Local interest

Information about local environmental and political groups and related events.

Kawartha Lake Stweards Association Fall AGM

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  Kawartha Lake Stewards Association – FALL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

10:00 a.m. to Noon, Saturday, September 29, 2012

Lakehurst Hall 979 Lakehurst Circle Road – 9 km west of Buckhorn on Highway 16

KLSA’s annual general meeting is open to the public.  This year the emphasis is on the just released 40 page handbook and companion piece to our  2009 Aquatic Plants Guide :    The Algae of the Kawartha Lakes.  Authors Paul Frost, PhD. David Schindler Professor of Aquatic Science and Colleen Middleton, MSc(c) Graduate student will discuss the content of this publication in terms that you can use at your next cottage association meeting.   Attendees will receive a free copy and association representatives can pick up sufficient quantities for their membership.

Other items that will be discussed:

  • Miskwaa Ziibi Project -Dr. Frost will describe this summer’s KLSA project designed to better define human nutrient contributions to the Kawartha Lakes.
  • Agriculture is a nutrient contributor, what could be done?  Paul Reeds, P.Ag. AACI (ret) AALP Agricultural Development Advisory Board

More information about the AGM and the Kawartha Lake Stewards Association can be found on their website:  http://klsa.wordpress.com/

Have questions about blue-green algae?

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Kawartha Protect Our Water (KPOW) is having a public information meeting on Thursday, July 19th at the Bocaygeon Service Centre to discuss this topic of blue-green algae in our lake.

The meeting gets underway at 7 p.m.

More information can be found at http://www.mykawartha.com/community/article/1400856–meeting-offers-insight-into-algae-cause-and-cures OR http://www.kpow.info/

The event features Trent University eco-researcher Colleen Middleton who will help people become familiar with some of the algae common to the area – of which not all of it is harmful – and learn how simple changes can have an impact on their growth.

The meeting will also feature discussions on the proposed governmental changes to the Trent-Severn Waterway and the implications with Brian Hunt of Voices for the Trent. People are invited to bring their questions and concerns.

And if you ever want to know if the Sturgeon Point Public Beach is safe to swim at please check here:  http://www.hkpr.on.ca/InfoSet/Environments/BeachWaterTesting/Beaches/BeachesCityofKawarthaLakes.aspx

This link will also be added to our Links page.

Algae Bloom Lecture at Trent University – Thursday, March 15

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This is a last minute notice, but this event will be of great interest to those of us who are looking to improve our understanding of the Blue-Green Algae blooms that we are now dealing with in our lake. Trent University in Peterborough is hosting a lecture entitled “Algal Blooms and Their Effects on Nutrient-Poor Lakes: Opening Pandora’s Box with a Biotic Key”. The lecturer will be Kathryn Cottingham, a Professor at Dartmouth in the Department of Biological Sciences.

The lecture is free and open to the public. It will be held at Trent University, Gzowski College Room 114, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 15. Click on this link to see a poster with the full description.

Free Screening of Oscar-nominated film by Sturgeon Point Producer!

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In DarknessThe buzz around the Point these days is the Academy Award nomination of “In Darkness”, a World War II film produced by Sturgeon Point resident Eric Jordan. Eric’s film has been nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film Category. Our congratulations go out to Eric and Faye on this exciting achievement!

A number of people have been asking where they can see the film, and in response to demand Eric has graciously arranged for a FREE screening at the Century Cinema on Kent Street in Lindsay on Tuesday, February 21, 7:15 p.m. All Sturgeon Pointers are invited! I hope to see many of you there.

To learn more about the film and also see the trailer, click on this link to the film’s web site. 

As many of you know, Eric is a member of the SPA Board of Directors, primarily responsible for liason with the City on matters related to roads and other maintenance issues. Eric was also the driver behind the recent resident’s map that SPA published in 2011.

If you won’t be in the area on Feb 21, you’ll be able to see the film at select cinemas starting on February 17. Here are the relevant cinemas in Toronto and Ottawa:

Toronto:
  • Cineplex Odeon Varsity
  • Cineplex Odeon Sheppard Grande
  • Cineplex Odeon Queensway
Ottawa:
  • ByTowne Cinema

The Academy Awards will be telecast around the world on Sunday, February 26th. Be sure to tune in to cheer Eric on!