“From a food chain perspective, cyanobacteria is junk food. “When we watch algae blooms, they can sort of be the canary in the coal mine, giving us the first signal that there’s change afoot and we need to understand what is going on,” Larratt said. READ MORE: Interior Health discourages swimming in Wood Lake due to algae bloom
A layer of ash from forest fires can increase the phosphorus levels.Ī major “cyano” algae bloom in Wood Lake last spring, while not unusual, was bigger and earlier than normal. Heather Larratt, of Larratt Aquatic Consulting, has been studying the lakes for decades and warned that people need to be concerned about what is happening there just from natural forces, like floods and wildfires, let alone human interference.įloods erode the shoreline and carry nutrients and contaminants into the lake, she explained. The news was not good from an environmental perspective. In response to such concerns, Lake Country council called in some local experts to brief them on the implications of dredging the channel. READ MORE: Dredge work to improve canal linking Kalamalka and Wood Lakes tied up in red tape Many times we’ve gone through there and had to help other boats navigate though.” “I’m concerned for the safety aspect of the canal, a lot of boats are being damaged and when summertime hits, the tourist aspect of things makes it dangerous. “It’s just bad because it’s a really fun thing to do with the kids, going through the canal to get from one lake to another… and right now it’s next to impossible,” he told iNFOnews.ca in June. That’s the news the District of Lake Country council got from experts at a strategy meeting earlier this month.Īt issue is so much sediment has built up in the channel between the two lakes it’s getting difficult for boats to navigate the channel.Īndrew Spear started a campaign to get the canal dredged two years ago. A grassroots effort to get the channel connecting two Okanagan lakes – Wood and Kalamalka – would be great for boaters but may do serious harm to both lakes.
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