Alberta Lake Management Society Newsletter
October 2014
Fall Workshop Presentations Online!
Thank you to everyone who made our 21st annual workshop in Slave Lake a huge success! This event would not have been possible without the support of our generous sponsors, knowledgeable speakers, and the Lesser Slave Watershed Council!

At our workshop we heard from stellar speakers on a range of topics from the Paleolimnology of Lesser Slave Lake to the Future of Lake Monitoring in Alberta. Many of the presentations from our workshop are now available on our website - check them out here!
 
Which Lake has Flowering Rush?
What's spookier than invasive species? This past summer, our talented Invasive Plant Technician, Alyssa Cloutier, conducted intensive aquatic plant sampling at Chestermere Lake, Wizard Lake, and Sylvan Lake. The goal of this sampling was to identify invasive plant species as well as to characterize the native plant population.

The results from these three lakes are now available on our website, here! Which lake did we find Flowering Rush in? You'll have to read the reports to find out!

ALMS will be hosting invasive plant identification workshops in the spring! Contact us to learn more at info@alms.ca or 780-702-2567.
LakeWatch Success and Survey

I can't believe another LakeWatch season has come and gone. Thank you to all of the stewards and sponsors who make this program possible, as well as our fantastic field technicians: Kara, Brittany, and Jackson!

A couple highlights from this past season include:
  • data collected from over thirty unique lakes,
  • a total of 576 volunteer hours committed to lake sampling,
  • over 140 lake sampling trips completed,
  • a 95.1% trip completion rate - a new record!
To wrap up the season, we are asking our volunteers to help us improve our program by completing the LakeWatch Volunteer Survey. The survey will take only a few minutes to complete and you will be entered into a draw to win an ALMS prize package! Follow the link to access the survey.

Finally, the data is slowly trickling in from our various labs - we expect to have all of the data in by the new year and the reports released by next spring. Stay tuned!
Wabamun Lake Subwatershed Land Use Plan (WLSLUP)
Parkland County, in collaboration with Stantec Consulting and 10 other collaborators, is undertaking the development of a land use plan for areas adjacent to Wabamun Lake in order to improve the health of its subwatershed. Out of this project, Parkland County hopes to create a toolbox which can be used to develop other site specific lake land use plans. This is an excellent example of cooperation and collaboration between stewards and many levels of government. The WLSLUP process will be a four phase process including:

I) Review and Summary of Wabamun Lake Reports and Documentation
II) Development of a Lake Management Plan
III) Implentation of Plan
IV) Development of a Toolbox for Other Lakes

Phase I of the process is already underway - and there is an opportunity for your involvement! See sidebar for details.
The McIntosh Bulrush Award

Congratulations to the Pigeon Lake Watershed Association (PLWA) who were recipients of the 2014 McIntosh Bulrush Award in recognition of exemplary lake stewardship activities!

Great job, PLWA!
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Whats new with ALMS?
 Happy Halloween!
Events
Alberta Teacher's Association Science Conference
in Banff November 13th-15th
 
NALMS 2015 - Managing for Results: In-lake and Watershed Management
November 11th-15th in Tampa, Florida.

On November 12th, learn more about the current status of the Wabamun Lake Subwatershed at Jubilee Hall, Wabamun Lake.