Lake Windermere management plan – public consultation
June 29, 2009 by CVNews
Filed under Coming events, Community, Environment, Local government, Nature, Windermere
July 20, Windermere –
In an effort to manage the lake to address the public’s concerns, the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) has initiated the Lake Windermere Management Plan. Public consultaton is critical to this process, since a management plan for the lake will be more successful if property owners and lake users support the recommendations.
- “We can’t use the lake the way we used to.”
- “Our family worries about the quality of the lake.”
- “The lake is our asset for the future.”
The comments above are typical of public input regarding Lake Windermere.
The first of 2 public meetings will be held on Monday 20, 2009 at Windermere Community Hall, 4726 North Street, with two optional time slots:
- Workshop #1: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
- Workshop #2: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Agenda
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Presentation on past studies, including: 2005 Lake User Survey, Official Community Plan, water quality studies, Foreshore Inventory Mapping, Shoreline Management Guidelines for Fish and Wildlife Habitats
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Presentation of a draft vision, goals and objectives for the Lake Windermere Management Plan
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Presentation of potential management tools including: water use zoning, shoreline management guidelines, boating restrictions, enforcement ideas
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Workshop on management ideas
- Workshop groups report
Please attend this workshop if you are concerned about the future of Lake Windermere and would like to provide input that will affect shoreline development and the use of the lake.
I’ve been going to Lake Windermere for the past 18 yrs. My family and I had a trailer over at ” Coldstream ” for the first 10 yrs. and back than there was a strong smell of sewage from the mud under the water in the bay .Why was nothing done back than to stop the sewage from going into the Lake ? Now we have a problem that maybe there is to much sewage in the Lake and we need to do something about this NOW!
I now have a Cabin in Tretheway for the last 8 yrs. and we as an Assosiation voted on having sewage lines 2yrs. ago and we have been waiting on the lines coming to our area . This should be of HIGHEST PRIORITY ! for every Cabin around the lake to be included in this program . Grandfather clause or not .
Bass have made it’s way to our Lake and have been eating native fish . I’ve seen thousands of bass minows this year and they are getting stronger in numbers .