, just a few Great Lakes and all of Southern Ontario...
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Trumps mumbles about tearing up a century old agreement between Canada & the US to manage our shared waters, his desire to change the Columbia R Treaty and his reference to Canada as a “large faucet” should have everyone in our countries worried. Elbows Up, Canada! #water #sharedresponsibility
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Here we go, Trump wants to tear up Great Lakes Agreements, Columbia River Treaty …. Elbows Up Canada! www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #GreatLakes #SharedWaters #ElbowsUpCanada
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Trump told Canadian officials he wanted changes to the Columbia River Treaty
The agreement, currently under renegotiation, co-ordinates hydroelectric power production and flood control along the Columbia River flowing from B.C. through the U.S. Pacific Northwest
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I love this. Feeling very Canadian and proud. We’re not perfect, but we are not the 51st State!! #ElbowsUp youtube.com/@averagejoes...
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Average Joes
Canada needs a rallying cry. So, we made one.
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Leia BlueSkywalker @blueskye2025.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
“You are not the work you do; you are the person you are” Toni Morrison
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Meanwhile in Alberta they are still mining coal and spilling waste into the Peace River. #dobetter #rivers #waterislife www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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$9,000 fine for coal mine leak into Alberta river a 'slap on the wrist,' critics say | CBC News
The Alberta Energy Regulator is facing criticism after it fined a mining company $9,000 for releasing coal-contaminated waste into a major tributary to the Peace River.
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Alex @alextiama.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
It is done and it is fancy in itself! The finale of #FishyFeb challenge with 23 different aquatic species painted with watercolors 🐡 #art #scienceart #traditionalart
Watercolour painting of 23 different aquatic species and their names on the right: 

1. Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
2. Arowana (Scleopages formosus)
3. Giant barb (Catlocarpio siamensis)
4. Emperor dumbo (Grimpoteuthis imperator)
5. Golden mahseer (Tor putitora)
6. European pilchard (Sardina pilchardus)
7. Giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne)
8. Altum angelfish (Pterophyllum altum)
9. Giant hawkfish (Cirrhitus rivulatus)
10. King-of-the-salmon (Trachipterus altivelis)
11. Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
12. Velvet dogfish (Zameus squamulosus)
13. White-spotted jellyfish (Phyllorhiza punctata)
14. Southern stingray (Hypanus americanus)
15. Lionhead goldfish (Carassius auratus)
16. Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus)
17. Giant danio (Devario aequipinnatus)
18. Spanish dancer (Hexabranchus sanguineus)
19. Pelagic thresher (Alopias pelagicus)
20. Batfish (juvenile) (Platax pinnatus)
21. Common pleco (Hypostomus plecostomus)
22. Floral banded wobbegong (Orectolobus floridus)
23. African coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
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International Association for Great Lakes Research @iaglr.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The International Association for Great Lakes Research issued a statement this week condemning recent U.S. federal actions that jeopardize scientific progress and the health of the Great Lakes. Read our new statement on Standing up for Great Lakes science: bit.ly/4hY3sHk
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meanwhileincanada.bsky.social @meanwhileincanada.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Canada has renamed the Great Lakes #Canada #cdnpoli #Trump
Canada has renamed the great lakes
Lake Borders Are Fine, Thanks
Lake Get A Life, Eh
Lake Canada Forever
Lake You Wish
Lake Sorry-Not-Sorry
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/02/2025
California’s right-to-know law, which requires companies to warn people about harmful chemicals in their products, has swayed many companies to stop using those chemicals altogether, a new study found.
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California’s Scary Product Warning Labels Might Be Working, Study Says
Products must state if they contain chemicals tied to cancer or other risks. As a result, manufacturers have pulled back from using the chemicals, researchers found.
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I love this. I’m thankful for all the women in science who inspired me. And proud of my daughter who studies neuroscience!
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Love these fluvial photos to spell out Canada. Strong & free & filled with freshwater 🇨🇦 💦
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Happy #WorldWetlandDay! We all benefit when wetlands are protected. They are the kidneys of our planet (filters), they sequester carbon and are home to countless cool species.
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
I’m concerned for waters in North America …Trump has a delusional idea that water is being wasted if it is not serving humans.
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Putting a new bridge over an ecologically significant alluvial island in the Ottawa River is a mistake. #Ottawa #rivers ottawacitizen.com/news/federal...
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Federal government moves ahead on new Ottawa-Gatineau bridge at Kettle Island
If all goes well, the "multi-modal" bridge, carrying vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians, at Kettle Island could be complete in 2032 or 2034.
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Several Anishinaabe knowledge holders have told me there will come a time when the #GreatLakes no longer experience winter.
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Good news for a change! #protectnature
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Meredith Brown @rivermeredith.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
I finally had a quiet moment at the @cangeo.bsky.social office on our Biinaagami map of the #GreatLakes that is enhanced with augmented reality. We still have moose in the northern watershed, but populations are in trouble. We all need clean water & healthy freshwater ecosystems.
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Nature @nature.com · 24/01/2025
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X go.nature.com/42tH8Ai
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Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
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