Kawartha Conservation’s 2023 Tree Seedling Sale is now open, offering a wide selection of low-cost evergreen and deciduous trees, as well as shrubs and several advancing species to landowners throughout the Kawartha Conservation watershed, including portions of the Kawartha Lakes, Trent Lakes, Brock and Scugog Townships, Clarington, and Cavan-Monaghan.
Those interested in spring planting can order tree seedlings through our website before the closing date of March 17, 2023, at 4pm.
A Watershed Conditions Statement – Water Safety is in effect for some large Kawartha Lakes, including Balsam, Cameron, Sturgeon, and Pigeon Lakes, as well as Lake Scugog.
No flooding is expected, but flows throughout the system are high and could be dangerous.
Affected Municipalities:
City of Kawartha Lakes
Municipality of Trent Lakes
Township of Scugog
A Watershed Conditions Statement – Water Safety is in effect for some large Kawartha Lakes, including Balsam, Cameron, Sturgeon, and Pigeon Lakes, as well as Lake Scugog.
No flooding is expected, but flows throughout the system are high and could be dangerous.
As Trent-Severn Waterway officials advise, the Trent-Severn Waterway drainage area, including the Kawartha Conservation watershed, have received up to 120 mm of rain over the past 10 days. It significantly exceeds the normal precipitation for the month of June. As a result, there are higher-than-normal water levels along the Trent-Severn Waterway.
In addition, flows will increase outside of navigation hours as a part of the Trent-Severn Waterway water management operations. The public should consider these overnight flows as non-navigable.
The public is cautioned that fast-moving water will create hazardous conditions especially around the dams and locks. During this period of above-normal water levels and flows, residents and visitors should exercise extreme caution on and around water. Areas around dams, culverts and bridges should be avoided at all times. Parents and caregivers are advised to keep children and pets away from all waterways.
Trent-Severn Waterway officials are monitoring water levels and flows throughout the system very closely and will adjust the water control structures as required. Anyone having concerns about water levels throughout the system can contact Parks Canada at (705) 750-4950 or [email protected].
This Watershed Conditions Statement – Water Safety – Kawartha Lakes will be in effect until further notice.
At this time we have a couple of things to share with you.
Due to the recent storm, this has been a difficult week for many people in the Kawarthas and beyond. Your friends at KLSA share in your sadness over the damage to our beautiful area.
First, we are pleased to release our “2021 Annual Lake Water Quality Report: Lake Stewardship in Action.”In this edition you’ll find articles on tracking water temperatures and dissolved oxygen in the Kawartha Lakes, how community science helped gather nutrient data across the Kawartha Lakes during the first year of Covid-19, fighting aquatic invasive species, Stoney and Clear Lake’s shoreline assessment and mapping project, and much more!
Our report is available in both digital and hardcopy formats.
i) available at retail and public places throughout the Kawarthas ii) If you would like a single copy mailed to you please email your request including your mailing address to [email protected]. iii) For bulk copies (ie. for Associations, and businesses) please email us your request to [email protected] and we will contact you to make pickup/dropoff arrangements.
Secondly, for those of you who were unable to attend our Annual Spring Meeting on May 14th, the video of that meeting is now available on through our website or directly on our YouTube channel:
