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Eurasian Watermilfoil DSLPOA presentation to Dysart Council  – March 23/21 for slides – click here for video recording of Council presentation – click here (start at 1:54:00 of the recording) Article in the Haliburton Echo – click here FOCA Elert – March 2021 for the latest from FOCA – click here Watersheds Canada good educational […]

As a DSLPOA member we all benefit from the substantial resources offered through our membership in FOCA (Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations). FOCA’s Resources page from which to access all their information – click here. acknowledgement letter for our recent FOCA membership renewal – click here. FOCA 2021 AGM & Spring Seminar slide presentations –

A Call for Help to All Waterfront Property Owners Eurasian Watermilfoil (EWM), an invasive aquatic plant, has established itself in at least four weed beds in Drag Lake. If the entire community of Drag and Spruce Lake property owners is not able to control the spread of this harmful weed in our lakes the risk

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From the CHA: Here, is a link to a you-tube recording of the Feb. 9 Enviro-Cafe, given by paleo-limnologist, Dr Elizabeth Favot PhD who recently defended her PhD thesis on blue-green algae. Following her presentation, she, limnologist Dr Norman Yan and Professor Barb Elliot ( A Dream Team ) answered questions from the participants https://youtu.be/tDQAyZ8XB34 If you want to understand more about

You all will have received an email in the past few days regarding our DSLPOA drive to control the Eurasian Watermilfoil outbreak we are experiencing. The response has been very positive – thank you! In addition to all the new donations received for our fund, we received many encouraging words. Here is one letter we

Keeping our DSLPOA membership informed: The Council meeting in full – https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=VdpbOlxlMtE&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=CountyofHaliburton The outcome – https://mindentimes.ca/news/county-to-hire-consultant-for-shoreline-bylaw/

FOCA Elert for the latest from FOCA – click here A DRAG LAKE MURDER/MYSTERY… an interesting story from our historical past https://www.muskokaregion.com/community-story/7334049-the-disappearance-of-haliburton-s-john-laking/  “John and a companion, Lee Lindsay, embarked on a trip to deliver payroll to the company’s logging camp on Drag Lake. The two men climbed into the canoe, paddled out onto the lake,

Even though our two lakes are covered with ice and snow, activity related to identifying and controlling Eurasian Watermilfoil (EWM) on Drag and Spruce Lakes continues. Thank you to all who have already helped in any way with this important project and those who have volunteered to help as we continue our work during 2021

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