Greetings!
Welcome to the Alberta Lake Management Society's March edition of "The New Wave". |
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Would you like your lake water tested?
ALMS is currently looking for volunteers to step forward to have their lake's water quality sampled this summer. We provide our Lakewatch technicians, sampling equipment, and sample analysis. Volunteers provide their time for monthly trips as well as a boat. We also provide a report on the data collected that you can use to evaluate your lake's health.
If you are interested please contact our new Lakewatch Coordinator Bradely Peter at 780-415-9765 or send him an email. If you would like to learn more about our Lakewatch program please click here. |
ALMS Stewardship Workshop
Presentations are Posted!
Over 40 people attended the ALMS Stewardship Workshop, held March 19th in Edmonton. Thank you to all the speakers and to the attendees for making it very informative day and for providing such great feedback to assist ALMS in our programming. Many of the presentations are now posted on the the Stewardship Workshop page ALMS website, if you would like to view one that is not posted please contact us and we'll arrange to send it to you. |
Profile on: Red Deer River Watershed Alliance
ALMS would like to recognize he great, momentum-building work of the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance. Specifically the work related to their Integrated Watershed Management Plan (IWMP) Community Workshops on Watershed Planning. A total of 130 participants attended a series of workshops in January to discuss issues in the Red Deer River Watershed. Another set of workshops are planned for April 26-28, 2011.
"Having recently lived in Red Deer/Gull Lake for nearly 5 years, I have witnessed a shift in people's attitudes towards water quality in lakes and rivers. I am very excited about the traction the RDRWA is finally receiving!" Juanna Thompson, ALMS Board Member
The RDRWA is hosting a general meeting in Hanna on April 7th. If you would like to participate in this meeting or in the upcoming IWMP community workshops, to talk about solutions in the watershed, please go to the website and follow the links: www.rdrwa.ca |
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Nominate a Hometown Hero Today
If you know of an individual, community group, or small business that is doing amazing environmental work, recognize their success! They can win a $10 000 cash-prize to support their work. Visit www.earthday.ca/hometown for details. The deadline is April 22. |
Alberta News and Opportunities for Input
South Saskatchewan Regional Planning
South Saskatchewan Regional Advisory Council's Advice to the Government of Alberta for the South Saskatchewan Region was released. Water, economic development, and conservation are key areas of advice for this land-use plan. You can find the document online at www.landuse.alberta.ca.
Bill 10, the Alberta Land Stewardship Amendment Act
Recently announced in the Alberta Legislature, Bill 10 is intended to amend the Alberta Land Stewardship Act by clarifying the original intent of the legislation - to plan for the future needs of Albertans and manage growth, while respecting existing property rights. Please follow this link to view the Alberta Land Stewardship Amendment Act news release, backgrounder and information on Bill 10: http://alberta.ca/home/1410.cfm.
Moving from Words to Actions: Input Needed
In 2010, the Alberta Water Council established a Project Team be to "work with Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils and watershed stewardship groups to improve the information exchange and alignment of outcomes among partnerships." This Project Team drafted "Moving from Words to Actions." This draft report describes the current state of partnership communications, some of the challenges for improving communications and several recommendations to address these challenges.
There four questions the Project team would like you to answer:
- Has the Team accurately described the current state of communications between all of the Water for Life partnerships?
- Has the Team identified all the challenges with communications, given the current partnership system? Did we miss any key challenges?
- Have we made reasonable, implementable recommendations to address the challenges identified? Did we miss any recommendations?
- Do you believe your partnership or sector is willing and able to support or implement recommendations targeted to you, in the timeline suggested?
Click here to download the draft report. Please email your responses to these questions directly to info@landstewardship.org. Your responses will be collected until April 15.
Alberta Government News Releases
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