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QUINTE CONSERVATION ISSUES A WATER SAFETY STATEMENT

Posted on Friday, March 08, 2019 12:00 AM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 8, 2019
QUINTE CONSERVATION ISSUES A WATER SAFETY STATEMENT
The weather forecast for the weekend and into next week shows a warming trend with chance of precipitation. This will cause the snowpack to ripen, increased runoff and, higher flows.
Quinte Conservation would like to remind the public to exercise caution around ice-covered and open water as changing temperatures and rainfall may create unstable ice conditions on rivers, streams, and lakes.
Water Resources...

FAMILY FUN DAY AT THE FRINK

Posted on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 12:00 AM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 13, 2019
FAMILY FUN DAY AT THE FRINK
Quinte Conservation will be hosting an outdoor family event at the H.R. Frink Conservation Area on the Family Day Holiday. There will be outdoor activities including a family orienteering course, y-stick rattle making and music circle around the campfire, cone bird feeder making, snowshoeing (conditions permitting), scavenger hunt, backyard birding with naturalist Terry Sprague, nature mysteries table, survival shelter building, and...

DAM OPERATIONS AT SECOND DEPOT LAKE AND BELLROCK IN THE NAPANEE REGION WATERSHED MAY AFFECT ICE CONDITIONS

Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 12:00 AM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 23, 2019
DAM OPERATIONS AT SECOND DEPOT LAKE AND BELLROCK IN THE NAPANEE REGION WATERSHED MAY AFFECT ICE CONDITIONS
Dam operations will continue at Second Depot Lake in an effort to ensure adequate flood storage for the spring. In addition to Second Depot Lake Dam, Quinte Conservation is operating Bellrock Dam in order to draw down reservoir levels.
Lake levels are currently supporting ice coverage. As levels start to lower in the reservoir, the stability of the ice coverage...

DAM OPERATIONS HAPPENING AT SECOND AND THIRD DEPOT LAKES IN THE NAPANEE REGION WATERSHED

Posted on Monday, January 07, 2019 12:00 AM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 7, 2019
DAM OPERATIONS HAPPENING AT SECOND AND THIRD DEPOT LAKES IN THE NAPANEE REGION WATERSHED
Recent rain and snowmelt throughout the northern regions of the Napanee River Watershed have caused higher than seasonally normal water levels on the Depot Lakes.
In an effort to ensure adequate flood storage for the spring, Quinte Conservation is operating dams on Second and Third Depot Lakes in order to draw down reservoir levels.
Lake levels are currently supporting ice coverage....

QUINTE CONSERVATION PARKING PASSES AVAILABLE FOR LOAN THROUGH LOCAL LIBRARIES

Posted on Thursday, December 20, 2018 12:00 AM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 20, 2018
QUINTE CONSERVATION PARKING PASSES AVAILABLE FOR LOAN THROUGH LOCAL LIBRARIES Quinte Conservation Area Parking Passes are now available for loan through public libraries located in the Quinte Conservation Watershed and within Hastings and Prince Edward Counties. With support from Healthy Kids Community Challenge Hastings Prince Edward (HKCC HPE) and municipal public libraries throughout the region, Quinte Conservation has been able to implement a library loan...