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We heard from you through your responses to the KennisIS ALL OF US Survey that we should continue to provide education to our membership on lake health and shoreline health. Watersheds Canada and FOCA (along with others) are sponsoring an upcoming webinar on community best practices for shoreline protection. The webinar “Planning Tools for Shoreline Protection” will feature Melissa…

2021/2023 KLCOA Board of Directors Thank you to everyone who attended the 2021 KLCOA AGM Sept 22. Please welcome the newly elected 2021/23 Board of Directors Gino Ariano Arlene Burch Rod Dobson Grant DeMarsh * TreasurerFrances Duiker Scott Durie Brian Evans Tina Fagg Jacquie Geall Seabrook * Secretary Lynn Larson Ethan MacDonald Joan Middleton * Vice President Jim…

Bugs in our Shoreline Muck Equals a Healthy Lake Fall 2021The KLCOA continues to participate in a project that is part of a benthic macroinvertebrate biomonitoring program in Haliburton County. Testing will be conducted the week of September 13-19, 2021 at various sites around our lakes. The program is being coordinated by Woodland and Waterways EcoWatch (https://wwew.ca/)…

Shoreline Preservation Update The County of Haliburton consultants have developed a survey which is being made available to County property owners, residents and business owners to complete between August 9, 2021 to August 22, 2021. The survey is intended to collect perspectives on waterbodies, waterbody health, waterfront development and shoreline preservation generally. Here another opportunity…

Waves are created under many different circumstances and affect our shorelines in different ways. FOCA, Safe Quiet Lakes and the Muskoka Lakes Assoc have put together an awareness campaign to help everyone understand how we create and influence wakes as well as what we can do to minimize them. Please check out the following links…