by Kim Brons-Hewitt | Dec 3, 2019 | Current Committee Projects, Natural Edge, News
You can read more about natural edge projects here, but below we have images of the project done in McIntosh Point on Emma Lake. The Shoreline at Work Demonstration Site The Shorelines at Work Demonstration Site is part of the project “Emma Lake Action &...
by Kim Brons-Hewitt | Jul 12, 2019 | Current Committee Projects, Natural Edge, News
Article originally printed in Vacationland News July 3rd 2019 Issue. As Janet and Grant Gibson locked up their McPhail Cove cabin last Fall, they knew when they next saw it, things were going to look drastically different. They had lost seven of their huge, old spruce...
by Kim Brons-Hewitt | May 3, 2019 | Current Committee Projects, News
Nutrient loads, as evidenced by excess plankton growth, have become increasingly evident at Emma Lake over the past several summers. Increased nutrients are tied to a variety of sources including: lawn and garden fertilizers; septic tank seepage; and increased storm...
by Kim Brons-Hewitt | Feb 12, 2019 | Current Committee Projects
During the summer of 2016, the District of Lakeland #521 and its Environmental Advisory Committee partnered with the North Saskatchewan River Basin Council (NSRBC) to deliver the Love Your Lake program on Anglin, Christopher and Emma Lakes. The Love Your Lake program...
by Kim Brons-Hewitt | Feb 12, 2019 | Current Committee Projects
The District of Lakeland Environmental Advisory Committee takes this issue very seriously and has over the past few years partnered with the North Saskatchewan River Basin Council (NSRBC) to address this potential invasion and to promote the Clean, Drain and Dry...