As part of MDC’s One Health initiative, we are happy to bring you a project we have been working on which focuses on the health benefits of being out in nature. Inspired by the Park Rx movement, we hope that through sharing information on this topic we can better support the health of our citizens and facilitate a connection with nature.
MDC’s Resource Science Division (RSD), Fisheries Division and others have been involved in collecting information on aquatic systems for over 60 years. Much of this information has been entered into electronic databases maintained by RSD staff. Recent advances in electronic database management and communication makes it practical to combine elements of these multiple databases into a single aquatic database. The advantage of accessing information through the RSD-IAD compared to past practices is that access will be instantaneous and the information will be the most current