Sylvan Lake Watershed Stewardship Society

The Society is currently active with a number of issues some of which are current and past.

1. Action Plan Proposal by the SLWSS to the Sylvan Lake Management Plan 2000 Committee. Here are the 7 initiatives (32kb PDF) to help create a protection plan for the Sylvan Lake watershed.

2. Skyy Country application to divert ground water, surface water and storm water works. Here is the Statement of Concern. ( PDF)

2. June 2008 Watershed Sign Project involved the placement ofsignage at major access points to Sylvan Lake. The focus of this project was to inform the public of sensitive habit and ecological areas around the lake.

LANDUSE FRAMEWORK WILL BE CRITICAL
FOR SUSTAINING SYLVAN LAKE VALUES

On May 21, 2008, the Hon. Ted Morton, Minister of Sustainable Resource Development, released the Draft Land-use Framework. This document sets new policy directions and imposes sustainability tests on the form and content of future development in Alberta.

The framework will require that development proposals consider such factors as density & intensity levels and associated cumulative effects.

To hear Ted Morton's excellent closing remarks on the release of the Draft Framework, click here.

A full audio clip (~6MB) is available at this link.

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