General
Scugog Lake Stewards’ Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program
Scugog Lake Stewards’ Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program The Lake Monitoring Program has two main purposes: We want to gather information about the lake and its changing conditions from sites all around the lake. This will help the Stewards to speak authoritatively about the lake and be credible representatives for our members. We want to develop… Read More about “Scugog Lake Stewards’ Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program”
Jamie Ross
The Scugog Lake Stewards are deeply saddened by the recent death of one of their hardest working and longest serving members, Jamie Ross B.A., M.B.A. (1943 – 2014). Read more about Jamie Ross.
The Tremendous Power of Ice
Lake Scugog is a very large lake. Every spring it experiences the power of ice along its shorelines – pushing up ice ridges…
Lyme Disease Now in Ontario
Durham Region Health will now be providing information on Lyme Disease as part of their investigation and reporting as cases have been found close to this region. With warmer winters, it is expected that this tick bourne disease will become more and more common. www.canlyme.com/ontario.html After you, your children or your… Read More about “Lyme Disease Now in Ontario”
West Nile Virus Update
The occurrence of West Nile Virus (WNV) in Canada was much reduced last year with only 8 cases in all of Canada and only one suspected case in Ajax, Ontario. Dead bird surveillance in Ontario turned up on 6 positive birds for the virus. (See the Durham Region Health Department’s… Read More about “West Nile Virus Update”