The Yellow Fish Road™ Progam
Trout Unlimited Canada's Yellow Fish Road™ Program is a nation-wide environmental education initiative. Since 1991, thousands of Canadians have learned about water pollution and the impact it has on the health of the local waterbody.
You too, can make a difference in your community’s water quality with this fun environmental action project!
YFR™ SUCCESS SINCE 2005 |
| Storm drains marked: | 26,410 |
Households reached
with doorhangers: | 105,988 |
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Yellow Fish Road™ News
Yellow Fish Road™ song! |
Check out the Yellow Fish Road™ song performed by the Saskatoon Children’s Choir! The song was written by Doug Porteous of Meewasin Valley Authority and is part of a packet of information distributed to Saskatoon area schools. Thank you and Great work Doug and the Choir. Click on the CD cover to hear the song!
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Project FLOW funding available to school classes |
Are you a teacher who wants to have your class hold a Yellow Fish Road™ event in your community, but you aren’t near one of our partner organizations? If so, you may want to consider applying to Project FLOW for the funds to put your own painting kits together. FLOW stands for ‘For the Love of Water’, and is run by Learning for a Sustainable Future. LSF has established the Project FLOW fund to support the implementation of water-focused action projects selected from their Resources for Rethinking website. For more information, contact 1-877-250-8202.
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YFR Welcomes Quebec Partner |
| Quebec City begins its journey down the Yellow Fish Road™ in earnest in 2009 thanks to a new partnership with the Comite pour la Valorization de la Riviere Beauport (CVRB). As our newest partner, they are piloting the YFR program with select schools over the next couple of years. Quebec students will stencil stormdrains with the familiar yellow fish symbol and the words 'Que De La Pluie Ici,' a French translation of 'Rainwater Only.'
The CVRB already offers many science-based programs on the topic of water quality to schools and community groups such as the Adopt a River program. While the first phase of the Quebec partnership is open to select schools, the CVRB hopes to be able to offer workshops and loan stenciling kits to other interested groups in the future. In the meantime, any Quebec group can email ontario@yellowfish.org to request information on how they can participate in the Yellow Fish Road™ in their community. Welcome CVRB!
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Household hazardous waste disposal easier for Ontarians |
| In Ontario you can now dispose of your excess paint at Rona stores, who will recondition the paint, and offer it for sale as “recycled”. Home Depot will also accept paint, as well as your used, non-rechargeable batteries and CFL light bulbs. Another partner, Jiffy Lube, will take your used oil filters and anti-freeze containers. This is part of the new Do What You Can program being organized by Stewardship Ontario.
Trout Unlimited Canada is happy to hear of this new initiative, as it will mean less waste in our local waterbodies. Hazardous waste ends up in our water if it seeps out of municipal landfills, or if waste is dumped down storm drains.
Stewardship Ontario will be responsible for picking up many of the hazardous items at collection sites, and making sure they are recycled or disposed of properly. The Do What You Can program, funded by the brand owners or importers of these products, will also involve educational efforts and research and development. Go to www.dowhatyoucan.ca to find a growing number of retailers who are offering these services near you.
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