We potted up some hardy Red Pine seedlings last year to make available to LOWDPOA members. We’re now offering these well established trees in six-inch pots, so don’t miss out. Place your order early as they are available on a first-come, first served basis. Orders must be received to the LOWDPOA office no later than June 18th 2013. Pick up date: Saturday, June 22 between…

LakeSmart heading carefully into Longbow Lake 2012. At time of posting, we’re getting ready to interview for the team positions and are busy firming up sponsors for the season. It looks as though previous year’s supporters will all be back on board which says good things about the profile and success of the program. Our education will again be based on the importance of healthy…

The long-awaited LOWDPOA Anniversary Recipe Book is hot off the presses and now available. A great big thank you to our members who contributed more than 400 of their favourite lake recipes!  We are sure the book will become one of your favourites on the shelf. It’s chock full of a wide variety of simple and tasty choices – often made with ingredients we keep…

Not only was our 51st Annual General Meeting and Cottage Show another great success, LOWDPOA members were the first to hear an update on the progress of saving the Experimental Lakes Area. International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Vice President Hank Venema spoke passionately to the 250 members in attendance, outlining the reasons IISD got involved in the efforts to save the ELA, the complications…

WASHINGTON D.C. – The International Joint Commission (IJC) today met with the new Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board during the IJC Semi-Annual meeting. The IJC formed the new International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board to assist it with binational coordination of water quality efforts for the entire transboundary watershed and to coordinate the management of the water levels and flows on the Rainy…

MEDIA RELEASE APRIL 1:  LOWDPOA and the Federation of Ontario Cottagers’ Associations FOCA) joined forces in their continuing efforts to keep the Experimental Lakes Area open into the future. The world renowned Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) was slated for closure as of March 31, 2013 and although there has been talk of a transfer to a new operator, the government remains tight lipped on the…

We’re Hiring Environmental Stewardship Technician Job Posting » Since its first summer in 2011, LOWDPOA’s LakeSmart Program has proven to be one of our most successful outreach programs in recent history. Not only does it help property owners learn the importance of healthy shorelines and their impact on water quality, LakeSmart also helps raise our profile in a positive way and generates new members for…

Taxation in Cottage Country LOWDPOA believes fundamentally in ‘fair taxation’, but with our diverse membership located in municipalities, unincorporated areas, within and outside school tax boundaries, serviced and unserviced properties, the issue of taxation levels is a complicated one. Property assessments arrived in our mailboxes late last year and many of us were surprised, and dismayed at the increased valuations of our properties.  If you…

With all the publicity related to the closure of the Experimental Lakes Area, it’s heartening to see the cause remain visible in the public eye. LOWDPOA agrees this effort must continue, even though the overall response from government has been consistent; that the research area does not fall within their mandate, and that they have no intention of reversing their decision to shut the door…

Do you love the lake? Do you love lake life?  Do your children love the lake? Do you live and work in lake country? Then you should join LOWDPOA; the only group in the watershed specifically focused on representing the interests of members who share a common passion for lake life.   ‘Lake life’ includes issues related to property values, taxation, land use and development, our…