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 Vision: Lakeland Industry & Community Association is a working partnership supporting a sustainable environment. Mission: LICA supports the environment by gathering, sharing and acting on information regarding development in our region. Values: Trust, honesty, respect, integrity, equality, open-mindedness, transparency, cooperation, responsible development, accountability and particiaption. LICA is a member of Synergy Alberta, formed to support the efforts of community-based synergy groups across Alberta. Check out synergy news, and events as well as tools and resources at http://www.synergyalberta.ca. LICA’s primary role is to work collaboratively with its stakeholders to ensure that industry development is managed responsibly. A volunteer board of 12 directors manages the association’s activities, providing direction to its three working committees and working collaboratively with its two standing committees. LICA has been a participant in the LakeWatch Program since 2002 and continues today to support the program with funding and by organizing the many volunteers needed to ensure the program’s success. These volunteers provide their time and a boat, and ALMS provides the equipment and professional guidance and training. The information collected through the LakeWatch program has been used to support local management decisions including the Cold Lake Beaver River and Moose Lake water management plans. Since July 2003, LICA has been operating a passive air quality monitoring network. The resulting database is suitable for the identification of long term air quality trends and assessing spatial variability, a typical approach in making regional-scale air quality assessments. The advantages of the passive samplers used by LICA are their accuracy, low detectable limits, simple design, ease of use and cost effectiveness. Passive samplers rely on the principles of permeation and diffusion rather than actively drawing a sample of air for analysis. LICA supported two Eco Day events last summer, partnering with Alberta Environment at Lac Bellevue and with the Crane Lake Advisory and Stewardship Society at Crane Lake. Volunteers from many partnership groups,including the Alberta Lake Management Society (ALMS), Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, and Living By Water (Federation of Alberta Naturalists), organized interesting and interactive events that gave attendees a better understanding and appreciation of local lakes. LICA has and will continue to facilitate each party’s voice at the table when community, industry and government meet to discuss issues concerning our environment and resource development in our area.
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