{"id":8047,"date":"2025-06-03T20:43:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T00:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=8047"},"modified":"2025-06-03T20:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T00:45:13","slug":"tues-june-17-2025-williams-lake-conservation-co-agm-about-the-dam-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=8047","title":{"rendered":"Tues June 17, 2025: Williams Lake Conservation Co. AGM, about the Dam and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8051\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8051\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8051\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dam-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dam-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dam-1024x577.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dam-768x433.jpg 768w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dam.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>View of Etu\u2019panuek (Williams Lake) by The Dam<\/strong>, May 27. Trees have been cut in prep.for complete re-building of the now very leaky dam. <em>Click on image for larger version<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>From WLCC:<\/p>\n<p>What a year this has been for the Williams Lake Conservation Company! Significantly, the provincial government has approved the spending required to replace our old and failing dam!<\/p>\n<p>Although certainly a highlight, this announcement is only one of many highlights for the year, including, but not limited to birding activities, continued monitoring of the quality and quantity of lake water, and enhanced educational activities in partnership with Captain William Spry Public Library.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We will be reporting on these important events and activities at our Annual General Meeting and invite you to join us to get a sense of what\u2019s going on and how you and your family can become involved. Would you like to join us as we continue to protect Williams Lake and its watershed through these challenging times? Come to our AGM.<\/p>\n<p>We are pleased to announce that Denis Pellichero, Director of Engineering, Build Nova Scotia Strategic Infrastructure, will be joining us as guest speaker to talk about the dam.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8050\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-03-at-9.36.23\u202fPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8050\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8050\" src=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-03-at-9.36.23\u202fPM-300x245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-03-at-9.36.23\u202fPM-300x245.png 300w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-03-at-9.36.23\u202fPM-1024x837.png 1024w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-03-at-9.36.23\u202fPM-768x628.png 768w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-03-at-9.36.23\u202fPM-1536x1255.png 1536w, http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-03-at-9.36.23\u202fPM.png 1750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Location of the Captain William Spry Public Library.<em> Click on image for larger version.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>WLCC &#8211; Annual General Meeting<\/strong><br \/>\nTuesday, June 17, 2024<br \/>\nCaptain William Spry Public Library \u2013 Program Room<br \/>\n7:00 \u2013 9:00 p.m.<br \/>\nOpen to the Public<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From WLCC: What a year this has been for the Williams Lake Conservation Company! Significantly, the provincial government has approved the spending required to replace our old and failing dam! Although certainly a highlight, this announcement is only one of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=8047\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-williams-lake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8047"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8054,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8047\/revisions\/8054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}