Children can help save Lake Simcoe

Children can help save Lake Simcoe

Lake Simcoe is not just any lake. We are very lucky to have the fourth largest lake in Ontario right at our fingertips. Lake Simcoe is Canada's ice fishing capital. Thousands catch fish from our lake every year. What would happen if all of the fish suddenly weren't there? What would happen if all that was in the lake was overgrown weeds? There would be no swimming (I know I wouldn't want to swim in a lake full of weeds). There would be no fishing because, as the weeds decayed, all the oxygen would be used up and there would be none left for the fish. The lake would die. At the rate we are going, this is what's happening. A chemical called phosphorus is causing the weeds to overgrow. I remember a few years ago when my parents decided to help the lake by cutting down on the amount of phosphorus we use at our house. We changed all of our soaps and stopped fertilizing our lawn with commercial fertilizers. At that time, I didn't take much notice of phosphorus or its effects on the lake. I didn't understand