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Information about local environmental and political groups and related events.

Secondary Plan Meetings: Tomorrow, Today!

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The next round of meetings for developing the Secondary Plan for the City of Kawartha Lakes is happening in October and is called Tomorrow, Today! Event Series

Bobcaygeon * Fenelon Falls * Lindsay * Omemee * Woodville
tomorrow, today!

Calling all residents!

How will we live, work and play in the future?

Could you imagine what your hometown might be like in 20 years from now?  Or 50? Could you explain it in words or pictures?  And would your neighbours’ ideas be the same as or different than yours?

What would you do today to make your hometown better for everyone tomorrow?

Please join us for an insightful look at what other communities are doing to help create a better place for their citizens and businesses.  From these stories, challenge yourself to create and share your vision for your hometown’s future.  Your vision just might be the one that gets chosen to be the official vision for your hometown!

Bring your friends, family and neighbours – all ages are encouraged to attend!

This is a free event and refreshments will be served!

All events are from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Please join us at the event in your hometown:

  • Bobcaygeon – October 25th, Bobcaygeon Service Centre, 123 East Street South
  • Fenelon Falls – October 19th, Fenelon Library, 19 Market Street
  • Lindsay – October 27th, Victoria Room, City Hall, 26 Francis St.
  • Omemee – October 26th, Coronation Hall, 1 King St. West
  • Woodville – October 18th, Woodville Arena, 105 Union Street

The “Tomorrow, Today!” event series is sponsored by the City of Kawartha Lakes. It’s part of our activities to help create  “Community Based Secondary Plans” to guide growth, manage development, and conserve our Urban Settlements.

For more information, please visit our website www.city.kawarthalakes.on.ca or contact Michael Benner at [email protected] or 1.888.822.2225 ext. 1330.

Kawartha Lake Stweards Association Fall AGM

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  Kawartha Lake Stewards Association – FALL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

10:00 a.m. to Noon, Saturday, September 29, 2012

Lakehurst Hall 979 Lakehurst Circle Road – 9 km west of Buckhorn on Highway 16

KLSA’s annual general meeting is open to the public.  This year the emphasis is on the just released 40 page handbook and companion piece to our  2009 Aquatic Plants Guide :    The Algae of the Kawartha Lakes.  Authors Paul Frost, PhD. David Schindler Professor of Aquatic Science and Colleen Middleton, MSc(c) Graduate student will discuss the content of this publication in terms that you can use at your next cottage association meeting.   Attendees will receive a free copy and association representatives can pick up sufficient quantities for their membership.

Other items that will be discussed:

  • Miskwaa Ziibi Project -Dr. Frost will describe this summer’s KLSA project designed to better define human nutrient contributions to the Kawartha Lakes.
  • Agriculture is a nutrient contributor, what could be done?  Paul Reeds, P.Ag. AACI (ret) AALP Agricultural Development Advisory Board

More information about the AGM and the Kawartha Lake Stewards Association can be found on their website:  http://klsa.wordpress.com/

Have questions about blue-green algae?

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Kawartha Protect Our Water (KPOW) is having a public information meeting on Thursday, July 19th at the Bocaygeon Service Centre to discuss this topic of blue-green algae in our lake.

The meeting gets underway at 7 p.m.

More information can be found at http://www.mykawartha.com/community/article/1400856–meeting-offers-insight-into-algae-cause-and-cures OR http://www.kpow.info/

The event features Trent University eco-researcher Colleen Middleton who will help people become familiar with some of the algae common to the area – of which not all of it is harmful – and learn how simple changes can have an impact on their growth.

The meeting will also feature discussions on the proposed governmental changes to the Trent-Severn Waterway and the implications with Brian Hunt of Voices for the Trent. People are invited to bring their questions and concerns.

And if you ever want to know if the Sturgeon Point Public Beach is safe to swim at please check here:  http://www.hkpr.on.ca/InfoSet/Environments/BeachWaterTesting/Beaches/BeachesCityofKawarthaLakes.aspx

This link will also be added to our Links page.

Algae Bloom Lecture at Trent University – Thursday, March 15

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This is a last minute notice, but this event will be of great interest to those of us who are looking to improve our understanding of the Blue-Green Algae blooms that we are now dealing with in our lake. Trent University in Peterborough is hosting a lecture entitled “Algal Blooms and Their Effects on Nutrient-Poor Lakes: Opening Pandora’s Box with a Biotic Key”. The lecturer will be Kathryn Cottingham, a Professor at Dartmouth in the Department of Biological Sciences.

The lecture is free and open to the public. It will be held at Trent University, Gzowski College Room 114, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 15. Click on this link to see a poster with the full description.