Join the Sylvan Lake Watershed Stewardship Society

It's easy to join. Click here to go to our secure PayPal page Your $20 membership fee will let you support all our lake and watershed projects that we report on this website, make you a valued Active Member for 2017-18, and let you vote at our Annual General Meeting in September.

Sylvan Lake Precipitation 2018

This graph shows the precipitation history recorded by the Alberta Agriculture weather station at Hespero, west of Sylvan Lake from Jan 1 to July 3, 2018. We assume that those observations are representative of those for our watershed as it is the closest station, and generally upwind:   The early-season deficit is about 8 cm. …

Sylvan Lake Stewardship News – May 2018

Water Quality Sampling Campaign 2018 We have arranged with the Alberta Lake Management Society (ALMS) to monitor the water quality of Sylvan Lake once again. Our main interest is in the plant nutrient concentrations that control the growth of cyanobacteria and algae that can lead to unpopular algal blooms. The Society will be the local …

Sylvan Lake Level 2018

The Environment Canada real-time hydrometric sensor is online for 2018 and transmitting lake level measurements from the Sylvan Lake marina station 05CC003. Here are the initial data that were collected after the ice melted: The historical median lake level is about 936.70 metres above sea level.

Spring into Action: Your Healthy Lake Lawn Reminder

Upgrade your lake shore landscape especially if it is rated as impaired. Here is helpful advice from the Pigeon Lake Watershed Association The International Plant Nutrition Institute offers free advice for all plants. Use the search box to request information for your landscape project.         A healthy-lake lawn is about the roots and …

Tour of the NW End of Sylvan Lake to Check the State of Spring Runoff.

The eagle is back in its nest high in a tree on the south edge of the Sylvan Lake Natural Area. Here is a photo album of a driving tour of the Northwest Creek catchment including manure-rich feedlots, evidence of spring runoff, but no flow in the creek itself on May 13. The whole area …

Report on the Alberta Recreational Lakes Forum 2018 (ARL 2018) at Pigeon Lake

The goal of ARL 2018 was “To support networking, knowledge-sharing and collaboration for Alberta’s lake stewardship community.” The May 10, 2018 one-day conference attracted more than 65 experts from Alberta Environment and Parks, stewardship groups, and municipal officials to the Lakedell Agricultural Society hall at Pigeon Lake. Several presentations updated delegates on these stewardship topics: …

Tools and Methods for Sylvan Lake Stewardship

The SLWSS contributed a slideshow/poster session to the AEP Alberta Recreational Lakes Forum at Pigeon Lake on May 10. The contents of the SLWSS toolbox are included in a set of reference graphics that are presented without captions or commentary except for introductions to sections of information. Send any questions to info@slwss.org. Click here for …