Alberta Lake Management Society

Some information on Alberta’s new regulations surrounding ice fishing shelters: https://youtu.be/F_n3fbwwcU4

Let's Go Outdoors covered the Winter LakeKeepers program in their latest interview! Check out the interview, and more like it, below:

Winter LakeKeepers and loons are just two of the many stories featured in this season's Nature Alberta magazine! Check out the magazine online: https://naturealberta.ca/magazine/ Photo Credit: Darwin Park

ALMS is hiring! Interested in sampling lakes this summer? Check out the job opportunity at the link below! https://alms.ca/current-opportunities/

There are various opportunities to get involved with Alberta's sportfishing regulations and management! Check out the opportunities below - including a webinar this evening at 7 p.m.

Meet the Winter LakeKeepers. These volunteers are monitoring the ecological health of the lake including dissolved oxygen and temperature. The ice depth was 22 and the water was crystal clear to 7’. The Winter LakeKeepers program is run by Alberta Lake Management Society

A reminder that you can submit nominations for the Emerald Awards until February 12! https://emeraldfoundation.ca/emeraldawards30th/

Engagement Opportunity from Alberta Water Council: The Alberta Water Futures project is about figuring out potential challenges and opportunities facing water management in the future. It’s about scouting ahead so we can make decisions about what we might have to do so that water management can keep meeting the needs of Albertans. The opportunity to provide your thoughts will be open until 15 January 2021. The survey is expected to take approximately 30 minutes to complete.... https://tinyurl.com/y2qb5dp6

REMINDER: Feedback on the Province's proposed mooring standards closes December 14th. If you have not yet completed the survey follow the link below: Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) is considering a proposed disturbance standard under the Public Lands Administration Regulation. This disturbance standard addresses the approval process to place a mooring structure in a waterbody, such as a dock, boat lift, swimming platform or buoy anchor. AEP engaged with stakeholders and... some affected landowners on the proposed draft disturbance standard in May 2020, and are now looking for further feedback! You can provide your feedback at the link below: https://www.alberta.ca/mooring-standards-engagement.aspx

Are you working with youth between the ages of 7 and 18? Would you like to feature your favorite body of water, waterway, or moment in history through a creative story? Sign up for Waterlution’s Young Water Speaks - Youth Storytelling Contest: https://waterlution.org/waterstorytellingcontest/, complete a storytelling workshop and share an original story about this body of water or waterway! Your story will be eligible for some great prizes and the possibility to be featured in A Travelling Story Exhibit in 2021! #storytellingcontest (Pictured: Reesor Lake, Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Alberta)

A new document from Alberta Environment and Parks provide practitioners, researchers and decision maker’s common guidance to consider when designing, implementing, and evaluating citizen science initiatives in Alberta. https://tinyurl.com/y2y5e9nz

Our summer webinar series wrapped up last week with presentations on both winter limnology and groundwater! If you missed the webinar, you can check out the recording below. For access to all of the webinars, visit our website at: ... https://alms.ca/2020-webinar-series/ Thanks to everyone who attended and presented, and thanks to Alberta Environment and Parks for their support!

The third webinar in our webinar series is now available online! Loons and milfoil are the topics of last week's webinar - and coming up this Friday we'll be hearing about winter limnology and groundwater! Hope to see you at the next webinar on Friday!