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2020 Annual General Meeting

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​Due to the pandemic, the ASVA did not hold an annual conference in 2020.
We did hold a virtual event on October 15, 2020.  It included the Annual General Meeting, a presentation from the Alberta Invasive Species Council, an Advocacy Panel Discussion.  Presentations were made for the​
​McIntosh Bulrush Award and Life Membership Award. ​

​Thank you to all our members who participated. 

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                        Leslie Ellis - 2020 Life Membership Award Winner.  

Leslie has enjoyed many years at Pigeon Lake in the summer villaged of Grandview. Since 1981, she has been part of the community, taking part in many community activities including roles in municipal government.  Leslie served on the Summer Village Council for 6 years and held the leadership position as Mayor for 2 years. During this time, she was insrumental in advancing the south Pigeon Lake Wastewater project hwich recently became operational.  Leslie proved to be an ardent and vocal supporter for the continuation of Summer Villages and champion the importance of these municipalities in the province.  During her time on Council, Leslie became a member of the Board of the ASVA, serving for a total of 11 years including 2 years as President.  

The Summer Village of Grandview nominated Leslie in recognition of her dedication to the Summer Village, the ASVA and overall support of lake communities.  

Information on the criteria for this award, please visit the Events/Newsletters section of the website

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           2020 McIntosh Bulrush Award went to the Lake Isle & Lac Ste Anne                                                 Water Quality Management Society  (LILSA)
                     Accepting the award on behalf of the group is member Bernie Poulin, Mayor of the SV of Silver Sands​

The LILSA is a non-profit society run entirely by volunteers.  Their mission is to improve the quality of the water by educating residents Lac Ste Anne and Lake Isle on best practices and to encourage all municipalities within the watershed to adopt goals to achieve this mission.  They have an 8 member board made up of 6 elected and one appointed by the Lac Ste Anne County and one by the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation.

For several years there has been increasing concern among the lake users that the water quality of Lac Ste Anne and Lake Isle may be deteriorating.  Complaints were made about increased blooms of Blue-green algae, weed grwoth and murky waters.  The shoreline of Lake Isle is also being taken over by Flowering Rush which is a prohibited invasive weed.

During July/August 2019, in collaboration with the Alexis Nakota Sious Nation, a very aggressive flowering rush digging program was completed on Lake Isle.  Lake Isle and the west end of Lac Ste Anne was also surveyed.  In 2020 their accomplishments included the removal of 51 truck loads of floating islands of Flowering Rush from the west end of Lake Isle.  Mapping of the west basin of Lac Ste Anne and extreme east end was completed. Other 2020 planned projects were postponed due to the pandemic.
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Information on the criteria for this award, please visit the Lake Stewardship section of the website.


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A special thank you goes out to Megan Evans, Executive Director from the Alberta Invasive Species Council (AISC) for providing our registrants with an update on the activities of the AISC.  Watch for thier updated Identification Guide to Invasive Plants in Alberta coming out soon.  

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