EDMONTON – The North Saskatchewan River – a glacier-fed waterway that flows from the Rocky Mountains to the middle of Saskatchewan – has a new keeper, a full-time charitable guardian dedicated to the conservation of the river and the watershed that feeds it.
Glenn Isaac, Edmonton’s first riverkeeper, said the North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper group wants to ensure people can enjoy the nearly 1,300-kilometre river in the most basic ways.
"Our vision is a watershed where we can all safely and enjoyably swim, drink and fish," he said.
The charity, funded by private donations, will become involved with water testing, water quality and citizen concerns. The next few years, Isaac said, will bring layers of legislation, plans and policy for the river and the vast watershed that feeds into it.
The Waterkeeper Alliance, an international organization headed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., involves 190 water conservation groups in the United States and nine in Canada.
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