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SPRING 2014 NEWSLETTER SHARBOT LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION

INVADING SPECIES… cont’d

How does the Invading Species Watch Program
Work?
• Interested volunteers should contact the Watch
Coordinator in early spring to be added to the
list. The number of monitoring kits is limited
so contact as early as possible.
• Volunteers will receive the monitoring kit and
instruction manual through the months of early
July to September. Collection of water samples
may take up to four hours per lake depending
on the size of the lake.
• Volunteers simply follow the instructions in the
information kits provided by the OFAH and
take water samples of their lakes using
plankton tow nets.
• Samples are then shipped to OFAH for analysis
to detect the presence or absence of larval
forms of aquatic invasive species. Volunteers
are then notified of the results.
• Participation in the program is FREE but
volunteers are responsible for purchasing a
bottle of isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) to
preserve the samples and sending the samples
back to the OFAH office for analysis.

Protect your lake and participate in the
Invading Species Watch program! MEMORIES FROM THE LAKE

For more information go to Pretty Pete
http://www.invadingspecies.com/get- As told by Kevin Luscott, Cottage Owner Sharbot
involved/invading-species-watch-program/ Lake

Written by Brenda Luscott, August 2012
During yet another wonderful cottage vacation at
Sharbot Lake, one of Kevin’s sisters spotted an
odd coloured bird up in the birch tree down by
the lake. Upon further investigation, it was
determined that the bird with the green and
yellow feathers was, in fact, a Budgie. Kevin’s
Dad, Fred, stood on the porch and tapped his

shoulder, urging the bird to come down from the
tree. Surprisingly, the bird flew down and
landed on his shoulder. Fred stepped into the
cottage with the bird on his shoulder while the
rest of the family went knocking on doors
looking for anything to contain the little fellow.

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