- Average Water Temperature: 23.0 °C
- Average Water Depth: 4.1 m
- Average Turbidity: 1.97 NTU. Turbidity (cloudiness) usually ranges from 0 to 10 NTU but can get into the hundreds in times of high flow, flooding etc.
- Average Dissolved Oxygen: 7.1 mg/L. Levels of dissolved oxygen between 4 and 15 mg/L are generally needed for fish to thrive.
- Average pH: 8.15
After a hazy but calm start to the morning, the wind picked up and had the boat rocking by the time we reached our North site. We are grateful to Annie Pankovitch and Catriona Leven, from the Columbia Wetlands Stewardship Partnership, who ventured upstream from their usual sites around Brisco to help us out and provide valuable insights into water monitoring and bird study.
Speaking of birds, we stopped by the colony of at-risk bank swallows we have been monitoring all summer in Lake Windermere Provincial Park. The eggs have finally hatched, and we saw some very tiny (and very cute) chicks being fed!
Thanks again to long-time friend of LWA, Gavin Jacobs, for providing his boat.
To join the Ambassadors out on the lake on a Tuesday morning this summer, please contact Alyssa at (250) 341-6898 or [email protected]
