General

Following are updates of the key recent CEWF/TSW activities:

Devolin meeting

the CEWF Executive Committee met with MP Barry Devolin Dec 20 to review TSW issues
included in the discussion was Barry's planned private member's bill proposing that the management of the TSW be moved out of Parks Canada
some links for further information:

http://cewf.typepad.com/Devolin_news_release.pdf

The most recent Federal omnibus bill has buried in it dramatic, and very skewed, changes to the Navigation Protection Act. None of the Reservoir Lakes are slated to be protected. For a brief backgrounder on this, click here. 

As a first step, we have written a letter from CEWF to the Federal Government […]

Information updates:

Meeting Notes from the 2012 CEWF AGM – click here
Municipal Resolutions in support of CEWF – click here
welcome to Dr. R. S. Lean, prominent environmental scientist, who joins CEWF Advisory Committee – click here

The Advisory Committee continues to work through the ramifications of the significant changes being proposed […]

Note the Water Level Notice issued by TSW – click here

Special attention for flow-through lakes – best chance for rescuing grounded boats as final lake level adjustments are made.

Here is the two-week water level forecast dated Sep 17, 2012:

http://cewf.typepad.com/TSW_Forecast_Sep17_2012.gif

Note: TSW will be targetting winter dam settings over the next two weeks.

An informative article from the Haliburton Echo:

http://cewf.typepad.com/2012_09_18_Haliburton_Echo.pdf

These are first steps. We must keep up the pressure to ensure progress.

Barry Devolin, MP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock, has issued a press release calling for a new TSW management agency, and plans to introduce a Private Member's Bill to move this forward:

http://cewf.typepad.com/Devolin_Calls_For_New_Agency.pdf

Here is the two-week water level forecast dated Sep 10, 2012:

http://cewf.typepad.com/TSW_Forecast_Sep10_2012.gif

Note rising waters.

A good article from the Minden Times:

http://www.mindentimes.ca/2012/09/06/tsw-and-rideau-canal-to-merge

Stay tuned.

Here is the two-week water level forecast dated Sep 4, 2012:

http://cewf.typepad.com/TSW_Forecast_Sep4_2012.gif

As noted by TSW – "Please be advised that the reduced draw down will adversely affect
flow-through lakes throughout the Haliburton Reservoir system."