Annual Meeting Notice

Topic: SLWSS AGM 2021Time: Jul 30, 2021 10:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us04web.zoom.us/j/77478339293?pwd=UWU2T2tzejdYUmxMMGc1elNWZ1FmUT09 Meeting ID: 774 7833 9293Passcode: JTkF7f

Precipitation Data for 2021

Alberta Agriculture weather data for the Hespero station west of the Town of Sylvan Lake.

Sylvan Lake Level 2021

Lake level data are updated using information reported at Alberta Environment and Parks - Alberta River Basins flood alerting, advisories, reporting and water management.

Webinar on Water Well Management

Clearwater County is presenting this online event: Click here to register: Well Water Management

Watershed Mapping using QGIS Cloud

Click here for an example of GIS technology. See previous GIS-related pages on this SLWSS website: Geographic Information System for the Sylvan Lake Watershed – Sylvan Lake Watershed Stewardship Society (wordpress.com) IDP 2020 – Geographic Information System Graphics – Sylvan Lake Watershed Stewardship Society (wordpress.com) Do-It-Yourself GIS for Your Watershed – Sylvan Lake Watershed Stewardship …

Invasive Mussels in Contaminated Moss Balls

ALMS Advisory About Aquarium Moss Balls Do you have a moss ball in your aquarium? If you do, it may be contaminated with invasive mussels. Please check carefully. If you find mussels, please call: 1-855-336-2628 (BOAT). Contaminated moss balls - which are sold at pet and plant stores - have been found in the U.S. …

SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater and Sewage

Researchers have found that monitoring community wastewater streams for evidence of SARS-CoV-2 (aka COVID-19) can provide a quick way to detect the presence of viral debris shed by the population and consolidated in its effluent. This environmental monitoring approach has been useful to sense changes in COVID-19 infection rate. See this preliminary library of scientific …

The Stewardship Society Comments on the Sylvan Lake Intermunicipal Development Plan

Word cloud of the IDP text November 14, 2020 IDP Chairman and Partners Sylvan Lake IDP Committee Sylvan Lake Intermunicipal Development Plan Municipal Government Building, 5012 48 Ave, Sylvan Lake AB, T4S 1G6 Dear IDP Chairman and Municipal Partners: Thank you for the opportunity to submit additional comments on your draft proposal Sylvan Lake Intermunicipal …

Where-O-Where Is Municipal Stewardship?

The SLWSS stands for, and practices, environmental stewardship to protect and conserve the Sylvan Lake watershed and its lake. We know stewardship. We analyzed the text of the Sylvan Lake Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP 2020) to search for evidence of the application of the principles and practice of stewardship in the three watersheds included in …

You are invited to the 2020 Annual General Meeting

The Directors of The Sylvan Lake Watershed Stewardship Society Notify and invite our Members, Guests, and Friends To the 2020 Annual General Meeting Date: December 4, Friday Time: 2:00 PM Place: Online Zoom Video Event To link to the 2020 AGM: Join SLWSS AGM Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7393417193?pwd=VGxkTTJMeFFOTGNtSVpvQUV5eTJJZz09 Meeting ID: 739 341 7193 Passcode: JTkF7f https://slwss.org …