Wildlife-Spotlight

Below is an update from Briana Cowie with the New Brunswick Alliance of Lake Associations (NBALA). There has been a report on water quality in New Brunswick lakes published by the Department of Environment and Local Government, and the NBALA is working on grant applications for the Environmental Trust Fund (ETF). Follow the link below to read more details!

To all Yoho Lake Association members, we have the following invitation to present to you (see attachments for French and English originals):

The New Brunswick Alliance of Lake Associations would like to formally invite you and your members to attend our Annual General Meeting and our 4th Annual Lakes Conference on Saturday, November 2nd beginning at 8:30 AM. This will take place at the Riverside Resort in Mactaquac, New Brunswick.

A new feature has been added to the website: Yoho Lake Talk is a discussion forum for residents and friends of Yoho Lake to post and share their thoughts about our lake and community.

The forum will also be powering post comments! Now you can leave your thoughts on any of our posts by clicking on the “Read the comments” button below each post on the main page. From there you will find the current comments and a link you can follow to leave a comment of your own on the Yoho Lake Talk forum.

Sign up today on the forum! You can create a new account or use a Google account to sign in.

We’ve had some feedback, and we’re listening! In the future we will be adding:

• More ways to contact the Yoho Lake Association
• Information for Residents (e.g. Fire Department details for insurance)
• Historical information about the Lake

In the meantime, here is some information for everyone out there who is interested in the health of our lake ecosystem:

• Access to charts from the Water Monitoring Committee
• A new iNaturalist project has been created to allow amateur ecologists to help catalogue the plant life around the lake.

More information will be provided on the iNaturalist application and project in the coming weeks. If you haven’t given the app (available on Android and iOS devices) a try, you really should. It is fascinating to learn more about the plants and creatures around us (I’ve been enjoying it)!

The New Brunswick Alliance of Lake Associations has provided a Boat Inspection bulletin to increase awareness around the risks of AIS and advocate for best practices when transferring boats and equipment between water bodies. Please read the bulletin and implement the Clean, Drain and Dry techniques to ensure the health and beauty of Yoho Lake for years to come.

Bulletin