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April 17, 2017 by Joy Bowerman Leave a Comment

Patterson Lake Workshop on Lake Management

Interested lake residents met at Watson’s Corners June 13 to discuss the
key issues and possible focus for the Lake Management Plan. After a
brief introduction, which showed examples of what is in a typical
plan, the group divided into tables for discussion. Sixteen residents
were present for the discussions. The list below is a compilation of
all of the contributions. Each participant was given six stickers to
place on results charts produced by each table. ( participants were
allowed to use them all on one issue, or spread them around several
issues depending on their level of interest) This discussion has gone
a long way to confirm the consensus issues and will likely be
reflected in the chapter structure of the Lake Management Plan. A
discussion about what specific actions will be contained in the
management plan will take place in September at the Annual General
meeting – another chance for all to provide input and direction
to those who are working on the plan.

Summary of Issues (with each vote of interest shown by a *)

We have tried to cluster similar issues together. Note that there is some
overlap among some of these issues – for example many of the
other issues impact the natural environment and enforcement and
compliance can apply to most of the issue areas: in the next stage we
will try to make logical sense of these.

  1. Lake
    level (management of a stable level which controls extremes and
    respects the interests of all).
    *******************

  2. Sustaining
    the natural environment of the lake (including flora and fauna
    protection and management of invasive species like Eurasian milfoil
    , also control facilities for weeds and invasive
    species at entry points)
    **************

  3. Maintenance
    of natural areas (existing protected areas, naturalization of
    shorelines, buffers watershed protection (including
    logging)
    ) ****

  4. Water
    quality
    ******

  5. Maintenance
    of fish stocks

  6. Shore
    zone protection (naturalization, zoning, erosion, enforcement of
    bylaws regarding alteration and setbacks) ******

  7. Enforcement
    and compliance (building, shore zone, environmental regulations,
    adequacy of laws and regulations) ******** (plus ***** also listed
    under shore zone protection above)

  8. Boating
    behaviour (wake impact, noise, safety, speeding, unsuitable size or
    use, influencing boaters) ************

  9. Building
    density and level of development *******

  10. Natural
    hazards – marking and removal of logs, obstructions to
    navigation

For those who wish to see a good example of a completed
Lake Management Plan which deals with issues very similar to those
for Patterson Lake please see the Otty Lake website at
http://www.ottylakeassociation.ca/
and look at the LMP section. Or you can browse those
other examples listed in the LMP section of the Patterson Lake
website.

 

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