Bronte Creek is a 304 square kilometer watershed located in the South Western Ontario. Human impact, such as riparian deforestation and development of dams, the temperature of the creek has increased, which also has deoxygenated the water. This increase in the cold water temperature has become detrimental to the aquatic life inhabiting the creek, such as the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) that need oxygenated water to survive 6.

In spring of 2009, the Bronte Creek Watershed Renewal Program was set in place, by the Trout Unlimited Organization, along with many local landowners in the region. The plan was design to run for 5 years, to decrease the water temperature so that the brook trout and other specimens in the ecosystem can thrive again on the cold water. Along with organizations such as the Conservation Halton and the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the goal to engage many of the local residence and landowners in assisting the renewal of the Creek back to its original temperature. This included the removal of multiple small dams, making zones specifically for riparian, and assessing the damage caused by erosion due to walking trails too close to the creek (the erosion is causing the widening of the creek, thus decreasing the depth, as well as increasing its overall temperature) 6. Several departments in the town of Morriston and the city of Oakville have partnered together for managing the program and due to the success of this program, development of new programs for other part of the region are now being assessed and designed for future expansion of the restoration plans 6.

Pink Lake in Gatineau Park

Pink Lake of Gatineau Park, Quebec, shoreline has become eroded due to the increase in uncontrolled visiting of hikers and campers brought on the opening of the Gatineau Parkway in 1958. The erosion has led to the nutrient rich soil to sink into the meromictic lake (a lake that will not mix with or break down the soil), the sediment in the lake has now led to a severe increase in algal production, as well as an dangerous increase in plant reproduction due to excess nutrients, which will crash after the nutrients of from the soil is depleted 7. With no educational or interpretive signs on the parkway to help hikers to understand the problem, then it will only get worse. After an assessment performed by the National Capital Commission, a proposal was design to not only decrease the hiking in detrimental areas near the lake, but to create an alternative to the sites enjoyment and improvements to the visitor access.

With help from Trent University, rehabilitation plans were design by permitting controlled access to prohibited areas around the lake. Parties and fires on the shoreline of the lake, as well as swimming in it, have been prohibited and now enforced by park management. Removal of old infrastructure near the lake to deviate accessible zones by the lake, as well as construction of a boardwalk that led to a lookout structure over the lake increase the use of sections at a safe distance from the lake shore, but still was enjoyable for hikers and other visitors of the park 7.  By 2008, the restoration of Pink Lake was complete, with the new elevated structures and prohibited zones, the lichen growth and erosion had decreased, and due to the success of the project,  many new plans are being designed for other regions of the park, such as Meech lake and Eardley Escarpment.