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BC Lake Stewardship Society (BCLSS) 206 - 1889 Springfield Rd. Kelowna, BC V1Y 5V5 Phone: 250.717.1212 Fax: 250.717.1226 Toll Free: 1.877 BC LAKES E-mail: [email protected] Visit us on the web: www.bclss.org
Volume 15, Issue 2 July 2012
A Message from the BCLSS President
Osoyoos Lake (Photo credit: Alicia Osland)
In this issue...In this issue...In this issue... JULY‘S FEATURES PAGE
A Message from the BCLSS President 1 - 2 LakeKeepers Courses 2012 2 Volunteer Awards 2012 3 Call for Help 4 2012 Conference Summary 5 - 6 Logan Lake Winter Oxygenation 7 - 9 Lake Management Planning Panel Summary 11
BCLSS BUSINESS UPDATE PAGE BCLSS Membership / Sponsorship Form 10 Announcements 12
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I t is looking like 2012 is shaping up to be a year of marked change for the BCLSS because we have lost our funding from the Ministry of Environment (MOE). After nine years of suc-cessful implementation of the BC Lake Stewardship and Moni-toring Program (BCLSMP), the funding was cut due to current provincial budget restraint.
The program resulted in 102 lake groups trained to collect data, 55 lake reports produced (with another 4 in progress), 57 lakes reporting ice-on and ice-off dates, and an increase in the number of lakes participating in the Annual Secchi Dip-In from 26 (in 2002) to 49 (in 2011).
Our MOE funding was $75,000/year and covered the wages of one full-time and one part-time employee. This allowed us to obtain funding from other sources for projects such as the development of our LakeKeepers courses and the Aquatic Plant Survey program.
What this means to the BCLSS is that we will be discontinuing the BCLSMP, and as a re-sult, very few lake reports will be produced. We intend to continue to support our volun-teers in any way possible, however we are not sure what this will consist of until we are suc-cessful in obtaining other funding. We don’t want to lose our volunteers’ enthusiasm or dedication, therefore we encourage volun-teers to continue to collect level 1 data and submit it to the BCLSS office at the end of the sampling season as it is important that we continue with long-term baseline monitoring.
Our Board has decided that, for 2012, we will apply for funding from sources other than MOE and our primary program will be the im-plementation of LakeKeepers, using the La-keKeepers manual as a framework for our
By Norm Zirnhelt, BCLSS President
Norm volunteer sampling on Opheim Lake
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LakeKeepers Courses for 2012
activities. We held two very successful LakeKeepers training courses in 2011 in Kelowna and Nanaimo, on which we received very positive feedback from participants. We have two courses scheduled for 2012, one in Nelson and the other in Quesnel.
While this is a difficult period, we remain hopeful that through the generous support of funders other than MOE, we can provide our lake groups and members with some support in their endeavors toward protecting a treasured re-source: British Columbia’s Lakes.
Editor’s note: Please see “Call to Action” article on p. 4.
T he BCLSS is pleased to announce that there will be two LakeKeepers Courses held once again this summer.
The LakeKeepers workshop is an information-packed 2-day workshop taught by a qualified instructor. A va-riety of topics will be covered, including organizing a stewardship group, fundraising, lake ecology, water-shed planning and developing a lake monitoring pro-gram. Additional modules will be covered as well, based on the interests of the attendees (as discussed and determined prior to the workshop). Optional mod-ules include: Invasive Species, Aquatic Plant Survey-ing, Watershed Assessments, and Watershed Plan-ning Processes.
The first will be held in Nelson from August 25 - 26, 2012. The Friends of Kootenay Lake were able to suc-cessfully raise funds to hold this course. For more in-formation, please contact Claire de la Salle at 250.825.4375 or [email protected].
The second course will be in Quesnel from September 29 - 30, 2012. Tracy Bond of the Baker Creek Enhancement Society is coordinating the event. For more information, please contact her at [email protected] or 250.992.2295.
Photo by Kevin Cappis http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevincappis/4747505385/
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Outstanding Volunteer Efforts Award Recipients for 2012
Barbara Yeomans Barb envisioned the need for a Lake Management Plan and community education about Slocan Lake long before anyone else in the area knew what a Lake Management Plan was or why it mattered.
In early 2007, Barb co-authored and distributed a survey that started area residents considering the role that the lake played in the life of the community. Then she pulled together a diverse group of people to do the work, and she shepherded, cajoled, hounded, led and loved us into committing our time, energy, and resources toward making a stewardship society that was open, inclusive, and influential. From the beginning, Barb held a vision of a group that would unite rather than separate the community, and the broad reach of our present membership is a testimonial to her vision and energy.
A founding member of the Slocan Lake Stewardship Society, she donated hundreds of hours of time during her four years on the board. Barb continues to play an active role as a member, involved in community education, fundraising, and visioning for the future. During the course of her time on the board, she helped obtain funding and volunteer support for over $250,000 worth of scientific studies on the lake. Under her direction the SLSS counts among its educational achieve-ments: numerous local newspaper articles, community informational meetings, boating guide distribution, co-hosting of boating safety program, invasive plant program, boat washing stations, Lake Lies and Fishy Tales, the Geezer Fish com-petition, and education about watersheds in our schools. The organization’s scientific achievements include three years of water testing and the use of numerous community volunteers, a year long creel survey at 7 points on the lake that was entirely volunteer staffed, GPS mapping of the lake, video mapping of the lake, a Foreshore Fish and Wildlife Habitat Assessment, and more.
Brian Passey Brian has been the key person at Jimsmith Lake for initiating the BCLSS Lake Stewardship and Monitoring Program
and guiding the Jimsmith Lake Shoreline Management Guidelines to completion (with the East Kootenay Integrated Lake Management Partnership (EKILMP)).
Brian also serves as a volunteer on the Advisory Planning Commission to the Area C Director - Regional District of East Kootenay. This group advises the Director on a number of issues relating to land use.
In most organizations there are always key individuals that make things happen. Brian is one such individual. He has successfully written and managed grants for an oxygen meter and for the consultant to complete the 2012 Jimsmith Lake Shoreline Management Guidelines. Brian has attended many EKILMP meetings on behalf of the community of Jimsmith Lake. Prior to the EKILMP shoreline inventory, Brian completed his own photo segments as additional information.
Susanne Ashmore (centre) presenting Barbara (left) and Brian (right) with their awards
The BCLSS annual award honours volunteers for their outstanding efforts
Jimsmith Lake would not have a lake test-ing program or the 2012 Jimsmith Lake Shoreline Management Guidelines without Brian Passey.
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Call for Help The Board of the BCLSS is asking all of its 63 member groups for help.
This is the background.
Earlier this year BCLSS President Norm Zirnhelt and Vice-President Rick Nordin met with Terry Lake, Minister of Environ-ment (MOE), to discuss renewal funding for BCLSS. The BCLSS has received funding over the past 9 years from MOE. The Minister acknowledged the contributions of the BCLSS but stopped short of committing funds. In Norm Zirnhelt's report for 2012 on p. 1 he noted that the MOE has discontinued the $75,000 per year core funding for BCLSS.
Without core funding, it is difficult to receive funding from other agencies who wish to underwrite projects, not support the essential office and staff costs. This is equivalent to going to a bank and asking for a mortgage without collateral. The board understands how government works in prioritizing cost efficiencies, however, we believe it is important, and timely, to respond to this decision.
The significance of this funding cut is the office cannot be operated effectively, programs cannot be underwritten and the existence of the BCLSS as a fully effective organization is seriously impacted.
Why is the work of the BCLSS important?
The BCLSS is the only organization that has a provincial mandate for lake stewardship on a volunteer basis. While other NGO organizations deal with stream stewardship, wetlands, wildlife etc., they do not address issues at the watershed scale. The BCLSS focuses on the maintenance and health of lakes – science, workshops, and yearly conferences; all at the grass roots level.
The BCLSS also serves as an intermediary for a number of agencies including consultants, NGOs, university, govern-ment and First Nations. Every year the BCLSS convenes a lake conference at a different lake locale throughout the prov-ince serving as an opportunity for the members to network, discuss problems and share solutions.
These days, the subject of weather and the environment is ever more rele-vant in our daily lives. Floods, mudslides, heat and drought are constantly in the news. The extreme is becoming the norm.
This BCLSS outreach role is the glue that holds it all together and right now the relevance of the BCLSS is more important than ever. For the cost of a mid-level manager, we have an organization that functions for one whole year throughout the province. Its importance and effectiveness is not in the size of the membership of these individual lake societies, but rather the size of the lake communities they serve.
In these challenging times, perhaps the BCLSS metaphorical "vigilant" loon, watching over the health of our lakes is a simile for the "canary in the mine"?
What can you and your stewardship group do?
We are requesting that each of the 63 lake stewardship groups take the time to respond to this request and write to the Minister of Environment, copy to your local MLA and the BCLSS office. A succinct and informative letter would be effec-tive. It should include group membership and the size of the lake community you represent. This is important informa-tion for government.
Simply put, each lake stewardship group has its own story and it is important that each story be told from a local per-spective. How has the BCLSS helped with your issues and achievements? How effective is the BCLSS program in provid-ing benefits to your community?
Further information will be provided by the BCLSS office staff to each stewardship group regarding contact details when writing to the Minister of Environment.
You have played a vital role in the success of BCLSS to date and with your help we will collectively continue to provide a commitment to community lake stewardship initiatives in British Columbia.
We need your help.
Article by BCLSS Directors Eric Bonham and Susanne Ashmore
Wasa Lake volunteer samplers Laurie Kay and Marisa Jimenez
Photo by Susanne Ashmore
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2012 Conference in the West Kootenays T he BC Lake Stewardship Society (BCLSS)’s 15th Annual Conference was held in the West Kootenays from June 8 – 10, 2012. The Slocan Lake Stewardship Society (SLSS) co-hosted the event, organizing many of the local details. This year’s conference was generously funded by the Columbia Basin Trust, Regional District of the Central Kootenay, the Village of Slocan, and Summerhill Pyramid Winery. This year’s event was a huge success with 83 atten-dees, including 18 young adults from the Redfish School of Change. The weekend began with a Wine and Cheese on Friday, June 8th at Heart’s Rest in New Den-ver, featuring a roaming accordion player. This was a great opportunity for conference funders, BCLSS spon-sors, presenters, lake group representatives and partici-pants to meet and greet one another as well as pre-register for the rest of the weekend. Presentations on June 9th were held at the Silverton Me-morial Hall. Attendees were treated to various displays showcasing the stewardship and conservation efforts undertaken by lake groups and organizations within BC. Presentations began with a brief welcome from the mayor of Silverton, Kathy Proven. BCLSS President, Norm Zirnhelt then presented on the current projects and activities of the BCLSS. Therese DesCamp and Richard Johnson presented on the past, present and future of the Slocan Lake Stewardship Society. Deb Epps presented on the Vancouver Island Lakes Classification Project, then Norm Zirnhelt returned to the podium to present on the Cariboo Regional District’s Shoreland Management Policy. Next, Rick Nordin presented on the looming threat of invasion of BC’s lakes and waterways by Zebra and Quagga Mussels, then Hamish Kassa presented on the Shuswap Watershed Mapping Project. The final daytime presentation was from Charlie Pacas, who presented on the successful removal of a non-native trout from an alpine lake and stream ecosystem. PDFs of these presentations are available at http://www.bclss.org/library/library/cat_view/113-2012-conference-presentations.html. An open-style panel discussion on Lake Management Planning was held in the afternoon on June 9th. Four panellists with a variety of backgrounds and experiences with Lake Management Planning engaged the audience and answered questions on the topic. The panellists were: Deb Epps (BC Ministry of the Environment), Susanne Ashmore
(representing the East Kootenay Integrated Lake Man-agement Partnership), Hillary Elliott (Regional District of the Central Kootenay (RDCK) Councillor and formerly of the Slocan Lake Stewardship Society), and Sangita Su-dan (Planner - RDCK). A summary of the panel discus-sion is included on page 11.
Charlie Pacas presenting on the Devon Lakes Project
Wine and Cheese reception at Heart’s Rest in New Denver
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On the evening of June 9th, John Pollack of the BC Underwa-ter Archaeological Society delivered the keynote presenta-tion on “Big Lakes, Old Ships, and Historical Archaeology”. He provided some history of large lakes in the local area and in the Yukon, and discussed the underwater paddle-wheeler wrecks in those lakes, effectively reflecting on the conference theme “Deep, Dark, and Blue: Exploring the Mysteries of Lakes”. Following the keynote presentation, two stories were told by members of the SLSS who had written these tales for a lo-cal competition called “Fishy Tales and Lake Lies”. The eve-ning was wrapped up by a four piece jazz band who de-lighted attendees with their musical prowess.
On Sunday, June 10th, two field trip options were offered. One was a Northeast option and was led by bear biologist Wayne McCrory, with multiple stops enroute to Fish and Bear lakes. The second option was to the South, led by Jen-nifer Yeow, with stops in the Village of Slocan, the mouth of the Slocan River, and multiple tops along the Slocan River Streamkeepers restoration sites. The need for increased awareness on sustainability of our environment is growing as our province continues to experi-ence rapid population growth. Financial support for this year’s conference ensured the event was a success by pro-viding the opportunity for concerned citizens, environmental practitioners and government agencies to gather informa-tion and understand the issues surrounding lake and water-shed sustainability.
Thank you to our sponsors, presenters, SLSS, BCLSS Directors, Heart’s Rest, the Silverton Memorial Hall, and caterer Madeleine McCarthy for all your efforts to make the 2012 Conference a success!
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A variety of displays were showcased during the conference
Wayne McCrory leading the northeast field trip
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Background on Logan Lake
Logan Lake is a small, shallow lake with a surface area of 12.2 ha, maximum depth of 8.0 m, and has one permanent inlet and one permanent outlet. It is an important natural resource for the District of Logan Lake and is the focus of considerable year round recreational activity. The lake has been stocked for several years with large (i.e., ~ 300 gram) catchable yearling triploid rainbow trout of various strain origins, and has an artificial spawning channel that operates during spring months to reduce the incidence of egg-bound female trout.
Logan Lake is typical of many small Southern Interior Plateau lakes that have small outlet dams to provide additional storage volume and increase depth. Logan Lake is a former slough that was dammed and flooded, hence it is naturally eutrophic, but has likely received additional non-point nutrient and salt loading from the surrounding watershed, which includes a golf course, camp ground and former Ministry of Highways road salt storage site (Nordin and McKean, 1983; Larratt Aquatic Consulting, 1999). Logan Lake has thick filamentous green algae growth in the summer months, exten-sive areas of aquatic macrophytes in the littoral areas, significant hypolimnetic oxygen deficits and experiences occa-sional winterkills of trout. It is classified as a dimictic lake, as it thermally stratifies during the summer months, and develops inverse thermal stratification under ice cover.
Two previous designs of winter aeration systems had been installed and operated in Logan Lake during the 1980s and 1990s. The first system installed was a compressed air destratification design, which consisted of a 5.6 kW Hydrovane rotary vane single stage compressor and single coarse bubble diffuser located near the deepest section of the lake. This system performed well, but was replaced after several years with a 0.75 kW Air-o-lator type of mechanical surface aerator in an attempt to reduce operation and maintenance costs. The Air-o-lator destratification system also per-formed well during many years of operation, and provided a relatively low cost method for preventing winterkill of stocked rainbow.
Both types of destratification system created a large diameter opening in the ice during winter operation (Ashley and Nordin, 1999). This was caused by the up-welling of warmer 4 oC water from the lake bottom. The opening in the ice provided the necessary surface ex-change area for the transfer of atmospheric oxygen into the water, and the release of reduced gases (e.g. H2S, CH4, NH3-N) into the atmosphere (Figure 1).
In the late 1990s, the BC Attorney-General Ministry con-ducted a re-appraisal of the liability risk created by de-stratification type winter aeration systems. Prior Minis-try of Environment liability appraisals has been based on the legal concept of “due diligence” in which Ministry of Environment staff posted “Caution: areas of thin ice in win-ter” signs at multiple points around any lake with an operating destratification system, and placed advertisements in local newspapers warning of the danger of thin ice near the air diffusers or Air-o-lator units. Similar approaches were used by the Province of Alberta to inform citizens of the risks associated with thin ice areas in lakes with winter de-stratification systems.
The re-appraisal by the Ministry of the Attorney General focused on specific language in the Criminal Code of Canada which indicated that Ministry of Environment staff could be held personally responsible and criminally liable for creating an opening in the ice if they failed to provide adequate efforts to guard the opening.
The required labour and material costs to erect and maintain protective fences around open ice areas is beyond the capability of the Ministry of Environment, and most local fish and game clubs, due to cost and labour time. As a result of this re-appraisal, the Ministry of Environment has curtailed the use of the traditional destratification type of circula-tion systems in several Southern Interior lakes due to the combined liability hazard associated with creating open ice areas in lakes during winter months and cost of adequately guarding the ice openings.
Logan Lake Winter Oxygenation
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Article by: Dr. Ken Ashley
Figure 1. Winter destratification system in operation at Logan Lake
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Mary Lake
Research conducted by Ken Ashley at the MoE Fisheries Research and Development Section from 2001 to 2007 re-sulted in a technique that can provide oxygen to these lakes without creating an open water area during winter. This innovative system, developed with funding from the Habitat Conservation Trust Fund (HCTF), uses both compressed air and on-site generated oxygen to circulate water under the ice and add oxygen without creating an opening in the ice surface. Oxygen is required since the open ice area which formerly provided the necessary gas surface exchange area is not available, hence a higher partial pressure of oxygen, and a more efficient diffuser design and water circulation system is needed to compensate for the greatly reduced gas transfer surface area. As a result, this design requires more energy to operate than the Air-o-lator systems, but this an unavoidable consequence of not being able to create large openings in the ice for atmospheric oxygen transfer.
Initial design and installation of winter oxygenation system – 2010/11
A winter oxygenation system was designed to satisfy the winter oxygen demand of Logan Lake, subject to the constraints of the available electrical power supply. The system was built in November, 2010. The inlet and outlet pipes were designed to allow the system to continue functioning even if lake levels decreased by 2 m during a prolonged dry spell.
The winter oxygenation system was loaded on a flat-bed trailer and transported to Logan Lake in Novem-ber, 2010. The unit was then lifted into position by helicopter (Figure 2) and secured to 4 corner anchors which had been installed in Logan Lake during the summer months by Ministry staff. The unit was al-lowed to freeze into the ice before the air compressors and oxygen generation system were started.
Performance of Initial Design
The Logan Lake winter oxygenation system was commissioned on December 16 and 17, 2010 by Steve Maricle, An-drew Klassen, Trevor Ford and Ken Ashley. The system was performing reasonably well in terms of the two main objec-tives: not creating an opening in the ice at the separator box, and adding sufficient oxygen to the lake to prevent winterkill. However, on December 22, 2010, an opening appeared in the ice on the north side of the separator box, exactly in line with the outlet tube discharge depth at ~ 5 m (Figure 3). Ministry staff cut a circle around the aeration system with a chainsaw and rotated the separator box 45 degrees clockwise to provide additional distance for the out-let plume to lose momentum. After the system was rotated, the hole in the ice moved to a new location in line with the
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outlet system, hence it was confirmed that the oxygena-tion system as causing the ice to melt.
Due to liability concerns, Min-istry staff de-cided to turn off the aera-tion system in Logan Lake in late December 2010. The lake subsequent ly experienced a
Figure 2. Winter oxygenation system being lifted into Logan Lake, November 2010.
Figure 3. Opening in ice on December 23, 2010 on the north side of the Logan Lake winter oxygenation system.
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Lakeshore Environmental Ltd. Don Holmes, MSc., RPBio., QEP 2008 Paul Lake Rd. Kamloops, BC V2H 1N8 Phone: 250.573.2928 Cell: 250.371.1472
complete kill of all fish species.
Analysis and retrofit of outlet structure design
Dr. Greg Lawrence, Canada Chair of Fluid Mechanics, UBC was consulted for an alternative outlet design to diffuse the flow more effectively. A re-designed outlet structure was built in September, 2012, transported to Logan Lake, and the system lifted out of the lake with a 60 T crane. The old outlet structure was then removed with a cuttoff saw, and the new outlet structure attached and the system lifted back into the lake (Figure 4) and towed into position for anchoring.
Performance of Retrofit design
The re-designed outlet system has performed as in-
tended and added sufficient oxygen to Logan Lake to prevent winterkill during the winter of 2011-12, and did not creating any unintended openings in the ice. Oxygen-temperature data collected by Ministry biologist Andrew Klassen on February 1, 2012 indicated suffi-cient dissolved oxygen was present at all sample loca-tions to prevent winterkill of trout.
The small open ice areas beside the separator box (Figure 5) are intentional, and caused by the release of residual bubbles captured at the distal end of each of the four re-designed outlet tubes. This prevents buoy-ancy from being added to the outlet jet by stray bub-bles, as per Dr. Lawrence’s re-design recommenda-tions.
As a result of this pioneering research effort and gener-ous funding from HCTF, it is now possible to prevent winterkill of trout in lakes 8 m deep without creating an open wa-ter hazard, which had been technically impossible prior to this project.
Literature Cited
Ashley, K.I. and R. Nordin. 1999. Lake Aeration in British Columbia: Applications and Experiences. pp. 87-108 in Aquatic Restoration in Canada. Edited by T. Murphy and M. Munawar. Ecovision World Monograph Series, Back-huys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Larratt Aquatic Consulting. 2009. Logan lake Water Quality Report 2008.
Nordin, R.N. and C.J.P. McKean. 1983. Logan Lake water quality: 1979-1981. Water Management Branch Report 64.080302. British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Victoria, B.C. 121 pp.
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Figure 4. Lifting re-designed oxygenation system into Logan Lake.
Figure 5. Re-designed Logan Lake winter oxygenation system in operation, December 21, 2011.
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To become a BCLSS member or sponsor, fill out this form and return it to BCLSS with a cheque or money order, payable to BC Lake Stewardship Society: $10 student, $20 individual, $40 group or your sponsorship amount. Name:
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Advertisement (1/2 page) in quarterly newsletter Logo, link, company description on BCLSS website,
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D uring the BCLSS Conference in the West Kootenays, an open-style panel was held on Lake Management Plan-ning. Please see the article on p. 5-6 for more information on the panellists. Below is a summary of the answers to the four questions posed to the panellists for discussion.
1. How does a group initiate or engage local governments into participating in a lake management planning process or vice versa? Effective communica-
tion Open houses Social media Potlucks
Collaboration/integration
PARTNERSHIPS Local support/buy-in
Numbers are important
Grassroots sup-port brings in government agencies (FNs)
2. What does a lake management plan consist of? Vision, Goals, Actions (scoping study) Technical information inform community (2-way communication) Social considerations
Communication (outreach & education) Economic factors
Short term and long term goals (create a timeline) Interagency jurisdictions (engage ALL stakeholders) - broad participation
3. What are some of the challenges you have encountered in working on or developing a lake management plan? Need a leader (continuity)/coordinator (delegate components)/champion) Funding (especially for coordinator) Scheduling (getting people together) Local expertise (i.e. biologist) Continuation of society/stewardship group Get initial actions going while still developing plan (some successes)
4. What makes a plan successful? What actions are taken? 1. Ongoing education of partners
i.e. politicians, land owners 2. Monitoring/feedback informal
monitoring 3. Living document 4. Enforcement/compliance
Review/trigger mechanism 5. Adoption of plan
Zoning Bylaws/DPA
6. Implemented by all partners 7. Citizen watch/engagement
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Panel Summary from 2012 Conference
Facilitator Norm Zirnhelt introducing panellists. From Left: Hillary Elliott, Sangita Sudan, Susanne Ashmore, and Deb Epps
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Regional BCLSS Contacts Cariboo
Bonnie Winter, 108 Mile Ranch 250.791.9240 Norm Zirnhelt, Williams Lake 250.392.7995
Kootenays Brian Nickurak, Invermere 250.341.3738 Susanne Ashmore, Wasa Lake 250.422.3547
Lower Mainland Irene Calbick, Burnaby 604.522.0024
Okanagan Darryl Arsenault, Kelowna 250.860.8424
Smithers/North Coast Lisa Torunski 250.847.1484
Thompson-Nicola Marge Sidney, Kamloops 250.371.6346
Vancouver Island Dr. Rick Nordin, Victoria 250.656.7191 Eric Bonham, Victoria 250.474.5252 Kevin Rieberger, Victoria 250.387.1188 Deborah Epps, Nanaimo 250.751.3146
O ne of the primary objectives of the BC Lake Steward-ship Society is to provide a public forum to discuss infor-mation on specific lakes and watersheds, lake conserva-tion issues/concepts and educational programs relevant to British Columbia’s freshwater resources.
The BC Lake Stewardship Society Board of Directors wel-comes written submissions, whether short articles, adver-tisements, or photos/figures relevant to British Columbia’s lakes from both BCLSS members and the community at large. If you have information on BC’s lakes, please for-ward it to us for publication in our quarterly newsletter. The BC Lake Stewardship Society Editor will be pleased to as-
Share Your Information With Us!!
Please send articles and lake information to: 206 - 1889 Springfield Rd. Kelowna, BC V1Y 5V5 Phone: 250.717.1212 Toll Free: 1.877 BC LAKES Fax: 250.717.1226 Email: [email protected]
Announcements
Baby News
Congratulations to BCLSS staff mem-ber Skye Dunbar and her husband Wesley Wolfe on the birth of their son Brayden Oliver Wolfe. Brayden was born on Satur-day, May 5, 2012 at 1:46 am and weighed 8 lb 7.5 oz.
Welcome New Members
Please join us in welcoming new BCLSS members: Arrow Lakes Environmental Stewardship Society, Slocan River Streamkeepers, St. Mary Valley Rural Residents Associa-tion, and Pamela Mann.
Correction
Please note, the photos on p. 11 of the April newsletter were not credited, in error. The photo credits should have been given to Shirley Kehler (photo on right) and Wendy Paré (photo on left). We apologize for the error!
