The Alberta Lake Management Society, in partnership with the North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance, is hosting a workshop on developing a Lake Management Framework for Alberta. With increasing pressure on Alberta's lakes and the movement towards watershed based approaches to lake management, it is important that lake managers and stewardship groups have the tools necessary to best manage their lake environments. Once completed, the Lake Management Framework will act as a guidance document for lake stewardship groups and lake managers who are developing management plans for their basins.

 

The workshop will take place at the Gold Bar Center of Excellence Auditorium on November 28, 2009. The workshop will include speakers from lake management groups at various stages of the planning process (ex. Lac La Biche, Lac la Nonne and Pigeon Lake), and will follow with an open discussion on the content of the framework document. Discussion will be aided by a draft framework outline that includes key sections, for example: current lake management policy, governance issues, and practical, technical guidance for developing lake nutrient budgets, in-lake water quality targets, and basin land use targets. Much of this information and research has been completed and the framework document is intended to assemble this information so that it is more readily available to lake managers.

 

The ultimate goal of the guidance document is to provide Alberta-specific tools for lake management groups and to create consistency in lake management planning and approaches.  The target audience for the workshop is: lake managers, stewardship groups, municipal planners, watershed planning and advisory councils, and government water policy representatives, though we welcome all ALMS members to attend. Please contact Steph Neufeld at sneufeld@epcor.ca for more information.

 

Click HERE  for directions to the Gold Bar Center of Excellence Auditorium