The Challenges with Urbanization and Protection of Water and Aquatic Environments
A public lecture by Jack Imhoff
January 22nd, 2026
As we see higher climate variability, we need to realize that development is not a choice between fish or people. It is about creating both a healthy and safe living environment for people and fish.
Development can and usually does change the water cycle within a watershed. Depending how development and the management of water, often called stormwater is undertaken can either ensure a healthy environment, stable streams and healthy groundwater or it can create property and infrastructure issues which can place a heavy toll on communities. Fish are not the issue. They are indicators and recipients of our management or mis-management .
Join us for the second lecture in a series examining our relationship with and responsibilities to the land.
- Thursday, Jan. 22 at 7pm
- Research and Academic Centre East, Room RCE004, 150 Dalhousie St., Brantford ON
- Admission is FREE!
- Seating is first-come, first-served
This is a free, public event, and is also available online!
Please register here whether attending in person, or by remote participation.
For more information contact: events@brantlandtrust.ca
Jack Imhof has spent over 50 years working on river and watershed restoration - his areas of specialization are restoration ecology, watershed science and management and natural channel design. During that time Jack has also been an active fly fisher, fishing across Canada and around the world. His work has won him multiple awards for his ongoing efforts to improve the health and quality of Canada’s watersheds, including the Conservation Pioneer Award at the A.D. Latornell Symposium (2012), and the title of Legend in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences by the Canadian Aquatic Resources Section of the American Fisheries Society (2022). Since retiring in 2017 as the National Biologist and Director of Conservation Ecology for Trout Unlimited Canada (now Freshwater Conservation Canada), he has been developing and teaching the FCC/TUC Watershed and Stream Rehabilitation Training Program. During his working career he was a provincial Aquatic Ecologist and Watershed Research Scientist with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, and an adjunct professor at University of Guelph, University of Waterloo, Brock University and Trent University. In retirement he sits on advisory boards and continues to provide policy and science advice to various NGOs and municipalities.
