Celebrate Lake Health Day at Shiningbank Lake

Learn how lakes play an important role in your life on how you can have a positive impact on their health on Lake Health Day at Shiningbank Lake’s day-use area.

Join Yellowhead County Agricultural Services and the Stewardship Alliance for Conservation Agriculture (SACA) at the Shiningbank Lake dayuse area anytime between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on August 15 for a free BBQ and to learn something new about the lake.

Several educational tables will be set up that both kids and adults can enjoy at their leisure. The types of things you and your kids can expect to learn about are:

• Blue Green Algae – What it is and what causes it.

• Wildlife – Learn about the types of wildlife that you may encounter around the lake and how to be wildlife smart if you do encounter them.

• Responsible Lake Use – Get information on what it means to respect our lakes and how to be a responsible lake user.

• Water Quality – What it means and how to test it.

• Invasive Species – Find out about what types of invasive species threaten our provinces water bodies and what you can do to help keep them out of the lake.

• Riparian Health and Agriculture – Find out how farming close to a lake can affect it and what should be done to protect it.

This event helps bring awareness of the riparian health, biodiversity, wildlife habitat, water quality, and shoreline health to landowners, producers and recreational users on or near Shiningbank Lake.