Gull Lake Water Testing Results

Gull Lake Water Testing Results from Environmental Public Health (Alberta Health Services)   The sampling frequency for Gull Lake is biweekly for Microcystin, but it could change depending on the results. The most recent Microcystin reading was from Aug 08, 2023 (there is a delay in data entry if there are no issues with the […]

Zoom Meeting Invitation for GLWS 2023 Annual Meeting

Join the GLWS 2023 Annual Meeting online with Zoom Topic: GLWS 2023 Annual MeetingTime: Aug 26, 2023 10:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82724501928?pwd=bDdPV1p6bUpKQThUTUN2TzBSbnhsUT09 Meeting ID: 827 2450 1928Passcode: 591980 — One tap mobile+16694449171,,82724501928#,,,,*591980# US+16699009128,,82724501928#,,,,*591980# US (San Jose) – Norval HornerGLWS President Share the Post: Related Posts Become a GLWS Member BECOME […]

GLWS 2023 Annual Meeting

GLWS 2023 Annual Meeting August 26th from 10 AM to 12 PM Noon at the Summer Village of Gull Lake Hall: 29 Lakeview Avenue – South side of the lake. *Please note – the minutes of the GLWS 2022 Annual Meeting are posted on our website.   Draft Agenda: Introduction, history of our Society, and […]

GLWS 2022 AGM Minutes | September 10, 2022

Minutes of the 2022 meeting of the Society. Sept 10, 2022   1. The meeting was held at the Meridian beach community hall and discussion was opened at 10:00 AM by president Paul Anderson. approximately 35 members of the society attended 2. the minutes of the 2021 meeting and an agenda for the meeting had […]

Letter from the GLWS President | August 11, 2023

President’s Letter to Society Members Our membership director Henry Brander and Communications Officer Jeremy Crawford have continued active in signing new members and the GLWS now boasts over 1600 members. Congratulations to them on that success. Thank you to all that have signed up. And all that active support. Here are a few current issues […]

Greeting Letter to GLWS Members | July 31, 2023

Hello and greetings to all of our Gull Lake Watershed Society (GLWS) members   Membership We report that our GLWS membership has now grown from: 54 persons as at April 29 to 351 persons as at May 29 to                  960 persons as at June 29 to 1,456 […]

Letter from the GLWS President

President’s Letter to Society Members Our membership director Henry Brander and communications officer Jeremy Crawford have been very active in signing new members and Henry suggested a letter to introduce you to the Society and our current efforts. This includes a brief history of our society and brings you up to date on some of […]

Greetings Letter – June 30, 2023

We report that our membership has grown from 54 persons on April 29 to 351 persons on May 29 to 960 persons on June 29 and we seem to be growing by leaps and bounds each day while we as a small not-for-profit society are so grateful to each and every one of our members. Our goal is 5,000 members by the end of September of this 2023 year and still onward from there.

Invasive Invaders Invading!

With warming temperatures and thawing lakes, there is more on our mind than peaceful weekends at the lake this summer! Aquatic invasive mussel species are knocking on Alberta’s door, threatening to show up at any given time and totally change the ecology of our local lakes and waterbodies.

Hitching a ride between lakes on boats, trailers, and unwashed equipment, zebra and quagga mussels of the Dreissenid family are spreading throughout eastern Canada and the western United States at an almost unstoppable rate!