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With such fabulous weather already this year there have been many swimmers in the lake already and thankfully our water quality seems good. We have had our research team from the University of Waterloo out twice already this year doing testing and taking samples from the lake and tributaries. Our monitoring program for cyanobacteria with […]
It’s time again for our Annual General Meeting. With several families away extensively in June we are shifting the meeting a couple of weeks until July this year. Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, July 11th at 7:00pm. The location is to be determined and if there is anyone willing hold the meeting at their […]
It is that time of year again when geese and ducks are looking for a place to nest. Please be sure to differentiate between migrating species such as grebs, merganzers, buffleheads, and loons who are just stopping to rest for a few hours from the common Canada geese and mallard ducks that we need to […]
I have had extensive meetings recently with the Fire Chiefs from both Wilmot Township and the City of Waterloo. They have spent hundreds of hours addressing dozens of issues to ensure the agreement works successfully. They are continuing to cross-train, plan, and familiarize themselves with our area. As the weather gets nicer in the Spring […]
Dog waste that leaches into the ground and water sources is more of an issue than previously realized. Below is an easy-to-read magazine article talking about the scope and seriousness of the issue. While there is not much we can do about dog urine (short of banning dogs and outdoor cats which several lake areas […]
The results from our septic soil testing have been received and are provided in the table and Excel file here: We should not jump to conclusions or assumptions based on only one set of soil tests. Please don’t point fingers at neighbours or assume that you system is fine yet. We should have multiple tests […]
Realizing that we need to be doing more than just monitoring and additional research, the Sunfish Lake Association has applied for a $47,400 grant from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change to help with the testing and implementation of possible remediation solutions to deal with the increasing levels of nutrients (mainly phosphorus) in our […]
We were extremely lucky in 2017 to be able to engage experts and students from numerous organizations, ministries, and universities to monitor, research and study in-depth our lake and surrounding watershed to better understand the toxic cyanobacteria outbreak we experienced at the end of the summer and well into the autumn of 2016. While our […]
Although ice currently covers Sunfish Lake our cyanobacteria testing and water research has been continuing throughout the autumn and winter. The researchers from the University of Western Ontario wrapped up their daily testing at the end of October and they have been running samples and growing our cyanbacteria, planktothrix, and aquatic fungi in their labs […]
After years of efforts the province has finally announced a proposal to begin the process to expand the Provincial Greenbelt to the Waterloo Moraine, the Paris-Galt Moraine, and other essential hydrological resources facing development pressures around the Greater Toronto Area including Waterloo Region, Wellington County, Dufferin County, Simcoe County, Dufferin County, etc. This could provide […]
