In 2023 Doris was recognized as a GROAT one of the Greatest Rangers of All Time.

Winner in the historian category: Doris Albert

• With more than 200 observations at 26 locations, Doris Albert of the Big Rideau Lake Association has been testing regularly with the Water Rangers testkit since 2018 (and has been one of our greatest testers since that time!). Even before Doris started testing with us in 2018, however, she and other members of her community were collecting data on Big Rideau Lake: Doris recently shared with us “ice-on” and “ice-off” data her neighbor collected between 1986 and now on O’Mearas Bay!

• One initial insight gleaned from the data is that the amount of time with ice-on has decreased by almost 14 days in the past 40 years. This shows the power of long-term community-based water monitoring. Thank you to Doris and Big Rideau for their long-term dedication to water protection! You can check out Doris’ data here.

Looking to make a meaningful contribution to environmental preservation on the Big Rideau? Sign up to be a Water Ranger. Please reach out via info@bigrideaulakeassociation.com.