Restore the Shoreline

Since shoreline property development started at Sylvan Lake decades ago the riparian zone adjacent to the lake has changed. Government surveys classify much of that zone as "impaired".  Property owners can help to restore some riparian zone functions by looking critically at landscaping and structures with the goal of improving water balance and reducing nutrient …

Sylvan Lake News Articles and Readers’ Views on the Watershed

Steve Dills, Editor of the Sylvan Lake News publishes reports on municipal council meetings and on events and developments that affect the Sylvan Lake watershed. Here are recent SLN articles and letters to the editor: Local residents could benefit from recreation facilities plan County agreed to increased costs for regional lift station Majority agreed with …

The Alberta Environment’s Sylvan Lake Poster

Alberta Environment (now Alberta Environment and Sustainable resource Development) issued a series of posters on the recreational lakes in Central Alberta. This low resolution version of the Sylvan Lake graphic contains useful facts about the watershed: Click on the image to enlarge it. The high resolution 10 MB file for printing posters can be opened …

Ice Fishing Hut Project Presentation

The Sylvan Lake Management Committee (SLMC)  chair Beverly Anderson of Norglenwold and SLMC vice-chair and Mayor Susan Samson of the Town of Sylvan lake championed the "Ice Fishing Hut" project that is summarized in this presentation: Ice Fishing Hut Presentation 2012 Many interested representatives of the watershed municipalities, provincial government agencies, and law enforcement cooperated …

Watershed Report Card Preview

What will the Sylvan Lake watershed look like in the future? Annual reports by the watershed municipalities to Municipal Affairs contain some important population, land use and financial data that can be scaled up to indicate the changes that will occur in the next few decades in the growth projections hold. Baseline data for the …

Future Population of the Watershed

Forecasts of watershed populations by Lacombe County and the Town of Sylvan Lake are combined in this graph: Future Population Projection The Growth Strategy reference document of the Town of Sylvan Lake is posted here. The Lacombe County Area Structure Plan for the Sylvan Lake watershed may be downloaded by clicking here.

Bayview Cafe Pie Baked for Henry Sielmann Farewell

Henry Sielmann joined SLWSS members Kim Schmitt, Graeme Strathdee and Mike Williamson at the Bayview Cafe on May 11. Henry served as a SLWSS director and managed a photography contest, redesigned the website, and started the ice hut project. He also was an active member of the Jazz Society. Sheree Davies, proprietor of the Bayview …

Claims Staked for Land Development in the Watershed

Both the Town of Sylvan Lake and the County of Lacombe have published reports and maps that define the land areas  proposed for future development. The following map overlays excerpts from two municipal plans on a Google Earth image of the Sylvan Lake watershed. Land Development Areas in the Sylvan Lake watershed Note: Click on the …