LAMBTON SHORES — The recalculations are completed, and soon-to-be-prepared final property tax notices will advise owners of homes and cottages that they will benefit from a residential tax rate this year that is 1.70 per cent lower than in 2016. That’s …
Doorknob Hangers-Knock! Knock! Did You Get Yours? As part of their educational outreach component, the Lambton Shores Phragmites Community Group, with input from the Ipperwash Phrag Phighters, produced “A Friendly Notice about Invasive Phragmites australis” doorknob hanger. These were distributed …
Get Involved! Ready! Set! Go! This Spring strong winds caused high wave action along the shoreline, Sections of the dunes were washed away. Phragmites rhizomes (stems growing below the ground) were broken off and washed up all along the …
Ipperwash Phrag Phighters (IPP) is a group of local residents, cottage owners, renters and visitors committed to stopping the growth and spread of Invasive Phragmites australis in the Ipperwash area. Working with the Lambton Shores Phragmites Community Group (LSPCG), the …
Identification – Is It or Isn’t It? To control Phragmites it is important to know the difference between invasive Phragmites (Phragmites australis subspecies: australis) and native Phragmites (Phragmites australis subspecies: americanus). The following chart helps to distinguish non-native Phragmites from …
Every year, about 40 dump trucks worth of plastic ends up in Lake Huron. It comes in through wastewater treatment plants and run-off; microbeads from personal care products, fibres from synthetic clothing, and trash washed into rivers and streams. Former …
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Public beaches where Lambton Public Health samples water quality regularly during the warm months have been given a clean bill of health this week. The public health office for Sarnia-Lambton gathered water samples June 5 at the north and south …
Phragmites are like icebergs. You only see a portion of the whole plant. It is the growth below ground level that is the most threatening and the hardest to treat.
To donate items for the garage sale or plants for the plant sale drop them off between 7:00 am and 10:00 am at G&R’s Dumpster Day Saturday, June 10, 2017, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Sunday, June 11, 2017, …