Biological assessment of selected portions of Whitewater Lake and management recommendations / Don Sexton.
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TextPublication details: MB : 1984.Description: vi, 67 p. : map ; 28 cmOnline resources: Abstract: Whitewater Lake is a 9,000 ha moderately saline wetland situated in southwestern Manitoba between the towns of Boissevain and Deloraine. In early 1983 the Rural Municipalities of Winchester and Morton as well as the Turtle Mountain Conservation District passed resolutions requesting that Ducks Unlimited investigate the lake as a possible project for waterfowl management. A feasibility study carried out to this end recommended that only the marshy east portion of the lake (referred to hereafter as the East Marsh) and possibly the marsh north of Sexton's Island (also called the Island as so named here) be considered in any further investigations of development. Reasons for this included a limited water supply preventing management of levels on the entire lake plus the significance of the main lake as a fall staging and subsequently important waterfowl hunting area. It was also suggested that high salinity levels may preclude traditional drawdown management on the lake. This report docum
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-43).
Whitewater Lake is a 9,000 ha moderately saline wetland situated in southwestern Manitoba between the towns of Boissevain and Deloraine. In early 1983 the Rural Municipalities of Winchester and Morton as well as the Turtle Mountain Conservation District passed resolutions requesting that Ducks Unlimited investigate the lake as a possible project for waterfowl management. A feasibility study carried out to this end recommended that only the marshy east portion of the lake (referred to hereafter as the East Marsh) and possibly the marsh north of Sexton's Island (also called the Island as so named here) be considered in any further investigations of development. Reasons for this included a limited water supply preventing management of levels on the entire lake plus the significance of the main lake as a fall staging and subsequently important waterfowl hunting area. It was also suggested that high salinity levels may preclude traditional drawdown management on the lake. This report docum