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. …

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 …

Groundwater: A Hidden Part of the Lake Ecosystem

The webinar on groundwater presented by Dr. Brian Smerdon of Alberta Geological Survey is posted on the https://alms.ca website: https://youtu.be/fPr27zPKgoQ The groundwater section starts at about 53 mm 13 ss. His presentation was based in part on this 2018 final Sylvan Lake Subbasin Groundwater modeling report by J.E. Liggett and A. Singh. The report graphics …

Where did all the Sylvan Lake water go?

Bob Dylan must have been thinking about Sylvan Lake when he wrote the lyrics to the song “Blowin’ in the Wind”. Because that line answers the question: “Where did all the Sylvan Lake water go?” A lot of it, about 20 million tonnes per year, 4.8% of the lake volume, just evaporated and blew away …

Sylvan Lake Level in 2019

See the lake level history as monitored by Environment Canada at the station in the WatersEdge Marina harbour. The data may be viewed at this website too: https://rivers.alberta.ca/ The lake level dropped about 0.18 metres over the lake area of about 42 square kilometres. That is a volume decrease of 7.6 million cubic metres, although …