Sediment at the bottom of the Harbour is contaminated with a century and a half of sewage and industrial pollution. The containment project at Randle Reef has successfully created a $140-million steel box around much of the most heavily contaminated material.

Engaging community volunteers is a critically important aspect of BARC’s work to reconnect people with the harbour and make real gains in restoring habitats. Each year, many community volunteers participate in actions to increase the number of plants in the marsh or collect important citizen science data on the quality of our local environment.

BARC began delivering educational programming in schools and across the community 3 decades ago. That programming has increased in scope and extent, to include more than 15,000 students across the Hamilton Harbour watershed each year.