Cottage Owners Help Government Protect Recreational Lakes

Current Manitoba Report remarks:

Many cottage owners have formed working partnerships with government to protect the quality of lakes and rivers for future generations.

1. Gull Lake had suffered considerable degradation over the past 30 years. Recreation has
    been severely impaired. Fish populations have plummeted and drought has seriously
    affected water levels.

In February 1993, the Gull Lake Basin Management Board was created. A management plan was developed, based on the extensive water quality and hydrology research conducted on the lake since 1972.

The board initiated an environmental awareness campaign and installed an aerator in July 1994.
The lake was also restocked with fish. A proposal to pump groundwater into Gull Lake is being investigated.   See, Manitoba Report on the Environment

Studies include: Hay, Beck, numerous public meetings concluded in a management plan for the lake and it residents. See About Gull Lake,   Comment by the Past Minister of Envrionment, Past Minister of Manitoba Environment.

Water samples
     Collected in three GPS locations,
• Undertaking this responsibility for one
   season may seem an easy assignment,
   nevertheless the Gull Lake community has
   been doing this work consistently since
   1985.
• Regular timing is important -
• Regular publications to the residents is also
concluded and published annually.