Join the Conversation on Water | Healthy Lakes are at the top of the list of topics to be discussed at 20 public conversations on water.The Government of Alberta has prepared a Water Conversation Guide which describes the four priority areas and why input is needed in each of them to prepare for the future.
ALMS cannot emphasize enough how important it is to speak up for lakes! Public sessions are being held in communities across the province and a complete list of locations can be found here. We encourage members to participate in the public sessions or to complete the online workbook that will be available on the water conversation website.
In addition to public sessions, ALMS has been invited to participate in stakeholder sessions and will continue to communicate any developments from the engagement process to our members moving forward. In a few locations we need members to represent us: if you are an ALMS member, have knowledge of lake issues and solutions, and live in these locations: Grande Prairie, Medicine Hat, Milk River, Edson, or Slave Lake please volunteer to represent us.
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Save Our Lakes: The Health Impacts of Toxic Blue-Green Algae Blooms in Alberta
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Come join the North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper and ALMS for an evening of discussion and education on the topic of toxic blue-green algae blooms in our lakes. Free of Charge!
Toxic blue-green algae blooms are a known threat to swimmable, drinkable, fishable waters because of the human health impacts. Our objectives for the evening are to provide the participants with the reasons for the concern and provide answers on what we can do and can not do. Our promise is an evening that will both educate and entertain all those who attend and discussion that will impact the way we think and act regarding our Alberta lakes.
Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 18:00 - 20:30
Location: Atrium and Lecture Theatre 150, Telus Centre for Professional Development, NW corner of 87ave and 111st. University of Alberta Campus
Itinerary:
6:00PM: Reception and information displays (light snacks and beverages provided)
6:40PM: Welcome and Introductions
6:45PM: Interactive Presentation on the Health Impacts of Blue-Green Algae Blooms Presented by: Ron Zurawell, Ph.D., P.Biol., Limnologist, Water Policy Branch Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
7:30PM: Introduction and Screening of the CBC "Nature of Things" Documentary, Save My Lake
8:15PM: Adjournment or further discussion
WEBINAR OPTION AVAILABLE!
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Most Threatened Lake in the World 2013 |
| Blue Green Algae washed up on shore. |
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Call for Symposium Partners
| ALMS is building a team to host the 2016 North American Lake Management (NALMS) Symposium. This will be ALMS' 25th anniversary year.
If you are interesting in partnering to bring this international symposium to Alberta, please contact us.
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Do a Survey, Win a Book!
| | Please complete this 5 minute website feedback survey to help us evaluate our websites' features, content and future updates.
Respondents will be entered to win "Butterflies of Alberta" (a glossy, hardcover book)
Your help would be much appreciated.
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ALMS is Hiring! | | LakeWatch Technicians 3 positions Job Posting - Closing date Feb 24
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Water Boatman, Loudest Animal on Earth
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You may be surprised to learn that the lesser water boatman (Micronecta scholtzi), a 2 mm long insect living in freshwater bodies across Europe, is the loudest animal on the planet.
What's even more surprising, however, is how they make the sound: with their genitals. A male rubbing its ridged penis, which measure no more than 50 �m in length, across its ridged abdomen, is able to produce a sound as loud as a passing freight train, or 99.2 decibels.
Why do they make these sounds, you may wonder? In the name of love, of course. Male lesser water boatmen use this sound to attract mates, and though 99% of the sound is absorbed by the water, a male singing on a stream bed is audible even to a human walking along the bank. After discovering this sound in 2011, the lesser water boatman became the loudest animal on earth relative to its size.
While this specific noisy species has never been observed in Alberta, at least ten genera of water boatmen do call our province home and can be seen, and maybe even heard, in our lakes and streams.
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