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Agriculture practices
- Agriculture around Alberta Lakes
- Farm water quality testing
- Manure management guidelines and legislation
Aquatic invasive species and diseases
- Aquatic invasive species
- Alberta Invasive Species Council
- Clean, drain, dry your gear
- Watercraft Inspections
- Don’t Let it Loose campaign
- EDDMapS Alberta
- Whirling disease
Aquatic plant control
- Aquatic Vegetation and Lake Health
- Association of Summer Villages of Alberta – Lake Stewardship Reference Guide: Aquatic Vegetation Control
- Lakeshores
Blue-green algae (Cyanobacteria)
- Alberta Health Services – Blue-Green Algae Health Advisories
- Blue-green Algae
- Blue-green Algal (Cyanobacterial) Blooms Fact Sheet
- Cyanobacterial (Blue-green Algae) Blooms
- Health Canada – Guideline Technical Document – Cyanobacterial Toxins
Boating related
Boating
Docks, boathouses, boat launches and dredging
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada – The Dock Primer (PDF, 986 KB)
- Lakeshores
Docks and Associated Mooring Structures - Shorelands – Approvals and regulatory requirements
Dredging
Erosion
Fish related
Fisheries populations and management
- Invasive Fish Species
- Fisheries management
- Alberta Sportfishing Regulations
- Mercury in Fish
- Summer and Winter Kill
- Whirling disease
Fish habitat
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Measures to protect fish and fish habitat
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Projects near water
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada – The Fish Habitat Primer (PDF, 955 KB)
Lakes
Lake science and legislation 101
Lakes – Understanding the basics
- Understanding Lake Science
- Alberta Lake Management Society (ALMS) – LakeWatch
- Association of Summer Villages of Alberta – Lake Stewardship Reference Guide
- Atlas of Alberta Lakes
- Cows and Fish – Lakes and Wetlands
- Nature Alberta
- Water conservation and wetlands
Non-motorized and motorized recreation
- Motorized recreation on public land
- Recreation on public land: know before you go
- Keep wheels out of water (PDF, 20.1 MB)
- Non-motorized recreation on public land
Planning and development
- Association of Summer Villages of Alberta – Lake Stewardship Reference Guide: Planning and Development
- Stepping Back from the Water – A Beneficial Management Practices Guide for New Development Near Water Bodies in Alberta's Settled Region
Pollutants
Property and water boundaries
Sewage, wastewater and stormwater management
- Association of Summer Villages of Alberta – Lake Stewardship Reference Guide: Wastewater Management Systems
- Private sewage codes and standards
- Private Sewage Treatment Systems Separation Distances
Shoreline/riparian modification
Approval for shoreline work
- Lake Legislation in Alberta
- Lakeshores
- Private sewage codes and standards
- Shorelands – Approvals and regulatory requirements
- Shoreline/Water Body Modifications Fact Sheet
- Water Act Approvals Fact Sheet
- Water Act forms
Information on modification
- Association of Summer Villages of Alberta – Lake Stewardship Reference Guide: Beach Development/Sand Placement
- Cows and Fish – Protecting Shorelines and Streambanks – Naturally!
- Cows and Fish – Riparian Health Assessment
- Cows and Fish – Looking at my lakeshore
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada – The Shore Primer (PDF, 1.3 MB)
- Lake County Stormwater Management Commission – Streambank and Shoreline Protection Manual (PDF, 1.8 MB)
- Riparian Rights and Shoreline Modifications
- Wabamun Watershed Management Council – Guide to Naturalizing a Lakefront Shoreline
Transport Canada
Water levels
- Alberta River Basins – River forecasts and advisories
- High water
- Flood
- Spring Run-off Flood Prevention
Water quality
- Alberta Lake Management Society – Annual LakeWatch Summaries
- Cows and Fish – Water Quality and Riparian Areas
- Surface water quality data
- Water reports
- Water quality guidelines
Wetlands
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