Follow the journey of a water sample to see how the Lake Winnipeg Community-Based Monitoring Network identifies phosphorus hotspots. From collection by community volunteers, to careful lab testing, to data analysis and mapping, each step helps measure how much phosphorus is moving through local waterways.

The Lake Winnipeg Community-Based Monitoring Network (LWCBMN), led by LWF, is a network of volunteers and watershed districts collecting water samples to measure phosphorus in the Lake Winnipeg watershed. The network is designed to identify localized phosphorus hotspots, areas where phosphorus-reduction efforts should be targeted.

Together with our members, LWF advances evidence-based solutions to manage the largest sources of phosphorus feeding Lake Winnipeg’s algae blooms.

In November, LWF asked Environment Minister Mike Moyes to direct the Clean Environment Commission (CEC) to review the environmental sustainability of Manitoba’s hog industry. So far, we haven’t received a response. We need your help! We’re asking our members to contact Minister Moyes to urge him to engage the CEC in a fulsome review of Manitoba’s hog industry.

Thank you to the generous individuals, families, and organizations who supported LWF from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. Your commitment strengthens our work and helps create real, lasting change for Lake Winnipeg. We are honoured to recognize every donor in this listing.

Our Fall & Winter 2025 newsletter celebrates national recognition for LWF’s policy leadership, welcomes more than 400 new members to our growing community, and shares important updates on Indigenous-led water protection through the Lake Winnipeg Indigenous Collective.

LWF has written to provincial environment minister Mike Moyes, asking that he direct Manitoba's Clean Environment Commission (CEC) to review the environmental sustainability of the hog industry.

LWF has requested that Minister Mike Moyes direct the Clean Environment Commission to review the environmental sustainability of Manitoba's hog industry and report on progress towards recommendations made in 2007.

LWF's 20th summer was a huge success. We were thrilled to return to the village of Dunnottar for Walk for Water, as well as continue our connection with Victoria Beach with Walk for Water and Bike to the Beach. We are grateful for the time and commitment of so many community members.

Chelsea Lobson, LWF’s Programs Director, reflects on how the Lake Winnipeg Community-Based Monitoring Network came to be and how it has changed over time.