The Wabamun Watershed Management Council serves to provide consensus based recommendations to its partners on watershed management within the Lake Wabamun Watershed. It also provides an independent vehicle by which partners can identify mutually desired environmental outcomes, and coordinate initiatives to achieve shared outcomes.

The concept for the group was originally proposed by Dr. David Schindler in a report titled, Lake Wabamun: A Review of Scientific Studies and Environmental Impacts. In preparing this report, he realized that many groups around the lake held an interest in protecting the health of the watershed, but that a coordinated effort would be needed in order to achieve success. The WWMC formed in the fall of 2006 (under the name of the Lake Wabamun Citizens’ Panel) with its Vision and Mission being:

Vision: The Lake Wabamun Watershed is a healthy ecosystem with a community that shares its collective responsibility to be the best stewards of that environment.

Mission: To guide the development, management and stewardship of Lake Wabamun through collaborative watershed planning, research, and public education.

Membership in the WWMC is based on four sectors that are representative of the diversity of stakeholders in the watershed, with four members per sector. These sectors are:

• Watershed Resident (I – IV)
• Government
• Provincial
• Federal
• Rural Municipality
• First Nation/Metis
• Non-Government Organization
  • Recreation NGO I & II
  • Environmental NGO I & II
• Industry/Business
  • Industry I & II
  • Business
  • Agriculture

For more information, please view the following documents:
Summary or Public Consultation for the Lake Wabamun Citizens’ Panel (pdf)
WWMC Overview Handout (pdf)