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The Dysart STR bylaw is now in effect. We are providing information to help you understand it.
To read a summary - click here
To read the full bylaw - click here
We Need Your Help So We Can Continue To Help You
Who are you?
- A possible recipient of a free 8x10 drone photo of your waterfront (details below)
- One of roughly 550 property owners with Drag or Spruce Lake frontage
- A permanent or seasonal resident with a significant property investment and reasonable expectation that its value will continue to rise
- Someone who realizes that the thousands of dollars spent each year on municipal taxes, utility bills, improvements and maintenance are needed to protect your investment
- Someone who may have made one or more donations to the EWM Fund in the last five years - thank you for realizing that the two or three hundred dollars you contribute each year also protects your family’s investment
- Someone who appreciates the importance of maintaining a healthy lake and promoting biodiversity in and around the lake
- Someone whose family enjoys the range of available water-based recreational activities but also knows that invasive aquatic species like EWM can interfere with this enjoyment
Who are we?
- Every volunteer who helps between Victoria Day and Thanksgiving Day to identify and control the spread of Eurasian Watermilfoil within our lakes
- The nine volunteer members of the EWM Working Group who work year round to manage the program of activities needed to inform and educate property owners, identify new EWM outbreaks, monitor growth at each outbreak and selectively apply measures to control the growth and spread of EWM
- The Drag and Spruce Lakes Property Owners’ Association that assists by getting necessary MNR approvals, contracting for specialized services (eg. commercial diving), providing insurance coverage for supervised EWM volunteer activities and receiving and dispersing EWM Fund donations
How can you help?
- Make a donation to the EWM Fund to allow the Working Group to continue to manage the identification, monitoring and controlling the spread of EWM in our lakes on behalf of all property owners. Donate through the DSLPOA website’s EWM Donate link.
- Inform yourself about the work we’ve been doing for more than 5 years to understand and manage this invasive aquatic plant using the DSLPOA website Eurasian Watermilfoil dropdown menu
- Join the volunteer team by emailing dslpoavolunteer@gmail.com
- Ask questions by emailing dslpoaewm@gmail.com
How do you qualify to receive your 8x10 colour drone photograph of your waterfront?
It’s easy - be one of the first 20 property owners to contribute $300 or more to the Drag and Spruce Lakes EWM Fund in 2025.
- Financial Status as of December 31, 2024,
- Eurasian Watermilfoil project status, including updates on the field work and fundraising activities,
- Lake Stewardship activities, including updates from the WWEW/U-Links water quality monitoring pilot program,
- Election to the Executive for the open positions of President, 2nd Vice President, Secretary, Director E-Communications, Advertising Co-Ordinator, Director Event Co-ordination and Director Area Representatives.
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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.