To be a proactive organization working towards the sustainability of the Lesser Slave Lake watershed with regard to the economic, social and environmental health of the region and its citizens.

Vision
"The Lesser Slave Watershed, including its lake and rivers, is a bond that brings communities together, is a part of each citizen’s life, is a prime asset and renewable resource, and is a generator of economic development.”

• Be accountable to all stakeholders and citizens within the watershed.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders and citizens to improve the health of the lake and its watershed.
• Share responsibility for the health of the lake and its watershed by involving communities and stakeholders in watershed management.
• Promote a better understanding of natural watershed processes and the interaction between land, water, ecosystem and human activities.

Canada Water Week 2012 - Coming soon!!
Join the LSWC in celebrating Canada Water week 2012 from MArch 19 to 26! We will be hosting a Water Week opn hosue in High Prairie and in Slave Lake and well as p[lanning some draws and contests for participants.

Stay Tuned for more info soon....

Fishing Line Recycling Program Summer 2011
Thanks to AB Ecotrust and a $7,500 community grant the LSWC and our partners in the tourism industry will be devlivering a fishing line recycling program across the Lesser Slave Watershed. The purpose of this project is to get rid of the used and broken fishing line we see arounf our watershed. We are going to be installing fishing line recycling recepticales along with an interprative sign on 4x4 signposts at all over our watershed so that anyone can pick up discarded fishing line and put in into the recepticles. The LSWC will then collect the fishing line and return it to Berkley for recycling.

To request a fishing line recycling station for your favorite beach, boatlaunce or marina please call the LSWC office and Talk to Meghan or Zoe.





LSWC State of the Watershed Report
Here is one of the Fishing LIne Recycling Stations at WInagami Lake boat launch.


Carson Forestry and the LSWC have completed the first State of the Watershed report for the Lesser Slave Watershed.The purpose of this State of the Watershed report is to evaluate the health of the Lesser Slave Watershed based on all of the current information and geo-data available; to identify information gaps where more research and data collection need to be done; and to make information about our local watershed available to the public.

Indicators such as water quality, water quantity, land used and biological indicators were selected and evaluated based on the information available.  Each of the major sub basins within the watershed were evaluated separately and these include: South Heart/East and West Prairie, Driftpile River, Swan River, Lesser Slave Lake, Lesser Slave Lake North, and the Lesser Slave River.

This report includes a physical description of the Lesser Slave Watershed including geography, climate, hydrology, ecosystems and species at risk.  A chapter on local Stewardship groups was also included to highlight the local stewardship groups and their efforts throughout the basin. We at the LSWC hope that people read this report, learn more about their watershed and take action to do what they can to maintain and even improve its health.

To download a high resolution PDF copy of the State of the Watershed report Click HERE