Established in 1968 for the Preservation of Williams Lake
Bird surveys, LakeWatchers program, Lake Water Quality testing, HRM’s Regional Review, Backlands additions, a fix for the dam, the expansion of the Shaw Wilderness Park and more have kept us busy this year. We will be reporting on these important projects at our Annual General Meeting and invite you to join us to get a sense of how you and your family can be citizen environmentalists.
Shaw Wilderness Park just Super-Sized! Healthy Lake Water Quality Tests Results! Successful Bird Watching Series and Surveys! A Fix for the Dam are just some of the headlines in our 2024 Newsletter. And don’t forget our AGM coming up on June 11th. Read more….
Williams Lake is one of 72 lakes chosen for the Halifax Regional MunicipalityLakeWatchers program because it was identified as being “susceptible to changes in our region” based on “local land uses and other municipal work.”
Halifax Regional Municipality is updating the Urban Forest Master Plan (UFMP). Currently the plan only covers areas that are within the service boundary (water and sewer). However, there is lots of land in the Williams Lake Watershed which is undeveloped, not serviced and deserves protection.
The Backlands Coalition, of which the Williams Lake Conservation Company is a member, has submitted detailed comments to the HRM Regional Plan Review as part of the HRM consultation process.
Our submission highlights issues of special importance to HRM, the nearby communities of Spryfield, Williams Lake, Purcells Cove, Fergusons Cove and parts of Herring Cove that surround the Backlands.