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Hello and Happy Spring!
Help protect our loons and keep toxic lead out of Drag and Spruce Lakes!
We’re launching the “Let’s Get The Lead Out (LGTLO)” initiative and we need your quick input. Take our 2-3 minute poll to share what you know about lead fishing tackle risks to wildlife.
Your voice helps us track progress, strengthen future efforts, and keep our lakes pristine for the wildlife that calls them home.
https://www.dragandsprucelakes.ca/lgtlo-pre-campaign-poll/
Every response matters.
Thank you!
Suzanne Montgomery
Director at Large
647-535-2538
FROM CEWF - Spring’s come early to lake levels
As our rollercoaster winter weather continues, we’d like to share what we’re keeping an eye on.
Water levels were very low at freeze-up, as a result of our dry summer, prompting CEWF to liaise with TSW a bit more than usual over the winter.
So far this year, some early warm temperatures allowed TSW to begin log operations earlier than the long term average. As a result, we saw a short-term spike in water levels. You can see these spikes on the TSW Water Levels Graphs here.
As of the date of writing, March 18, there’s still lots of snow around, and lake ice typically remains firm. . So while that short-term spike is good for raising water levels, it could - and we stress could, become challenging as ice begins to break up and move around. Potential challenges include things such as ice impacts on lakefront infrastructure and water lines or ropes trapped in ice.
CEWF recommends keeping an eye on changing conditions if you’re at your property, and if you’re not, we will be posting any concerns here.
New to this page is the “Advisories” section on the upper right. If there's anything of significant concern, it will be posted there
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Land Acknowledgement
We respectfully acknowledge that the County of Haliburton is located on Treaty 20 Michi Saagiig territory, and in the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig and Chippewa Nations, collectively known as the Williams Treaties First Nations, which are Curve Lake, Rama, Hiawatha, Alderville, Scugog Island, Beausoleil and Georgina Island First Nations.
We acknowledge a shared presence of Indigenous nations throughout the area, and recognize its original, Indigenous inhabitants as the stewards of its lands and waters since time immemorial.