General

Per the attached, see the Parks Canada news release on their plans for the TSW, as their response to the report It's All About The Water:

http://cewf.typepad.com/2009_09_25_Parks_Canada_News_Release.pdf

We'll be formulating our response and action plans. We welcome any comments or suggestions you might have – send emails to cewfchair@yahoo.ca.

Following is the latest lake level forecast for the Haliburton Region:

http://cewf.typepad.com/Sep21_water_level_forecast.jpg

Here is the 2 week forecast for the Haliburton Region lake draw downs, covering Sep 14 – Sep 28:

http://cewf.typepad.com/Sep_14_Water_Level_Forecast.jpg

Hawk Lake Monitoring Station Installation

The installations of the new water level monitoring stations are proceeding well. Here, from Dave Ness of Parks Canada, is a description of the program, the benefits it will deliver, and an update of the rollout:

The Lakeland Alliance is holding its ninth annual Lakeland Conference for shoreline property owners in the Haliburton, Bancroft and Kawartha Lakes region.

The conference takes place Sept. 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Fleming College’s Haliburton campus. For registration info:

http://cewf.typepad.com/2009_Lakeland_Conference_Poster.pdf

Here is the 2 week forecast for the Haliburton Region lake draw downs, covering Sep 8 – Sep 22:

http://cewf.typepad.com/Sep8_water_level_forecast.jpg

The lake levels continue to drop from their historically high levels.

Here is the forecast for the lake levels in the Haliburton Region, for the period Aug 31-Sep 14. As this year's draw down gets into full swing, you'll see on the chart quite large changes in lake levels planned – over this 2 week period, the projected lake level changes range from a rise of […]

Here is the 2 week forecast for the Haliburton Region lake draw downs, covering Aug 24 – Sep 7:

http://cewf.typepad.com/Aug24_water_level_forecast.jpg

The rate at which the lake levels are being adjusted is increasing significantly as the draw down season gets underway, in a year when the system has remained quite full. Don't be caught unaware!

Here is the 2 week forecast Aug 17 – Aug 31:

http://cewf.typepad.com/Aug17_water_level_forecast.jpg

The CEWF advisory Committee recently held a very productive meeting with some of the key Parks Canada TSW personnel. Good news on, 1. the benefits that are coming from the increased TSW funding levels, and 2. our agreement to continue to work together on the challenges before us.

Following are summarized the meeting minutes:

http://cewf.typepad.com/2009_07_24_CEWF_Meeting_with_Peter_Frood_Summary.pdf