Scugog Lake Stewards
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Posted: April 3, 2012
Welcome letter and timely notes
How to join the Scugog Lake Stewards
Lake Stewards 2011 Work Plan and Board of Directors
Important Recent News Stories and Newsletters
WELCOME!
NOW FIND THE LAKE STEWARDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA!
Posted: Apr. 3, 2012
The lake Stewards can now be found on twitter at https://twitter.com/#!/ScugogLakeStew and by friending us on Facebook by keying in Scugog Lake Stewards. We will look forward to your comments and hope to keep you informed on a regular basis.
Use our new social media addresses to keep us informed about what you see around the lake! The Stewards are concerned that with the lack of snowmelt and the dry spring -- that lake levels may be lower than usual this summer. The Lake requires regular input from runoff and groundwater to keep its levels up. When it is hot, dry and windy with little inflow from springs and rivers, the lake can lose almost a centimeter a day in evaporation alone -- even if the dam is completely closed at Lindsay.
LAKE STEWARD'S CONCERNS FOR 2012
Also with the earliest ever ice-out, the sun has a chance to reach to the bottom of the lake in depths of up to 6 ft. and encourage rapid and early milfoil growth ... that invasive, non-native aquatic plant that has been prevalent in the lake since its introduction in the 1960's.
So be our "eyes on the lake" and keep us informed about conditions where you are. Also, send us your photos of shoreline conditions and life to bkarthein@yahoo.ca and we may put them up on this website with a photo credit.
WE ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON A GREAT NEW YEAR!
Post from: Mar. 6, 2012
As usual, we say first ... welcome your Scugog Lake Stewards Inc. website. We are an incorporated charitable organization out of Scugog Township, Ontario, Canada made up only of volunteers dedicated to maintaining and improving the health of Lake Scugog and its watershed.
On Monday, March 5 we held our 2011 year end Annual General Meeting at which financial statements were presented and accepted and elections were held for our 2012 Board of Directors and Executive. The new Board is as follows:
Barbara Karthein, President, (905) 985-0958, bkarthein@yahoo.ca
Tom Phipps, Treasurer
Sandra Mayr, Secretary
Chris Hall, Vice-President
Jamie Ross, Director and Past President
Carolyn Hall, Director
Lee Beacock, Director
Rebecca Clark, Director
Yvonne Storm, Director
Garry Wice, Director
Also passed was a motion making former Director, Bill Lishman to now be a Director Emeritus. His skills and knowledge to our organization has always been exemplary.
In addition, Dr. Alex Shulyarenko received the position of "consultant" with the Lake Stewards. Alex is the one responsible for conducting all the lake research and plan development for the Lake Scugog Environmental Management plan for Kawartha Conservation. We look forward to this increased partnership and guidance with our program as we go forward.
Last year at this time we were honoured to be added to the Mayor's Honour Roll and earlier this year we received a Community Conservationist Award from Kawartha Conservation at their Annual General Meeting in January 2012. See the picture at right of the presentation by our Mayor, who is also on the Board of KRCA. (From Left to Right, our Treasurer Tom Phipps, Barbara Karthein, Vice President, Mayor Mercier and Jamie Ross, Scugog Lake Stewards Inc. - President.) Also given a similar award, but also from Scugog, was the Pine Point Cottagers Association, represented by Sharon Oke, for their work restoring the shoreline along Lake Scugog.
HOW TO JOIN THE LAKE STEWARDS AND HELP LAKE SCUGOG
Those wishing to become members, or renew their memberships should call Barbara Karthein (905) 985-0958 or e-mail at bkarthein@yahoo.ca or call President Jamie Ross at (905) 985-0555, or jlross@sympatico.ca We would really enjoy hearing from you.
membership form.pdf Unfortunately, this is not interactive. However it can be printed, filled out and mailed with your membership cheque to B. M. Karthein, 770 Reach Street, Port Perry, Ontario,, L9L 1B2. $25.00 for individuals or families, $100 for businesses. Cheques should be made out to Scugog Lake Stewards Inc. please.
Donations are always appreciated. Over the years we have spent only approximately 2% of our funds on administration and the rest has been used on lake related expenses. Tax receipts for both memberships and donations are given.
LAKE STEWARDS 2012 WORK PLAN
Last posted: April 3, 2012
It is important that the Stewards set manageable targets toward our goal of protecting the health of Lake Scugog. For the current year we will be focussing on three active directions:
(1) Milfoil and general floating plant reduction.
(2) Education on a wide range of topics both for the public and for the members of the Board of the Lake Stewards
(3) Membership enlargement, involvement and education of that membership.
In addition, we will carry on in a more passive way in four additional directions and perhaps more as the year progresses. This status means that we may be continuing research, discussion, participation on exterior committees and educational initiatives.
(1) Stormwater improvement
(2) Port Perry Lagoons improvement
(3) Naturalization and sustainability of shoreline and watershed habitats
(4) Private septic system solutions and improvements
If you have any ideas or problems around that lake that you would like us to address, or if you would like to become a member or volunteer, please call Barbara Karthein at (905) 985-0958, bkarthein@yahoo.ca We would appreciate hearing from you and your ideas and concerns.
IMPORTANT RECENT NEWS STORIES AND NEWSLETTERS
RECENT IMPORTANT NEWS STORIES OR INFORMATION
See the 2010 Lake Scugog Report 2.pdf on the 2009 implantation of milfoil weevils in Lake Scugog to fight the overabundance of Eurasian water milfoil and its hybrids.
Port Perry Lagoons Environmental Assessment
The Lake Stewards have taken an strong interest in this file for years and have researched many options in advance of this study. Should you have points that you would like the Lake Stewards to bring forward to the Advisory Group, please call or e-mail our President, Jamie Ross at 905) 985-0555, or jlross@sympatico.ca
New Research on Ontario's Wetlands from Ducks Unlimited, Posted Sept. 30, 2010
A research project called "The Wetland Conversion Analysis" has analyzed current and historic wetland loss rates in southern Ontario and helps determine long-term trends in wetlands larger than 10 acres (10 hectares). It has indicated that every day between 1982 and 2002, southern Ontario is losing the equivalent of 25 acres of wetlands.
All the research points to the importance Scugog's wetlands -- an area of huge diversity and reservoir capability so close to the largest city in Canada -- Toronto.
To read the summary of this very interesting and relevant data see: DUC Executive Summary of Wetlands Conversion. View this summary
GENERAL DATA
Chamber weevils handout.pdf
Weevil report for Sideroads of Durham.pdf
West Nile virus information from DU.pdf
Lagoons, letter Region May 3.08.pdf
New!! Wild Rice in the Kawarthas Wild Rice in the Kawarthasby Deryck N.pdf
OUR VALUED SPONSORS
The Scugog Lake Stewards are indebted to Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Baagwating Community Association for their unfailing support with our efforts, including this website, over the years.
In addition the Scugog Lake Stewards are very appreciative of the support by the
Ontario Trillium Foundation
for funding to develop and operate the new environmental action centre, SCUGOG CONNECTIONS in Port Perry for three years. The lead partner in this venture is Durham Sustain Ability with the sustaining partners: Kawartha Conservation, the Durham Land Stewardship Council and Scugog Lake Stewards Inc.