Water Quality Monitoring Reports
2023 Water Quality report
2022 Water Quality report
2021 Water Quality report
2019 Water Quality report
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History of the LOBA Water Quality Program
“Watching our Water” – 2018 Lake of Bays Association Yearbook
Integrated Watershed Management
Integrated Watershed Management – What is it and why do we need it? – presentation by Kevin Trimble at the 2024 LOBA Town Hall meeting
The Case for Integrated Watershed Management in Muskoka (2020)
The Evolution of Water Management in the Muskoka River Watershed (2020)
Watershed governance: A selection of case studies for informing integrated watershed management in the Muskoka River Watershed (2023)
2017 LOBA Shoreline Naturalization Grants
2013 Lake of Bays Association Frog Watch Report
Download the report by Caroline Konarzewski
Best Practices for Lakeside Living
Managing your household on the waterfront requires some septic smarts and garbage savvy. The Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners’ Associations have produced posters with tips for the kitchen, bathroom, laundry and garbage to promote BEST PRACTICES for LAKESIDE LIVING.
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Beech Bark Disease
1. A primer on Beech Bark Disease and management recommendations from the Ontario Forest Research Institute, MNR, by John McLaughlin & Sylvia Greifenhagen
2. Beech Bark Disease: Toronto Parks, Forestry & Recreation – Urban Forestry Branch
Wildlife Harassment and Abuse
Steps to take if you witness any sort of abuse or harassment of wildlife in your area.
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MNR fact sheet Lake of Bays 2012
Download the facts and figures for Lake of Bays
Report on the 2012 Muskoka Summit on Biodiversity
Four members of the Lake of Bays Association attended the Muskoka Summit on Biodiversity on June 6 and 7th in Bracebridge. Deb Cumming, LoBA’s Environment Committee Chair, posts this important and vital summary of that event.
Download her report
Report Bear Problems
TO REPORT BEAR PROBLEMS: contact the Bear Reporting Line at:
1-866-514-2327 (TTY) 705 945-7641
In a life-threatening emergency, call your local police or 911
MNR Bear Wise webpage
The greening of Dwight Beach, 2011
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2016 Project update
Stewards’ Guide Series: Restore Your Shoreline
in Parry Sound – Muskoka
Stewards’ Guide Series: Living with Beaver
in Parry Sound – Muskoka
Stewards’ Guide Series: Species at Risk
in Parry Sound – Muskoka
Asian Carp set to Invade Great Lakes
The Asian Carp are invasive fish that are harming the environment and economies of the Mississippi, and threaten to do the same to the Great Lakes. As Great Lakes fishing declines, sport fishermen will move north, putting pressure on the fish populations in cottage country. This is everyone’s problem. . . .[read more] . . . and see this website for [additional info]
Chemical spill near Rabbit Bay receives
swift response from authorities
In late September 2010 there was a chemical spill associated with the highway improvement work on Hwy. 35, resulting in toxins being released into the creek that feeds into Lake of Bays at the Rabbit Bay landing. Aecon has the contract for the roadwork but one of its subs was actually responsible for the spill. [read more]
Update on the District’s Long Range Solid Waste Management Plan – April 2006
The study team worked away for well over a year, evaluating the various options available to meet the District’s solid waste disposal needs. The short list of alternatives was reduced to expansion of an existing facility as the preferred option.
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