The Saugeen Bruce Peninsula is renowned for its sheer escarpment bluffs, rich wetlands, and rugged shorelines. Yet the primary ecological engine governing life across our landscape is hidden right under our feet: karst topography.
Join the Bruce Peninsula Biosphere Association (BPBA) alongside guest Hydrogeology Specialists for an interactive, visually grounded evening exploring our landscape's plumbing. Learn how fractures, sinkholes, and porous bedrock govern regional aquifers, why groundwater and surface streams connect in unexpected ways, and what this means for safeguarding well water, land development, and soil stewardship.
đź“… Thursday, November 5, 2026
⏰ 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
đź“Ť Online (Google Meet link sent to participants who RSVP)
🎟️ FREE
What You Will Discover
The Hidden Machinery of Karst: What karst really means on the Saugeen Bruce Peninsula, and why our landscape behaves unlike anywhere else in southern Ontario.
Connecting Surface Water & Aquifers: How snowmelt and rain recharge groundwater, and why water pathways do not respect normal surface watershed boundaries.
Water Quality & Rural Land Care: Understanding event-driven contaminant transport, protecting drinking wellheads, and applying practical Best Management Practices (BMPs) for rural, farm, and residential properties.
Fresh Insights from Regional Science: Key findings from the BPBA's recent hydrological research and literature reviews, remaining local data gaps, and future monitoring opportunities.
Community Q&A: A dedicated 20-minute open discussion to ask your own property, well, and land management questions.
Featured Speakers
- Dr. Hugh Simpson, Ph.D., P.Geo. — Morwick G360 Groundwater Research Institute, University of Guelph. Leading Knowledge Translation and Transfer (KTT) to help rural communities connect land stewardship with deep groundwater protection. Project Supervisor for the Biosphere's Karst Groundwater Knowledge Translation and Transfer project.
- Dr. Ceilidh Mackie, Ph.D — University of Guelph. Researcher specializing in groundwater-surface water interactions, water quality, and Peninsula karst systems. Karst literature review for the Biosphere's recent Karst Groundwater Knowledge Translation and Transfer project.
- Dr. Jennifer Adams — Science Advisor, Bruce Peninsula Biosphere Association. Guiding the Biosphere Association's aquatic restoration, watershed monitoring, and freshwater initiatives utilizing 20 years of limnology and freshwater research and a Ph.D in limnology from University College London (2017) and former research positions at the Universities of Waterloo and Toronto.
- John Rodgers — Vice-Chair, Bruce Peninsula Biosphere Association. Multi-generational Peninsula farmer and local science educator with an academic background in Crop Science. Leads restoration projects and field work at the Biosphere.
