A huge THANK YOU to all our volunteers. Because of your generosity and your commitment, you help keep our lakes healthy.
We are pleased to share with you the brief we submitted to the municipality as part of the consultation on “le projet de politique d’accès à l’eau”. Consult the brief (in French only) This document outlines the main concerns and suggestions made by...
You could not attend the conference on Saturday June 4? Here are the links to the presentations including the presentations of Mr. John Dalzell, president of ABVLacs, Maxime Bélanger, liaison officer for CRE Laurentides, Mathieu Langlois, director of the Environmental...
What is a filamentous algae? Click here (in French only)
Here is the documentation and video presentation by Jani Boyer Information on boat cleaning (in french only): Depliant-nettoyage-embarcations Document accompanying the video presentation (in french only) : Formation des Sentinelles Link to the video presentation (in...
Last Saturday, ABVLacs was proud to present a talk by Mathieu Madison, President, ABRINORD on the topic of “The health of our lakes and waterways: Why should we care?” For those who had the chance to attend, we would like to receive your feedback. Send your comments...
Aquatic exotic Invasive plants. Eurasian water-milfoil a short guide to avoid invasion. guide_myriophylle_AN
ABVLacs supports "le programme national de gestion du myriophylle- a-épi" (Videos available in French only) https://rappel.qc.ca/alliance-pour-la-gestion-du-myriophylle/
In aquariums, Eurasian water-milfoil can be used as decorative vegetation. But when it ends up in our waterways, slowing its spread is no small feat! This exotic plant suffocates our lakes and rivers in which it proliferates, and it does so at high speed. It is found...
Summer 2020 video clip on the research project on water filtration on Lac Caron and Lac Johanne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGmxYdCrEIc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsCsB8dtUwo
Please find the video of the ABVLacs annual general meeting on September 12, 2020, held (in French) via Zoom because of the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs76Q8kWnz4
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Lake assesments
The Atlas of Lakes contains all documents, photos, maps and reports relating to your lake. Here's how to access it: https://crelaurentides.org/dossiers/eau-lacs/atlasdeslacs Enter the number that identifies your lake in the space provided for this purpose (carte)...
The Atlas of Lakes contains all documents, photos, maps and reports relating to your lake. Here's how to access it: https://crelaurentides.org/dossiers/eau-lacs/atlasdeslacs Enter the number that identifies your lake in the space provided for this purpose (carte) and...
The Atlas of Lakes contains all documents, photos, maps and reports relating to your lake. Here's how to access it: https://crelaurentides.org/dossiers/eau-lacs/atlasdeslacs Enter the number that identifies your lake in the space provided for this purpose (carte) and...
L’Atlas des Lacs contient tous les documents, photos, cartes et rapports, se rapportant à votre lac. Voici comment y accéder : https://crelaurentides.org/dossiers/eau-lacs/atlasdeslacs Inscrivez le numéro qui identifie votre lac dans l’espace prévu à cet effet (carte)...
The Atlas of Lakes contains all documents, photos, maps and reports relating to your lake. Here's how to access it: https://crelaurentides.org/dossiers/eau-lacs/atlasdeslacs Enter the number that identifies your lake in the space provided for this purpose (carte) and...
The Atlas of Lakes contains all documents, photos, maps and reports relating to your lake. Here's how to access it: https://crelaurentides.org/dossiers/eau-lacs/atlasdeslacs Enter the number that identifies your lake in the space provided for this purpose (carte) and...
The Atlas of Lakes contains all documents, photos, maps and reports relating to your lake. Here's how to access it: https://crelaurentides.org/dossiers/eau-lacs/atlasdeslacs Enter the number that identifies your lake in the space provided for this purpose (carte) and...
The Atlas of Lakes contains all documents, photos, maps and reports relating to your lake. Here's how to access it: https://crelaurentides.org/dossiers/eau-lacs/atlasdeslacs Enter the number that identifies your lake in the space provided for this purpose (carte) and...
Lac Castor is a wetland.
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The Association
We are pleased to share with you the brief we submitted to the municipality as part of the consultation on “le projet de politique d’accès à l’eau”. Consult the brief (in French only) This document outlines the main concerns and suggestions made by...
Marois watershed Position 1 : Jeannie Kavanaugh Position 2 : Samuel Shapiro Position 3 : [vacant position] Position 4 : John (Sean) Dalzell, president Ouimet watershed Position 5 : Jean-Pierre Dupont, secretary-treasurer Position 6 : Ghislaine Van Berkom Castor et...
Achievements As part of the Government of Quebec’s Volunteer Lake-Monitoring Program (VLMP), our network of volunteers carry out sample collections in order to assess the health of the lakes. Update of the health records for the lakes in Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs Update of...
It’s the funnel principle; i.e. the area draining naturally to a water stream, a lake or an artificial basin. The International Organization for Standardization defines the equivalent term “catchment area” as “the area draining naturally to a water course or to a...
Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of members is usually held in May or June, i.e. just before the beginning of the organization’s main summer activities.
The minutes of previous meetings since 2016 are available under the “archives” heading. The minutes of each annual general meeting are approved at the next year’s AGM and are not available until they are ratified by the organization’s members.
Water, a Collective Heritage to Be Protected Are you age 18 or older? Do you like your lake? Do you care about the impact your actions have on soils and vegetation? Do you believe that water management is everyone’s responsibility? Then become a member of ABVLACS! You...
About Us The Agence des bassins versants de Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs (ABVLACS) is a community-based non-profit organization. Our mission Our mission is to ensure the preservation and the improvement of water quality in our regional watersheds from a sustainable...
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