SALTYMuskoka

• Establish long term relationships with schools, teachers, and students. Test for chloride (component of road salt) levels on school property and build local awareness through community-based science projects.
• Build relationships with lake associations and identify <Lake Stewards> to monitor chloride levels in waterways across Muskoka.
• Communicate with lake association residents about the importance of personal road salt reduction strategies.
• Build a network of volunteers across Muskoka to document the overuse of road salt in our communities. SALTYSupporters will start conversations with businesses and communicate our <SALTYMuskoka Pledge> to local businesses to reduce personal road salt use.
• Visit community hubs and events with volunteers and educational materials for the local public.
• Build conversations with large property owners and winter maintenance contractors about taking training with organizations like the Smart About Salt Council or Landscape Ontario’s ASIC – Academy of Snow and Ice Control Certification.
  • ASIC Certification — Landscape Ontario
  • Smart About Salt Council – Become Certified
• Regularly monitor chloride levels in Muskoka Bay and Jevins Lake.

Sign up and learn WHY it is important to reduce your use of road salt in Muskoka and learn HOW you can with SALTYMuskoka’s tips and tools.

Sign the pledge and earn a window sticker to proudly display. Help protect your watershed forever!

<Download your SALTYMuskoka Pledge (PDF)>

We will be in these Muskoka towns promoting our SaltyPledge:

• Huntsville: Thurs., Nov. 13, 10am – Noon
• Bracebridge: tk, Nov. tk, 10am – Noon
• Gravenhurst: Thurs., Nov. 20, 1 – 3pm.

💥 Store owners: To sign the pledge and earn a window sticker, contact SALTYMuskoka Project Lead Alesha Breckenridge at alesha@fotmw.org

SALTYMuskoka funding provided in part by the Canada Water Agency’s EcoAction Grant.