Saskatchewan Polytechnic student, Blossom Lamalice knows that when you love something, you take care of it.
“Everybody loves their lakes and they want them to be here for future generations. If we start taking care of them now, they will be here for many years to come,” she says.
Lamalice is currently in her second year in the Integrated Resource Management diploma program, which is part of Sask Polytech’s school of Natural Resources and Built Environment. She is passionate about the future of Canada’s waterways and spearheads the Love Your Lakes applied research project in Saskatchewan.
The project examines the sediment, vegetation and other features of various shorelines to assess the current environmental state and ultimately provides a report to property owners.
Funded by the North Saskatchewan River Basin Council, the District of Lakeland and Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Sustainability Initiative Fund (SIF), the program and associated applied research consists of a packaged shoreline evaluation and stewardship program.
“My personal hope is to see people have a better understanding of their shoreline and realize how they can improve certain things,” says Lamalice.
For Natural Resources and Built Environment instructor, David Halstead being able to provide students with applied research opportunities, such as the Love Your Lakes project is an exceptional learning opportunity that’s hard to find in other post-secondary institutions.
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