If you ask any shoreline cabin owner what they like most about living at the lake, you might get a myriad responses including; escaping the rat race, soaking up the peace and tranquillity, being able to watch the wildlife, having somewhere to fish and park a boat, as well as just plain enjoying the view. …
Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) Expands Into Upper Qu’Appelle and Wascana Watersheds
Program Helps Farmers Help the Environment: Wascana and Upper Qu’Appelle Watersheds Association Taking Responsibility (WUQWATR) announced today the launch of the Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) conservation program into its entire watershed area. WUQWATR is the non-profit source water protection agency established to implement the source water protection plan for the Wascana and Upper Qu’Appelle…
Healthy Watersheds 2015 Art Poster Contest
The Watershed Stewardship Groups of Saskatchewan are once again sponsoring a provincial poster contest for students. Artwork theme this year is “Water and Wildlife” of the Wascana Upper Qu’Appelle Watersheds (scenery, plants, fish, animals, waterbodies). Contest open to all Grade 5, 6, & 7 students Artwork theme: “Water and Wildlife” One entry per student Project…
Weed Management Project Report
With recent wet summers, invasive weed species have been spreading throughout our watershed. Species like leafy spurge damage pastures, stream banks and lakeshores. In 2014, WUQWATR coordinated the Qu’Appelle Strategic Weed Management Project with the RMs of McKillop, Lumsden, and Edenwold, and the Town Of Lumsden. Summer student Ben Lockert helped to map areas of…
Wascana Riparian Health Project
Since 2012, WUQWATR has been conducting our Wascana Riparian Health project. We have just completed the 2012-14 Part 3 Downstrem of Regina Report on our Wascana Riparian Health Assessment. This report covers the City of Regina, including Wascana Creek, Wascana Lake, and stormwater channels. It also includes the Creek upstream of Regina in the Wascana…
Climate Change
Climate change models predict we’ll see summer storms of far greater severity than in the past. There are good reasons for this forecast. First, as the atmosphere warms, it will be able to hold more water vapour. So when conditions are right, more rain will fall. Second, a warmer arctic zone results in a weaker…