Almost 50 thousand dollars was announced for two projects in the Lake of the Prairies Conservation District along the Manitoba and Saskatchewan Border.

Greg Nesbitt, MLA for Riding Mountain, talks about the study on the effectiveness of a fish passage, constructed by the Lake of the Prairies Conservation District:

“A couple years ago the weir was installed near Asessippi Beach, along Highway 83, along Shell River. A passage was installed, as well, to allow the fish to go upstream to spawn. Now they know that’s happening, but they want to find out how successful it is.”

MLA Nesbitt also talked about the aeration system at Silver Beach Lake:

“It’s a lake that is shallow and needs to have aeration every winter to allow fish stock to survive. They have been using an old system there. It’s very uneconomical to operate and it’s perhaps not doing as good as a new system would.”

 It will cost around $1,000 in hydro each month, rather than the $3,000 currently being paid by the Rural Municipality.