In this edition : Lyme’s disease Grass Carp The Earthworm...

April 2017 Volume 26, number1

www.avec‐cameron.ca

In this edition :

Lyme’s disease

Grass Carp

The Earthworm

Portrait of Québec

surface waters

New RSVL site

And more…

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Composition of the Board 2016-2017

President

Robert Cardinal tel. : 819 687‐2045

Email : [email protected]

Vice‐president

Robert Laperrière tel. : 819 687‐8099

Email : robert‐[email protected]

Treasurer

Ana Dalmau tel. : 819 687‐2504


Secretary

Monique Leduc tel. : 819 687‐8704

Email: [email protected]

Board members

Brian Basanda tel. : 613 834‐7853

Email : [email protected] Katherine Kane tel. : 819 687‐9247


Michel Mont‐Briant tel. : 819 687‐3964


Daniel Noiseux tel. : 819 687‐2662


David Spanner tel. : 819 687‐9247


Committees

Advertising :

Brian Basanda

Robert Cardinal

Ana Dalmau

Katherine Kane

Monique Leduc

Michel Mont‐Briant

David Spanner

Courriel pour publicité : [email protected]

Water Quality :

(Monitoring RSVL and septic systems)

(Transparency measurements)

(Runoff water quality)

Robert Cardinal

Le Relais :

Brian Basanda

Robert Cardinal

Ana Dalmau

Katherine Kane

Monique Leduc


Daniel Noiseux

David Spanner

Editor

Monique Leduc

English translation :

(www.avec‐cameron.ca/communications.html)

Karl Holmes

Pauline Sarrazin

Email for residents’ page :

[email protected]

[email protected]

Access ramp :

(Lockup and boat washing)

Now managed by the municipality of Amherst

Timber cutting :

Robert Cardinal

Tap water analysis :

Robert Cardinal

Boat impact :

Robert Cardinal

Coordination with the municipality :

Monique Leduc

Code of ethics :

Monique Leduc

Coordination with RSVL and Bleu Laurentides:

Robert Cardinal

Program of shore re‐vegetation:

Robert Cardinal

Programme of fish stocking :

Robert Cardinal

Watershed analysis :

Robert Cardinal

Rsvl/periphyton program


Coordination with Proma (Société pour la protection du bassin versant de la rivière Maskinongé)

Robert Cardinal

Web Site (avec‐cameron.ca)

Brian Basanda

This division of responsibilities was modified on July 9

July 2016.

To Reach Us

L’association des villégiateurs des environs du lac Cameron

Mailing address

1808, chemin du Village

Vendée, Québec

J0T 2T0

Email addresses

[email protected]

[email protected]

info@avec‐cameron.ca

Web Site

avec‐cameron.ca

http://www.mediafire.com/avec‐cameron

ContentsComposition of the Board ................ P.2 Contents .......................................... p.2 Transparency measurements 2016 . p.3 RSVL communication ....................... p.3 25 million lakes ................................ p.4 I never knew ................................... p.4 The earth worm ............................... p.5 Should I be nervous ......................... p.5 And the fishers ? .............................. p.5 In brief ............................................. p.5 Water quality ................................... p.6 Lyme’s disease ................................. p.7 Grass carp ........................................ p.7 Sponsors .......................................... p.8

An English version of Le Relais is beingmade available through the avec-

cameron website http://avec-cameron.ca

Scroll down and click on the tab: English version of Le Relais available here. You will find the full version of

Le Relais in English. The Board of Directors would like to thank Mr. Holmes and Mrs. Sarrazin

for making the publication of the English Edition possible.

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The MDDELCC has a new « extranet » portal which consists of a set of areas of collaboration for the lakes signed up with the RSVL (VLMP in English). This portal, named Relais (no relation with your associa-tion’s newsletter) allows us to view files, take measures and submit applica-tions.

From this site we have received the data collected in the year 2016 transparency measures.

Since the 2016 season, the measure-ments have been made only from sta-tion A. At the suggestion of people from the RSVL, we can remove the B station since the measures are similar to the A station.

For the summer of 2016, the average measure of transparency is 6.7 m. This annual average is con-sistent with the average of the past 13 years, which is 6.6 m.

Robert Cardi-nal

The Voluntary Lake monitoring network team (RSVL) in collaboration with the MDDELCC

(Ministère de l’Environnement) ad-vised us this winter that a new com-puter system managing the operations of the VLMP is now in place. This new internet portal named RELAIS (even if there’s no connection with our journal, it’s still flattering… NDLR) is made up of a group of col-laborative spaces for our lake. This Portal allows access to the records of the Lake, to enter the water transpar-ency measures and to submit requests for information, assistance and recov-ery of the follow-up activities.

We should soon receive the results of water anal-yses of the summer of 2016 via this internet por-tal.

Robert Cardinal

More on the Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program

http://www.mddelcc.gouv.qc.ca/eau/rsvl/presen-tation-en.pdf

Transparency Measures, 2016 Communication with the RSVL

Transparency chart from the RELAIS portal

Nouveau portail du RSVL

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In Quebec there are an impressive number of lakes. But how many are there? ? It’s hard to be exact because they are forming and disappearing all the time.

Geographers at McGill University proceded to calculate the number of lakes on the earth and here are their conclusions.

On the basis of 10 hectares and more by body of water, there are one and a half million lakes on the surface of the Earth. Taking into account water of one hectare and more, there's more than 25 million lakes that lay on the Earth's surface.

Canada, one of the countries (or the country) that contains the largest number of lakes, has 31, 190 lakes with an area more than 3 km² (300 hectares). The largest is Lake Superior.

In Québec, the Caniapiscau reservoir (52ond in the world) is the largest body of fresh water.

The title of the largest natural lake goes to Lake Mistassini. Lake Cameron ranks 103rd in Québec.

If the coastlines of all the lakes of more than ten hectares were put end to end, that would be 19 times the distance between the Earth and the moon.

Water from a body of water circulates. The average stay of the water in a lake is about 5 years. The extremes of stay are from a few hours to 375 years. Cameron Lake water renewal is 1.85 times per year. Source : La Presse+, édition du 18 décembre 2016.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_de_lacs_du_monde

No one is supposed to not know the law. In the case of fishing, this is to ensure the sustainability of the species.

Here is a list of the main offenses and the relating fines.

Fishing without a permit : $100 Using more than one rod : $100 Not following length limit : $150 Exceeding limit : $200 for every touladi

over. Possessing live minnows: 400 $ Using live minnows : $1 000

Source : Le Journal de Montréal, 25 juin 2016.

25 million Lakes !

I didn’t know that !

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According to various studies, the earthworm disrupts our mixed forests. Although it is useful in the garden, it is harmful in the forest. (A study around 60 lakes Mont Tremblant Park comes to the same conclusions.)

The earthworm digs deep and brings soil to the surface which changes the chemical composition

of the soil. This disturbs the underground wildlife and plants.

The drainage of the ground is changed becoming drier. It becomes more porous so more sensitive to erosion. It may also cause the leaching of min-erals.

The ground loses cover (already noted at the edges of some lakes in Mont Tremblant Park) leaving the opportunity for exotic plants to re-place native plants

There is also a decline in the number of animal species like insects and mammals living in the woods or even birds nesting on the ground.

There was also a decrease of viable seeds, includ-ing those of mature trees.

No need to panic, but we should be concerned in the long-term.

Worms disappeared 12,000 years ago during the last glacial period. Since then, the earthworms that we know are all exotic.

Indeed, they were imported by the first settlers (transporting plants) between the 1800s and 1900s. The earth used as ballast in ships also helped the migration of worms.

The current invasion, at a rate of five meters an-nually, is impossible to counter because of its continental scale.

Growth is also attributable to fishing enthusiasts who sometimes throw their unused worms into the forest. Indeed, the manure worm is a species prized by anglers. It's the same worm that is used for the production of compost.

This worm is rarely found in our forests because it cannot withstand our winters.

Encouraging fishers to throw their worms (it`s the main bait used for fishing) in the garbage is a way of slowing the invasion.

The worm is now considered to be a nuisance to our forests.

In Quebec, the common earthworm is the best-known species.

In the garden, the worm promotes the develop-ment of the roots. In the forest, the number of rootlets of trees species drops considerably.

Road transport as well as the ATV can also con-tribute to growth.

There are 6000 species worldwide, including 7, in Mont Tremblant Park.

Curiously, a worm thrown into the water can be found on the shore drowned.

It is recommended not to bring compost or pot-ting soil into the forest.

Robert Laperrière

Source : La Presse+, édition du 22 janvier 2017.

The Earthworm, innocent?

Do We Have to Worry?

And the fishers?

In Brief. https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/lombric

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The Department of the Environment made a portrait of the quality of surface water in Quebec, covering the period from 1999 to 2008. The RSVL (VLMP) data has to make an initial assessment of eutrophic lakes in Quebec. From this data, it will be possible to check the trends in eutrophication of the lakes in the years to come.

From 2004 to 2009, nearly 550 lakes were sampled to evaluate the level of eutrophication via the VLMP.

70% of the lakes are categorized as oligotrophic or slightly enriched in phosphorus.

27% of the lakes are in the mesotrophic category in the category of intermediate enrichment.

3% of the lakes are in the eutrophic category which is very rich in phosphorus.

From 2004 to 2008, there were 254 bodies of water affected by blue-green algae blooms. This increase is particularly due to an increase of reports by the public. 61% of these lakes have been affected only one year.

The administrative region most affected by the cyanobacteria is the region of the Laurentians with 74 bodies of water. The most affected watershed is the watershed of the Red River with 29 bodies of water. According to the map of the MDDELC, the bodies of water affected by blue-green algae (according to the most recent data from 2015) near us are:

Lac des Plages (2015), Lac Simon (2015), Lac Labelle (2007), Lac de la Mine (2010), Lac Rognon (2013) et Lac Xavier (2015)

Source : http://www.mddelcc.gouv.qc.ca/eau/portrait/eaux-surface1999-2008/Portrait_Quebec1999-2008.pdf

Map of affected water bodies:

http://www.mddelcc.gouv.qc.ca/eau/algues-bv/bilan/Liste-plans-eau-touches-abv.pdf

Portrait of the quality of Québec surface water

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This disease is caused by bacteria that is trans-mitted through the bite of an infected tick.

The tick is found in wooded regions or in the tall grass. Although present in all 10 provinces, the centre of tick populations is concentrated in southern Quebec. In 2015, 160 cases of Lyme disease had been reported in Quebec. These cases were mainly in the Montérégie and Estrie re-gions.

The symptoms of the disease appear between 3 and 30 days after the bite. A rash appears on the skin and grows day by day and may exceed 5 cm in diameter. The disease can be cured with the help of treatment with antibiotics.

The places closest to us where there is a possible risk (ie. level of risk of acquiring the disease fol-lowing a tick bite) are: Duhamel, St-Faustin-Lake Carée, Mont-Tremblant and Grenville. The places identified as low risk are: Marina, Gat-ineau and St. Jerome. The only place with a high level of risk is in Farnham in the Eastern Town-ships. In the Amherst area, the presence of the tick is at the lowest level; that is unknown risk.

Source : Centre d’expertise et de référence en santé publique : www.inspq.qc.ca

Carte des municipalités à risque d’acquisition de la maladie :

https://www.inspq.qc.ca/zoonoses/maladie-de-lyme

The presence of the Asian carp (or the grass carp which is one of the four species of Asian carp) has been detected in the St. Lawrence River ac-cording to the ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs

Asian carp were introduced by fish farmers in the United States in the 1970s to combat the prolifer-ation of algae and parasites in farm ponds. As a result of flooding, carp ended up in the wild. Since then, they have moved up the Mississippi River to the Great Lakes.

Carp generate major impacts on the environments they inhabit. It's a devastating fish which upsets ecosystems. This fast growing fish has no natural predators and can grow almost anywhere.

The MFFP is already working to limit its spread with preventive measures such as the cleaning of vessels, the management of dams and fish lad-ders. The goal is to avoid the introduction of carp onto "internal waters", or the secondary streams and lakes. Another preventive measure is the prohibition of the use of live bait during winter fishing starting next season.

Sources : MFFP (Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs), La Presse, édition du 28 fé-vrier 2017 et Météo Média.

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