Committee
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Environment
Committee
Mandate
 The objectives of LOBA's Environment Committee are:
- To monitor the environmental health of the Lake of Bays
watershed - land and water - and to identify threats that could
materially affect that health.
- To promote good stewardship practices that will aid in the
sustainability and enhancement of the watershed.
- To
ensure that Lake of Bays environmental concerns are fairly and
accurately represented in decision making by the Township and District.
A major focus of the committee has and continues to be water
quality
testing. Sampling is done five to seven times per season across
approximately 30 sites and analysis is done on physical, chemical and
biological indicators to provide comprehensive information on the
character of Lake of Bays water. This is a long term project -
phosphorous testing has been done on the lake since the 1970's, bacti
testing was started in 2000, phosphorous testing was expanded and
refined in 2003 and benthic invertebrate testing began in 2003 - and we
have compiled sufficient information to establish a baseline for these
indicators that will serve as the standard against which we measure
change in water quality going forward. We have put time, effort and
money into establishing a testing program that meets the standards
being applied by the Ministry of the Environment and the District of
Muskoka and our research is being shared with these entities.
Other areas of interest for the Environment Committee are:
- Our two pilot terrestrial plots which track forest health
- Shoreline preservation and rehabilitation
- Wetlands
- Dark skies
- Pits and quarries
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