Greetings!
Welcome to the Alberta Lake Management Society's tenth edition of "The New Wave". We endeavour to keep you up to date monthly with all of our activities and events, as well as water quality news from around the province.
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The 15th Annual ALMS Conference
The topic of this years conference is Air, Land & Water - Leadership in Integrated Environmental Management. The conference will be held September 18 - 20, 2008 at the Sherwood Park Best Western. Highlights include integrated land use policy and law, environmental management of the Beaver Hills including issues related to the Industrial Heatland, integrated air & water monitoring, climate change in Western Canada and its impact on lakes and water resources, and how communities can make a difference.
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Meet Our Two New Summer Technicians!
Summer is here again, and with it comes another season of lake sampling through our Lakewatch program! Sophie and Lisa are our two new summer technicians. They will be busy traveling the province and sampling Alberta lakes with volunteers! If you are interested in having your lake tested next year click here for more information.
Sophie has a master degree with specialization in limnology,
paleolimnology and hydrobiology.
She is from Paris
and she worked for 2 years in France,
Guadeloupe and french Guyana.
She enjoys being in the field, especially in extreme environments such as high
mountain lakes or Amazonian streams. She was a ping-pong, foosball and
monopoly champion when she was younger and she likes to drink a good wine.
Lisa just graduated from the University of Alberta
with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Environmental Conservation Sciences,
majoring in Conservation Biology. While attaining her degree, she
completed an environmental field course in northern Alberta
and a marine conservation field course in Bamfield, British Columbia.
In her spare time Lisa enjoys scuba diving and hiking and is looking
forward to a great field season!
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2008 Lakewatch Lakes
The Lakes that will be tested in 2008 as part of the Lakewatch Program are:
ALMS Sponsored Lakes
Clear Lake
Wizard Lake
Lac Sante
Wapasu Lake
Hastings Lake
Pine Lake
Blackfalds Lake
Goose Lake
Lac la Nonne
Beaver River Watershed Alliance Lakes
Bear Trap Lake
Crane Lake
Laurier Lake
Marie Lake
Skeleton Lake
Minnie Lake
Amisk Lake
Beaver Lake
Whitefish Lake
Stoney Lake
Park Lakes
Beauvais Lake
Dilberry Lake
Gregg Lake
Gregoire Lake
Jarvis Lake
Long Lake (near Boyle)
Miquelon Lake
Steele (Cross) Lake
Upper Kananaskis Lake
Lower Kananaskis Lake
For more information on the Lakewatch Program and for participant reviews see: Lakewatch
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The Scholarship Winner for 2008 is Nathan Ballard! The ALMS Lake Science Scholarship provides funds to a student from a Canadian University for scientific studies on lakes, reservoirs, and their watersheds in Alberta. Read More!
Nathan is focused on geochemical aspects of microbial and algal ecology...
Read more about Nathan's research!
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