August 25, 2023
BICA Environment Committee Report 2023 By Chris Redston We continue our focus on three key areas: Water Quality, Invasive Species, and Septic Systems. We are planning Love Your Bay Week 2023 - from August 5 to 12 - to communicate directly with members via email and post relevant content on the BICA ...
August 12, 2023
Welcome Back to Love Your Bay Week 2023! This is the final email that you’ll receive this year to celebrate Love Your Bay Week. We hope that you’ve found the content useful and informative. Invasive Phragmites, Eurasian Milfoil, Light Pollution, Garbage on the Shorelines - it’s not all bad ...
August 11, 2023
Welcome Back to Love Your Bay Week 2023! Maintaining your septic system prevents harmful bacteria from leaching into the lake and helps preserve the water quality in the Bay. Proper maintenance also helps extend the life of your system and could prevent the expense of replacing your leaching bed! ...
August 10, 2023
Welcome Back to Love Your Bay Week 2023! Today’s topic is about another invasive species that has spread into the Bay of Islands – Invasive Phragmites. Learn About Invasive Phragmites We all need to be on the lookout for Invasive Phragmites. Want to learn more? Think you may have it on your ...
August 9, 2023
By Chris Redston, Bay of Islands Community Association Have you noticed more weeds in the water the last couple of years? It could be an invasive aquatic plant called Eurasian Watermilfoil. Eurasian Watermilfoil (EWM) has feather-like green leaves with 12-14 or more thread-like ...
August 8, 2023
Welcome to Love Your Bay Week 2023! This is the second of six emails that you’ll receive this week to celebrate Love Your Bay Week. The topic today is about cleaning up the shorelines. Here’s a schedule of what’s coming up later in the week: Wednesday August 9th - Eurasian Watermilfoil Thursday ...
August 8, 2023
Welcome to Love Your Bay Week 2023! To celebrate Love Your Bay Week this year, we will be sending out a series of daily emails and articles with how-to things you can do to protect and preserve the quality of natural environment of the Bay of Islands.Love the stars? The topic today is preserving the ...
September 21, 2022
By Britt Oldenburg, Bay of Islands Association One of the key attractions of cottage life is being immersed in the beauty of nature: the lake, the trees, the loons, and a dark, star-filled sky. This dark and starry sky is increasingly threatened by light pollution caused by artificial lighting. Ironically, ...
July 26, 2022
By Liz Philips GBA has been working as hard as ever to protect the Bay we love, on many, many fronts. Some of the issues that are closest to the heart of the Bay of Islands include: Floating cottagesGBA provided input to the Ontario government about issues related to floating cottages, and drafted wording ...
July 26, 2022
By Chris Redston We are focusing our efforts on three areas: Water Quality, Invasive Species and Septic Systems. Water Quality – After many years of testing water in several locations around the Bay, the board has decided to discontinue this program. Data collected indicates that aside from a couple ...
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