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KLCOA Webinar Series – Lake Health – Wed May 31

KLCOA Webinar Series – Lake Health – Wed May 31

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Kennisis Lake Health – Benthic Biomonitoring – 2022 Update on Our Recent Benthic Biomonitoring Test Results  

Kennisis Lake Health – Benthic Biomonitoring – 2022 Update on Our Recent Benthic Biomonitoring Test Results  

Our Benthic Biomonitoring testing continued in 2022 with six sites monitored.  Benthic Biomonitoring looks at the “Bugs in our Muck” by sampling and benthic community analysis which is an indicator of lake health.  So far, our shoreline benthos communities look healthy, and monitoring will continue through 2023 when we will have completed the 5-year baseline data collection.  See…

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Kennisis Lakes – Lands Committee Update on Our Recent Acquisition of Soap Pond Lands 

Kennisis Lakes – Lands Committee Update on Our Recent Acquisition of Soap Pond Lands 

The Legal Transfer of Soap Pond Lands to the KLCOA was completed in 2022 as part of the KLCOA Lands Committee “Protecting Open Space” initiative.A Land Use Principles Workshop was promoted by E-Blast and held via an online meeting in October 2022 and the following general principles were proposed:Soap Pond Lands will be protected in…

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Kennisis Lakes Water Quality Update – 2022 Update on Our Recent Water Quality Test Results 

Kennisis Lakes Water Quality Update – 2022 Update on Our Recent Water Quality Test Results 

Our Water Quality (WQ) testing continued in 2022 and the results showed that although our Kennisis lakes are still in relatively good shape from a water quality perspective, the trend however, is showing higher nutrients over time which indicates a degradation in our water quality. We still have higher than normal Total Phosphorus (TP) results in…

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Work Planned for Wilkinson Public Boat Launch

Work Planned for Wilkinson Public Boat Launch

You may be inconvenienced by maintenance work that will be done by Dysart et al at the Wilkinson boat launch when the water levels drop and spring load restrictions are lifted. Dysart anticipates this work will mostly likely happen in May or June. Updates will be posted on the Dysart website and in a KLCOA…

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COMPLETE FIRE BAN – MAY 17

COMPLETE FIRE BAN – MAY 17

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