The Village of Spring Lake's
Environmental Advisory Committee

Welcome to the Village of Spring Lake!

On behalf of the Spring Lake Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC), we want to tell you about ourselves. We are a volunteer committee that holds environmental issues close to our hearts. As a committee, our role is to advise the Village of Spring Lake Council on environmental issues and provide a forum for the Village residents to express environmental concerns that may impact our natural status.

Since 2005, the EAC has advised Council in several areas such as through feedback from the community via surveys and through the development of an Environmental Action Plan that is a living document and is presented to Council on an annual basis for acceptance, and implementation where feasible and affordable. We also initiate and support a variety of pursuits and educational opportunities such as the posting of prohibited and noxious weeds, handing out tree seedling kits to the community, sponsoring the annual rain barrel sale in partnership with the City of Spruce Grove, the Town of Stony Plain and the County of Parkland, shoreline cleanups, we participate in Pitch In Canada and present educational workshops on topics such as composting, septic systems, and healthy wells as examples.  We developed and support the Community Photo Boards which have been showcasing our community through the eyes of our residents since 2015.

Our members track a variety of information such as annual freeze/thaw dates of the lake, lake water levels, loon chick hatching, and survival rates, and in partnership with the Alberta Conservation Association, the oxygen levels of the lake and the putting in and taking out of the aerators each year.

 Should you have any environmental questions or concerns, contact the EAC through email at eac@springlakealberta.com, leave your name and phone number or email address and an EAC member will contact you. We do our best to provide any information requested or help address any concerns you may have as a new member of our community.

TO PROMOTE EDUCATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS, PROVIDING ADVICE
FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE VILLAGE OF SPRING LAKE

Sincerely,                                                        
Village of Spring Lake EAC

 


How We Help Our Community

Who We Are       We are a volunteer committee that holds environmental issues close to our hearts.
Since When The EAC has been active since 2005
Our Role TO PROMOTE EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS, AND PROVIDE ADVICE FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE VILLAGE OF SPRING LAKE

What We Do:
● We advise the Village of Spring Lake Council on environmental issues and provide a forum for the Village residents to express environmental concerns
● We have developed an Environmental Action Plan that is a living document
● We initiate and support a variety of pursuits and educational opportunities such as the posting of prohibited and noxious weeds, how to conserve water, partnering with local communities in an annual rain barrel sale, Pitch-In Canada, and present educational workshops on topics such as composting, Living with Beavers, septic systems, and healthy wells as examples.
● We developed and support the Community Photo Boards which have been showcasing our community through the eyes of our residents since 2015.
● Our members track a variety of information, such as the lake's freeze/thaw dates, lake water levels, loon chick hatching, and survival rates

 

 

Should you have any environmental questions or concerns, pease contact the EAC by email, at eac@springlakealberta.com. Leave your name and contact information and an EAC member will contact you.

 

 

 


2024 EAC Conservation Campaigns


Protect Our Resources; Control Noxious Weeds

Help protect our diverse native plants! Invasive and noxious weeds threaten Alberta's plants and animals and can be harmful to humans and our natural environment.

Healthy Environment
Maintaining a healthy environment is something that must be embedded in all human minds because the long-term effects when we maintain the environment will be beneficial for our children in the future.

For more information, contact us at: eac@springlakealberta.com


Spring Lake's Ice Thaw and Freeze Chart

YEAR DATE THAWED DATE FROZE OVER       






















 
YEAR DATE THAWED DATE FROZE OVER
1979 May 4 Unknown 2001 April 27 October 25
1980 April 22 November 12 2002 May 17 October 29
1981 April 19 November 8 2003 May 2     November 1
1982 May 5 November 13 2004 April 21 October 25
1983 May 3 November 12 2005 April 17 November 13
1984 April 15 October 27 2006 April 21 November 1
1985 April 23 October 30 2007 May 1 November 15
1986 April 22 November 8 2008 May 4 November 20
1987 April 23 November 16 2009 April 30 November 7
1988 April 14 November 20 2010 April 19 November 11
1989 May 1 November 10 2011 May 5 November 4
1990 April 20 November 3 2012 May 4 October 25
1991 April 23 October 27 2013 May 6 November 5
1992 April 17 November 6 2014 May 1 November 11
1993 April 26 November 7 2015 April 20 November 19
1994 April 19 November 2 2016 April 8 November 17
1995 April 20 November 1 2017 May 6 November 2
1996 April 24 October 31 2018 May 5 November 6
1997 April 28 November 10 2019 April 19 October 29
1998 April 18 November 12 2020 April 29 October 22
1999 April 25 November 5 2021 April 22 November 3
2000 April 26 November 7 2022 April 29 November 8
      2023 April 27  

 

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