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Lac Le Jeune Conservation Association 2025 AGM

LAC LE JEUNE CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION 

 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 

 When: Sunday November 30, 2025, 10:30am

 Where: Zoom 

 AGENDA 

1. Welcome and introduction 
2. Approval of the AGM minutes of September 29, 2024 
3. Treasurer's Report 
4. Current projects and funding 
5. FireSmart update 
6. Water Monitoring Project (view data)
7. Membership fees 
8. Upper Subdivision representative 
9. New business

Please add the AGM to your calendar! 

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Topic: Lac Le Jeune Conservation Association AGM

Time: Nov 30, 2025 10:30 AM Vancouver
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Minutes: Lac Le Jeune Conservation Association AGM - September 29, 2024

 MInutes are also available for download as a PDF here.

Minutes of the Lac Le Jeune Conservation Association Annual General Meeting 

September 29, 2024

Meeting brought to order 10:40 am.

Minutes adopted from previous AGM.  Moved by Corinne and Seconded by Jackie.

Treasurer’s Report:

Lac Le Jeune Conservation Association 2023 Financial Report
Balance at 04/30/23	8,072.28	$8,072.28
Revenue
Membership
Interest	3.71
TNRD Grants - Gus Johnson	2,000.00
	2,003.71	$10,075.99
Expenses
BC Society Annual Report	*40.00
BC Lake Stewardship Society	*50.00
Knotty Pine	250.00
Hugh Burton (lake monitoring)	420.00
	670.00	$670.00
Balance at 04/30/2024		$9,405.99

 

Scott Allen had a display of pumps and hoses that he has available through his company.  He also has access to PPE and bladders. He is available after the meeting to discuss.

Hugh Burton discussed the continuing lake monitoring and results. We have 12 years of lake monitoring. The dissolved solids were higher in 2024 and could be result of the long rain in the spring.  The 02 level has been good lately. At 4 degrees, the water is most dense. We discussed the beaver debris under the bridge and the community members will continue to clear this. Beavers are an important member of the biodiversity in our lakes and the water quality benefits from them living here. 

Clay Govett discussed FireSmart and the resources we can utilize and community members who can help us reach our goals, like Gwenn Heatheringon, who works for the Thompson Rivers Forest District. There was some reduction work done this year and more will be announced and done next year.  We require volunteers for the neighbourhoods for FireSmart. Fraser Basin council has training for fire 

 

brigade, courses for BC Wildfire Services (BCWS). This is basic training to be on a suppression team.  There are more resources for the community through BCWS.

Bruce Mitchell invited Randy Spyksma from Logan Lake Community Forests to share information with the group. Community forests is also part of FireSmart. Logan Lake receives funds that are used for removal of ladder fuels and trail development. There are 65 Community Forest Societies in BC. Tenure/right to log specific areas on crown land, right to harvest and the responsibility to log and manage use areas. InterFor/Aspen have logging rights in our area. BC GOVT approves and rescinds rights. Indigenous community involvement is key as well. The Logan Lake district has been doing this for a few years and perhaps there’s an opportunity to work with them.

 

Corinne Shock discussed the possibility of secondary access for Lac Le Jeune. There is available funding through the TNRD for the planning stage which includes route planning. There are other grants that may make this a possible for our community.

Corinne reported that we were able to secure $2,000 of grant money from the TNRD for improvements to the Gus Johnson trail. Some suggestions are trail marking, maps, and some sort of bridging at the wet, east end. Cindy will post something in the new year on the FB page looking for suggestions. She has engaged representatives from BC Parks regarding sourcing and limitations on crown land.

Mike Grenier, our TNRD District J Representative, had a few items to review. He had a brief breakdown of our property taxes and how funds are spent, i.e. waste and library.  Solid waste management is the biggest cost. The TNRD supports the training of the fire brigade. The TNRD can help with training and equipment and part of it is through the Community Fire Service. TNRD has existing relationships in regards to Community Forests.  

Rogers applied for high-speed coverage in our area.  We have all seen the new sub-building built at the mailbox and that is a Rogers structure. They are presently working on running cabling along the Coquihalla.  

There are grants and monetary aid available, including up to $5,000 for specific projects but needs to benefit more than one area J and K for tourism or economic development.

Election of executive team. Bruce Mitchell did not stand for re-elections.  

·       President - Corinne Schock

·       Vice-President – Jacquie Brugger

·       Secretary/Treasurer – Cindy Swain

Area Reps:

·       Pat Carroll

·       Sylvia Currie

·       Clay Govett

·       Pat Burton

·       Anna Folk

No new business.

Meeting adjourned 11:53

Minutes prepared by Cindy Swain.

 

Firesmart Free Chipping Days - October 27, 2025

Residents in Lac Le Jeune and Walloper Lake are encouraged to take part in a free chipping day hosted by the TNRD FireSmart program. This is an opportunity to reduce wildfire fuels and help mitigate risks to property from wildfire - with brush and branches hauled away and chipped free of charge. 

WHEN: October 27, 2025

INSTRUCTIONS

• Place debris at the end of the driveway the night before pickup
• Stack wood with butt ends facing the road
• Ensure brush is free of dirt and rocks
• Limit woody debris to approximately five inches in diameter 

MORE INFORMATION

TNRD Website

TNRD FireSmart Program 

Tel.: 250-377-6326 

Email: firesmart@tnrd.ca

What is the white foam along the lake shore?

Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Residents are curious about the white foam that appears along the shoreline, so we asked our local Lac Le Jeune Conservation Association water monitoring expert to explain! Also, the fly fishers out there might want take note of where the trout seek optimum oxygen levels -- explained below. 

From Hugh Burton

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This is not an unusual phenomenon particularly at this time of the year.

Our lake is at its highest point in the production of living organisms, most of which are going through their respective life cycles, which include the production of metabolic byproducts like proteins and carbohydrates. Part of these cycles includes death of these organisms, which as they decay adds to the soup of suspended molecules.

When we get a good brisk wind, particularly one that causes the wave crests to break, we get a foaming action. Think of beating egg whites.

At this time of year there is another phenomenon that increases the chance of foaming by restricting the water volume in which the high level of biological activity is occuring. This is the thermocline.

Mike Brugger and I did a lake monitoring run this morning and found that there was a very strong 4m thick thermocline starting at 8m below the surface. This is virtually like putting a 4M thick horizontal tarp down at 8m, thus dividing the lake horizontally in two distinct sections.

Above the thermocline the oxygen level was 34% and the water temperature was 17C. Below the thermocline the oxygen level was 9% and the temperature was 8.1C.

Added to this, is the depth to which the light is effectively penetrating, which on this date at this location was 5M.

So, most of the intense oxygen dependant and light dependant biological activity at the moment is restricted to the top 5 to 8m of water.

In other words ideal conditions for a good frothing given the right wind. It is non toxic unless there is growth of certain toxic algae or bacteria, which fortunately our lake does not cultivate.

* Note 1: the thermocline is defined by a drop of one degree Celsius over 1 meter. In this case there is a drop of 8 degrees Celsius in 4 meters. 

* Note 2: our trout need at least 30% oxygen to survive. So, they are restricted to the top 8m.

TNRD FireSmart™ free chipping day June 16, 2025

Start trimming! Your brush, branches, deadfall and trimmings will be hauled away for free!

TNRD FireSmart™ free chipping day events support rural property owners in reducing wildfire fuels on their property.

WHEN: June 16, 2025

INSTRUCTIONS:

• All debris must be placed at the end of your driveway before the morning of June 16
• Stack wood with butt ends facing the road
• Brush needs to be clean and free of dirt and rocks
• Woody debris is limited to being approximately five inches in diameter

TNRD FireSmart Program
Tel.: 250-377-6326
Email: firesmart@tnrd.ca

Free FireSmart chipper day on November 12th

Easily dispose of vegetative material while FireSmarting your property!

The FireSmart chipper program will provide residents of the Lac Le Jeune community with curbside pickup of their residential brush/yard trimming waste. 

When: November 12, 2024

Guidelines

• The maximum diameter of the brush would be 5 inches (12 cm). 
• The brush needs to be clean, no dirt or rocks attached.
• All the butt ends need to be stacked and facing the road so they can be easily picked up by the chipping crew. 
• All brush needs to be curbside and out the night before for easy pick up. 
• Chipping starts at approximately 8:30 am (time to be confirmed) and the crew will work their way up and down the roads throughout the day.

Minutes of the March 2024 AGM

Minutes are also available for download here. 

Lac Le Jeune Conservation Association

Annual General Meeting

March 31, 2024

Meeting brought to order 1:06 pm

Minutes adopted from previous AGP held Sept 18, 2022. Moved by Bob and seconded by Cindy.

Financial Report:

Lac Le Juene Conservation Association 2022 Financial Report
Balance at 04/30/22	$2,637.34	$2,637.34
Revenue
Membership	190.00
Interest	30.98
TNRD Grants	4,150.00
GIC Mat Feb 923	2,659.62
	7,030.60	$9,667.94
Expenses
Bank Charges	40.00
BC Society Annual Report	40.00
BC Lake Stewardship Society	50.00
Knotty Pine (FireSmart)	787.50
Hugh Burton (lake monitoring)	328.16
Bill Miller (FireSmart)	350.00
		$1,595.66
Balance of 04/30/23		$8,072.28

In June, 2022, we received two cheques from the TNRD: $2,500 which was indicated as “Relief for Revenue Shortfalls” and $1,650 which was indicated as “FireSmart Committee Funding”.   Cindy had submitted a request to the TNRD for funding to cover the cost of parts for the water monitoring device and had made a verbal request to the TNRD area rep, Mike, for funding for insurance costs.    The GIC at TD had also matured and was now part of the funds available to us.

Treasurer’s report adopted, moved by Pat Burton and Seconded by Corinne Schock.

Yard waste and where to take it was discussed and Corinne will bring this up with the TNRD again.

We received a grant from the TNRD in the amount of $2,000 for improvements to the Gus Johnson trail.  We will seek input from the community as to where funds should be allocated but better trail markings and bridging the east end section of the lake are possibilities.

We will look at more involvement regarding FireSmart and more community involvement and having a community meeting in the spring.

Meeting adjourned 1:46 pm.

Prepared by Cindy Swain

Lac Le Jeune Conservation Association AGM - September 29, 2024

Agenda

Lac Le Jeune Conservation Association 

Annual General Meeting

Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 10:30am 

Provincial Park Day Use Shelter

1. Adoption of minutes (Cindy)
2. Treasurer report (Cindy)
3. FireSmart summary & volunteer fire brigade (Clay)
4. Emergency secondary access (Clay or Corinne)
5. Community Forest (Bruce and guest speaker TBA)
6. Fire protection equipment for home owners (Scott)
7. Water monitoring project update (Hugh)
8. Gus Johnson funding (Cindy)
9. TNRD (Mike)
10. New Business
11. Elections

Minutes from the Lac Le Jeune Conservation Society Wildfire Planning Meeting

 Lac Le Jeune Conservation Society Wildfire Planning Meeting      

June 8, 2024                                                                  Start Time: 10:00 AM                

Location: Lac Le Jeune Campsite Amenity Building

Headcount: 24 people in attendance

1. Wood Waste and Brush Drop Off: (Dean RedKnap). The owners of the Old Ski Hill property have agreed to allow controlled wood waste dumping in the old parking area.  This is for Lac Le Jeune residents (only).  Allowed materials include needles, wood chips, tree branches, small logs and other wood waste.  No permitted are stumps with dirt attached, garbage, plumbing fixtures, gyprock etc.  Access is controlled and through the locked gate.   Contact Clay Govett (250-819-4779) or Dean Redknap ( 250-819-1900) to gain entry.  Please try to unload your material onto the existing pile, or as near to it as possible.  The Society would like to thank Mr. Tetreau for allowing this, and FireSmart for providing a grant to cover costs.

-If you have wood waste but don’t have the capability to haul it to the site, Dean and   

             Clay are willing to assist with their equipment and expertise for fair reimbursement.

-If you would like to have ladder material and excess wood material removed from your 

             property Dean and Clay are trained tree fallers and arborists and have offered to assist,  

             again, for fair remuneration.

2.   Fire Crew/Brigade Training: (Dean RedKnap).  Dean has organized training for volunteers 

      interested in joining a Lac Le Jeune Coordinated Community Fire Brigade.  As of June 8 

      there were 14 people signed up for the two day training sessions.  The course will will be 

      offered June 22 and 23 at Lac Le Jeune Resort.  There is still room for more volunteers.  

      Contact Dean at the phone number above if you are interested. The volunteers will work 

      together to provide a rapid response to wildfire in our immediate area.  They will also be 

      available to sign on with WildfireBC as a ‘stat hire’ if needed.

- Corinne Shock asked if the volunteers would be required to own their own safety 

              equipment.  The answer was affirmative, so the Society will look at ways to access 

              funds to assist volunteers with purchasing PPE, fire protective clothing etc.

3.  FireSmarting Lac Le Jeune Private Property: (Dean/Clay).  Clay thanked the 14 volunteers willing to sign up for the Community Fire Brigade.  In interest of keeping our properties FireSmart he reminded us to:

-Ensure that our gutters are clear of leaves, needles and debris.

-Take care that your trees have ladder material (branches, needles) removed up to 3 

             meters from the ground.

-Vegetation (lawns, shrubs) should be kept trimmed through the summer months, 

             particularly within 10 meters of your home.

-If you are leaving home for a few days in the summer then put away your flammable 

             welcome mats, market umbrellas, and lawn chair cushions.

-If there is danger of a wildfire in our vicinity then move firewood away from your home, 

             or cover it with fireproof blankets.

Steve Banish stated that insurers are demanding that fire resistant materials be used in new construction.

Dean reminded residents of the Subdivision that there are no ‘fire hydrants’ in the area.  The standing pipes located by each residential lot are “flushing stands”, and they are not designed for providing water in the case of a wildfire.  If residents want to access water to assist in fire suppression, then they need to access water from the Lake, or nearby ponds by use of pumps, hoses etc.

- Pete Banman asked where we could access funding to assist in purchasing fire 

              suppression equipment, and what would the cost per home be for the necessary 

              pumps, hoses etc.   

-Corinne Shock mentioned that we could apply for grants form the TNRD.  

-Clay suggested that we re-look at generating lists of: equipment already on hand, and 

             what equipment would be useful for a typical property, and where it can be purchased.

-Chris Wingenbach of Little Lac Le Jeune requested that we (The Society?)  generate an 

             inventory list of fire suppression equipment we already have in the community.

4. Should We be Working to Become a FireSmart Community?

Clay stated that gaining a FireSmart Community designation is a lot of work, and the current outcomes are a $500 grant and a plaque.  

Gwen Hetherington, who works in Wildfire management, said that FireSmart Communities are given a higher priority when tough choices have to be made due to large numbers of fires in the Province.

Bruce Mitchell, former chair of the LLJ FireSmart committee, stated that our FireSmart Community Plan was rejected because the FireSmart program is now focused on designating individual neighborhoods as FireSmart,  not a distributed community like Lac Le Jeune.

5. Gwen Hetherington: Ministry of Forests:

Gwen has recently transferred to the Thompson River District (TRD) and is responsible for working with Wildfire BC in our area.  She is also a Lac Le Jeune resident. The TRD has a budget of 1.3 million dollars to cover an area from Kamloops to Clearwater.  A study by Foresite in 2020 identified 11 priority areas around, and in, Lac Le Jeune for spacing and ladder material removal.  Some of the priority areas may have marketable timber so the TRD has approached BC Timber Sales to see if there is interest in some harvesting.  The 11 areas include: blocks west of the old Ski Hill, a section along Gus Johnson Trail, areas north of Little Lac Le Jeune and a few blocks by Walloper Lk. 

-Steve Banish asked about whether we could access Gus Johnson for firewood 

             collection due to the massive amount of deadfall. 

- Gwen responded that the area is part of BC Parks so it is not a simple answer.  If 

              access was to be granted, it would be for a short time period.

-Corinne Shock added that the overgrown areas along our access road will be 

             addressed this summer.

-Jim Crawchuck asked Gwen to add the area north of the LLJ subdivision, and south of 

              the lake as a priority.

-Perry Wingenbach requested that the area west of Little Lac Le Jeune be added as 

             another priority.  

-Gwen responded that wood removal on the Guichon Creek watershed (Meadow Creek) 

             is restricted due to a diminished water table.

-Tania Koester asked about removing deadfall between her home and Little LLJ.  

-Gwen responded that activity in the riparian area adjacent to the lake is not permitted.  

             Removal of deadfall in non-riparian zones is permitted only with a firewood licence.

Meeting adjourned at 11:30

Minutes recorded by Bruce Mitchell, vice chair LLJ Conservation Society