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Does anyone have any issues with the tubers on the Little Saskatchewan river ?

Why would anyone as long as they don’t litter it’s no different then any other river or lake

We are fortunate enough to have a place that people could tube down the river when water levels are higher. This gives some entertainment and a chance to enjoy the outdoors by all ages. As long as they don't litter there should be no issues. The only recommendation is to have a donation bin to pay for things like garbage bags at the start. Or a farmer to dedicate a small area to park at the end. Honestly I am more concerned about the farmer letting his cattle roam freely through the water. The contaminantes from the animals do more harm than some tubers.

I wouldn’t worry to much about the cows, if it’s phosphates that your worried about you should realize that any plant that grows along, or in a waterway takes up phosphate to grow, and when that plant dies the phosphates end up in the water, same goes for erosion along waterways, the soil is naturally full of phosphates which if eroded into the water raises phosphate levels.  
The same story goes for nitrogen.  
This is the reason for elevated levels of both following high water events.  
Now we could look at pathogens like e-coli, they are present in the gut system of just about everything, so deer, foxes, ducks or likely even fish contaminate water.