General

Congratulations to David Lean!

The County of
Peterborough Recognition Awards were handed out Friday night, May 24, at the
Asphodel-Norwood Community Centre.  The
award for Environmental Recognition went to Dr. David Lean from Jack’s Lake and
Apsley in North Kawartha. David is a member of the CEWF Executive Committee having
recently retired as a professor from […]

CEWF is seeking inputs from all our Member lake associations to help document the high water and flooding events that followed the April 18-19 rains. Our objective is to capture the lessons learned and actions required for future application. We must do better.

We have sent out a questionnaire to all our Member representatives, who will […]

There continue to be high water levels on many
reservoir and flow-through lakes, especially in the Gull River watershed. These
can be monitored on the TSW website at http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/trentsevern/visit/ne-wl/trent_e.asp

Haliburton County and its Municipalities are a source
of useful information along with local media: there have been over 40 postings
in the past few days. […]

For the latest updates on flooding and road closures, use this Haliburton County web site:

http://www.haliburtoncounty.ca/flooding.asp

CEWF Advisory re high water levels and potential for ice damage:
The recent warm weather and rain are causing high water level and flood alerts to be issued for portions of the Gull and Burnt rivers (see links to articles below).
Because there is still ice on many reservoir lakes CEWF is also concerned of the potential […]

The 2013 season is underway!

Keep up to date on all the CEWF activities by reading the Spring Update – click here. 

United Nations, World Water Day, 22March2013 – click here

Canada, "I Love My Lake" –  click here

"It's All About The Water", The Vision – click here

Happy Spring!

North Kawartha is the latest municipality to endorse the Coalition's work in support of integrated water management for the Trent watershed.

They join Trent Lakes (formerly Galway-Cavendish-Harvey), Algonquin Highlands, Highlands East, and Dysart et al who all passed resolution of support in 2012.

 
In their resolution the Township of North Kawartha calls on the Federal Government to ensure […]

Due to lower than average snowpack conditions, the Trent Severn Waterway has been reinstalling logs in several Haliburton dams earlier than usual in an effort to capture enough water to fill the lakes for the boating season. Lake levels are rising and in some cases water is 'flooding over the surface ice'. We understand that […]