Walt Neilson asks a simple question: "Who looks after lakes in Alberta?" In a journey to protect a small lake west of Edmonton from a 200 site RV park development, the Mayatan Lake Management Association discovered that lake management is somewhat of a jurisdictional orphan in Alberta. Walt Neilson's presentation describes the journey the Association made from a one-issue organization to a watershed management group working with the North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance.
Walt Neilson is President of the Mayatan Lake Management Association, a watershed management and community action group. Walt Neilson has worked in IT for over 30 years and Lake Mayatan is in Parkland County, west of Edmonton, Alberta.
From March 12-14th, 2013, people involved in water issues in Alberta met in Red Deer to discuss ideas and plans for managing water resources. The conference, jointly hosted by the Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA) Alberta Chapter and Alberta Watershed Planning & Advisory Councils (WPACs), emphasized the integrated planning that is necessary for water management in the future.
The Alberta Land-use Knowledge Network was able to record many of the keynote speakers and conference presentations.