The Village of Spring Lake's
Environmental Advisory Committee

Welcome to the Village of Spring Lake!

On behalf of the Spring Lake Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC), we want to tell you about ourselves. We are a volunteer committee that holds environmental issues close to our hearts. As a committee, our role is to advise the Village of Spring Lake Council on environmental issues and provide a forum for the Village residents to express environmental concerns that may impact our natural status.

Since 2005, the EAC has advised Council in several areas such as through feedback from the community via surveys and through the development of an Environmental Action Plan that is a living document and is presented to Council on an annual basis for acceptance, and implementation where feasible and affordable. We also initiate and support a variety of pursuits and educational opportunities such as the posting of prohibited and noxious weeds, handing out tree seedling kits to the community, sponsoring the annual rain barrel sale in partnership with the City of Spruce Grove, the Town of Stony Plain and the County of Parkland, shoreline cleanups, we participate in Pitch In Canada and present educational workshops on topics such as composting, septic systems, and healthy wells as examples.  We developed and support the Community Photo Boards which have been showcasing our community through the eyes of our residents since 2015.

Our members track a variety of information such as annual freeze/thaw dates of the lake, lake water levels, loon chick hatching, and survival rates, and in partnership with the Alberta Conservation Association, the oxygen levels of the lake and the putting in and taking out of the aerators each year.

 Should you have any environmental questions or concerns, contact the EAC through email at eac@springlakealberta.com, leave your name and phone number or email address and an EAC member will contact you. We do our best to provide any information requested or help address any concerns you may have as a new member of our community.

TO PROMOTE EDUCATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS, PROVIDING ADVICE
FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE VILLAGE OF SPRING LAKE

Sincerely,                                                        
Village of Spring Lake EAC

How We Help Our Community

What We Do:
● We advise the Village of Spring Lake Council on environmental issues and provide a forum for the Village residents to express environmental concerns
● We have developed an Environmental Action Plan that is a living document
● We initiate and support a variety of pursuits and educational opportunities such as the posting of prohibited and noxious weeds, how to conserve water, partnering with local communities in an annual rain barrel sale, Pitch-In Canada, and present educational workshops on topics such as composting, Living with Beavers, septic systems, and healthy wells as examples.
● We developed and support the Community Photo Boards which have been showcasing our community through the eyes of our residents since 2015.
● Our members track a variety of information, such as the lake's freeze/thaw dates, lake water levels, loon chick hatching, and survival rates
 

Should you have any environmental questions or concerns, pease contact the EAC by email, at eac@springlakealberta.com. Leave your name and contact information and an EAC member will contact you.

2024 EAC Conservation Campaigns

Protect Our Resources; Control Noxious Weeds

Help protect our diverse native plants! Invasive and noxious weeds threaten Alberta's plants and animals and can be harmful to humans and our natural environment.

Healthy Environment
Maintaining a healthy environment is something that must be embedded in all human minds because the long-term effects when we maintain the environment will be beneficial for our children in the future.

For more information, contact us at: eac@springlakealberta.com

Spring Lake's Ice Thaw and Freeze Chart