Alberta Lake Management Society Newsletter

October 2015

Fall Workshop Presentations Online

Over 150 people attended the ALMS 22nd annual workshop in Stony Plain. Participants commented on the excellent presentations and field tour stops that showcased innovation, collaboration, and adaptation in lake management. The Alberta Water Council led hours of deep thinking about solutions to the challenges of lake management policy in Alberta. Expect their final report in 2016.

PDFs of presentations are now available on our website and we will post a link to the audio of the presentations (produced by the Land-use Knowledge Network) when it is ready.

Finally, this event would not have been possible without the support of our generous sponsors. Thank you to the Alberta Water Council, Parkland County, Aquality Environmental, TransAlta and the North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance.

Fall Stewardship Grants

1) The Watershed Stewardship Grant (WSG) program is now accepting applications for a special Fall 2015 round of WSG funding. Through this special Fall 2015 grant, grants up to $15,000 will be issued to eligible groups on a per-project basis. Deadline 4:30 PM MST on October 31, 2015.

2) TD Friends of the Environment Foundation: Project and training grants for environmental education, tree planting, energy conservation, school yard or urban naturalization projects, community gardening programs, habitat restoration, endangered species/wildlife protection, environmental research. Deadline: October 15. Read more...

3) EcoAction Community Funding supports non-profit, community-based projects that will protect, rehabilitate or enhance the natural environment, and build the capacity of communities to sustain these activities into the future. Deadline November 1. Read more...

4) Mountain Equipment Co-op, Community Contributions: Read more...

5) ATB Time to Think Grant: Funding to support developing and, where possible, executing a plan, strategy or training opportunity. Deadline: November 23. Read more...

6) Growing Forward 2, Agricultural Watershed Enhancement:
This program facilitates the delivery of targeted, comprehensive extension programs, increased uptake of wetland restoration and riparian health beneficial management practices (BMPs), and realize significant and measurable changes within high risk watershed areas, focused on addressing water quality issues. Read more...

Low Impact Development Guide RFP

The Pigeon Lake Watershed Association is partnering with the Alberta Low Impact Development Partnership (ALIDP) to develop an Illustrated LID Guide showcasing healthy runoff management practices.

The PLWA/ALIDP invites LID Practitioners to submit an expression of interest for the preparation of the illustrated guide. The EOI Terms of Reference and any addenda can be downloaded on the PLWMP website (scroll down from the top a few lines to see the item for the EOI). The submission deadline is October 23rd.