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Update on our results for the Drag and Spruce Lake shoreline assessment project – 201 individualized reports ordered!
An excellent response. We hope everyone found their reports interesting and informative.
Now as the 2016 season draws to a close, this is a great time for us to all start planning our own shoreline improvement plans for the spring. It can be as simple as just letting Mother Nature reestablish herself along the shore – no work required!
Some refresher materials to help:
Recommendations summary – click here
Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners Associations info – click here
FOCA ‘Healthy Waterfronts’ – click here
Let us know if you have any questions. Happy planning!
Keeping our lake healthy and pristine
The rehabilitation work is on schedule for this fall. Update received from Parks Canada:
“Through investments in infrastructure, Parks Canada is protecting and preserving our treasured places, while supporting local economies, contributing to growth in the tourism sector, and enhancing the safety of Canada’s heritage sites.
As a part of these important investments, Parks Canada has announced funding in order to rehabilitate the Drag Lake dams in the Municipality of Dysart et al.
Our first major milestone towards this rehabilitation has been achieved and Parks Canada is happy to announce that the construction contract has been awarded to MTM-2 Contracting Inc.
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To read the FOCA Labour Day elert – click here.
- Asian carp
- West Nile virus
- blue-green algae
- and more!
Enjoy the Weekend!!
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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.