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Pine Lake Annua
Road Side Clean Up
" Pride in your Community" - These words were put into action, Saturday, April
24, as the 7th Annual Pine Lake roadside clean up was carried out. Over 60 volunteers
from seniors to parents with young families, grandparents and Lrandehil-dren
gave of their time and energy. The entire 14 mile route of secondary highways
of 816 from 590 to 595 with feeder routes i n between were covered amounting
to about 100 miles of clean ditches.
A quick survey revealed: most frequent piece of garbage ( other than hot ties and ]
cans) were cigarette boxes; most useful piece of garbage was $ 45 cash encaged in
a plastic bag; most useless piece of garbage other than fast food containers was
one glove; largest piece of garbage was broken lawn chairs; the most difilcidt
piece of garbage to pick up was 1" square salt dispenser.
Bottles and cans are gathered in clear plastic bags, garbage in black plastic
bags supplied by ZER The money from the return of cans and bottles fully support
a noon luncheon of hot dogs and refreshments. Beatrice Foods supply free
dixie cups. Sunset Printing, Delburne, donated all the posters.
1999 honours go to Ruth Lund who cleaned one and a half miles of ditch at 64
years.
Thanks to a l l who made this award winning project such a success The! 1999
Pine Lake Clean Up Committee, a branch of the Restoration Society, include:
Marion Brown, Dan Fisher, Linda and Ron Holt, and Doreen and J im \ ttlcent,
Marion Brown
A cleaner Pine Lake BY LEA HILSTROM '
Staff writer A^ f 6 ' Y 7 r
A unique filtration system combined
with an intensive public education
campaign has cleared the
way for a healthier Pine Lake, area
residents say.
Danny Fisher, president of the
Pine Lake Restoration Society, said
phosphate levels i n the lake have
begun to decrease for the first time
in about a decade.
" The water skiers say they
haven't seen water this clear for
10 or 15 years. Kids can see the
fish," said Fisher.
Fisher said the lake was facing a
certain death from a high accumulation
of phosphates which threatened
the lake's ecosystem.
A $ 329,000 water system was
installed last fall to siphon water
and phosphate rich particles from
the bottom of the lake where it
was determined phosphate accumulation
was highest.
While the valves to siphon the
water out of the lake, down a
creek, and into a settling pond
were turned on only two months
ago, Fisher said there is a noticeable
difference.
" Environmental testing shows
( phosphate levels) down," said
Fisher.
With no major algae blooms i n
site, Fisher is calling the system
and an intensive public education
process a success.
The society, area farmers, businesses,
cottage owners, and " residents
banded together in a bid to
reduce the amount of phosphate
levels entering the lake and its
tributaries, said Fisher. Red Deer
County contributed $ 100,000 to
the project.
Projects completed since the early
1990s include rerouting some of
the ditch water that has been flowing
over land used by farm animals,
building dykes and retaining
ponds to contain that water, as
well as using more phosphate free
soaps and lawn fertilizers, said
Fisher. The reduction in phosphate
usage had a positive effect on the
lake last year, he said.
" In 1998, the phosphate level
held its own. It's the first year
phosphates didn't rise," he said.
Over the years, early morning
lake users would be greeted by a
" green lake" when algae blooms
prospered overnight from the
phosphate rich water, he said.
The Pine Lake Restoration
Society is the first group in Albertn
to use this water system. It was
invented i n Europe, used i n the
States, and recently implemented
near Kelowna, B. C.
The system, comprised of about
5,000 feet of 22- inch and 24- inch
pipes fused together, has valves to
regulate how much water is drawn
into the settling ponds.
Work is still ensuing on a 22-
acre area where the backed ur
water will go to be cleansed with
the help of rocks and plants.
Clean- Up Committee
on receiving the
CLEAN WORLD AWARD
International recognition for the sustained action taken to improve
Canada's environment from
P I T C H - I N C A N A DA
in cooperation with
C L E A N W O R L D I N T E R N A T I O N AL
AND
f
Pine Lake Restoration Society
on receiving the
TECHNICAL
EXCELLENCE AWARD
In recognition for volunteer service in lake restoration,
protection and management
from
N O R T H A M E R I C A N L A K E
M A N A G E M E N T S O C I E T Y
L- R: Lome Olmstead,
Gordon Beck, Jim Vincent,
Danny Fisher, Marion Brown
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Pine Lake History - 1990-1999 |
| Subject | AWI: Pine Lake Branch |
| Description | Branch History |
| Language | en |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Type | text |
| Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
| Identifier | awi0811091 |
| Date | 2007 |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Description
| Title | Page 129 |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | AWI Collection |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
| Transcript | Pine Lake Annua Road Side Clean Up " Pride in your Community" - These words were put into action, Saturday, April 24, as the 7th Annual Pine Lake roadside clean up was carried out. Over 60 volunteers from seniors to parents with young families, grandparents and Lrandehil-dren gave of their time and energy. The entire 14 mile route of secondary highways of 816 from 590 to 595 with feeder routes i n between were covered amounting to about 100 miles of clean ditches. A quick survey revealed: most frequent piece of garbage ( other than hot ties and ] cans) were cigarette boxes; most useful piece of garbage was $ 45 cash encaged in a plastic bag; most useless piece of garbage other than fast food containers was one glove; largest piece of garbage was broken lawn chairs; the most difilcidt piece of garbage to pick up was 1" square salt dispenser. Bottles and cans are gathered in clear plastic bags, garbage in black plastic bags supplied by ZER The money from the return of cans and bottles fully support a noon luncheon of hot dogs and refreshments. Beatrice Foods supply free dixie cups. Sunset Printing, Delburne, donated all the posters. 1999 honours go to Ruth Lund who cleaned one and a half miles of ditch at 64 years. Thanks to a l l who made this award winning project such a success The! 1999 Pine Lake Clean Up Committee, a branch of the Restoration Society, include: Marion Brown, Dan Fisher, Linda and Ron Holt, and Doreen and J im \ ttlcent, Marion Brown A cleaner Pine Lake BY LEA HILSTROM ' Staff writer A^ f 6 ' Y 7 r A unique filtration system combined with an intensive public education campaign has cleared the way for a healthier Pine Lake, area residents say. Danny Fisher, president of the Pine Lake Restoration Society, said phosphate levels i n the lake have begun to decrease for the first time in about a decade. " The water skiers say they haven't seen water this clear for 10 or 15 years. Kids can see the fish," said Fisher. Fisher said the lake was facing a certain death from a high accumulation of phosphates which threatened the lake's ecosystem. A $ 329,000 water system was installed last fall to siphon water and phosphate rich particles from the bottom of the lake where it was determined phosphate accumulation was highest. While the valves to siphon the water out of the lake, down a creek, and into a settling pond were turned on only two months ago, Fisher said there is a noticeable difference. " Environmental testing shows ( phosphate levels) down," said Fisher. With no major algae blooms i n site, Fisher is calling the system and an intensive public education process a success. The society, area farmers, businesses, cottage owners, and " residents banded together in a bid to reduce the amount of phosphate levels entering the lake and its tributaries, said Fisher. Red Deer County contributed $ 100,000 to the project. Projects completed since the early 1990s include rerouting some of the ditch water that has been flowing over land used by farm animals, building dykes and retaining ponds to contain that water, as well as using more phosphate free soaps and lawn fertilizers, said Fisher. The reduction in phosphate usage had a positive effect on the lake last year, he said. " In 1998, the phosphate level held its own. It's the first year phosphates didn't rise," he said. Over the years, early morning lake users would be greeted by a " green lake" when algae blooms prospered overnight from the phosphate rich water, he said. The Pine Lake Restoration Society is the first group in Albertn to use this water system. It was invented i n Europe, used i n the States, and recently implemented near Kelowna, B. C. The system, comprised of about 5,000 feet of 22- inch and 24- inch pipes fused together, has valves to regulate how much water is drawn into the settling ponds. Work is still ensuing on a 22- acre area where the backed ur water will go to be cleansed with the help of rocks and plants. Clean- Up Committee on receiving the CLEAN WORLD AWARD International recognition for the sustained action taken to improve Canada's environment from P I T C H - I N C A N A DA in cooperation with C L E A N W O R L D I N T E R N A T I O N AL AND f Pine Lake Restoration Society on receiving the TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE AWARD In recognition for volunteer service in lake restoration, protection and management from N O R T H A M E R I C A N L A K E M A N A G E M E N T S O C I E T Y L- R: Lome Olmstead, Gordon Beck, Jim Vincent, Danny Fisher, Marion Brown |
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