November 2024
Hey Community Members!
The winter season is quickly approaching! We’re now going to be including some information on what’s been happening at Lake Chaparral in these monthly blogs.
Here’s an overview of what our maintenance staff has been up to:
Skate Mats
Over the last month, we’ve started preparing the park for a successful winter season. Besides putting away our summer machinery and bringing in the Olympia (Zamboni), we’ve also put out the skate mats! Our skate pads stretch from the Lakehouse all the way down to the top-pad and the lake.
Staff Training
Speaking of machinery, we’ve also been training our staff on winter equipment. So far, they’ve learnt how to use the Ventrac also known as the snow blower. They will soon learn how to use the Olympia.
External Sites
In addition to maintaining the park, we’ve also been making sure that our external sites remain in pristine condition. Apart from the work our phenomenal landscaping manager does, we’ve also hired an Arborist to help with clean-up.
Algae
This summer, many Calgarian community lakes experienced a larger than normal number of algae. Over the summer, we did our best to remove as much as possible. Now, since the water is turned off for the rest of the season, we can remove the remaining algae from the
streambeds. The last couple of weeks, we’ve made great progress.
Tennis Courts
That’s a wrap, folks! Our tennis courts are now closed. The pickleball nets were removed on November 16. We look forward to seeing all our tennis and pickleball players return in the spring/summer.
Fish Delivery
On November 1st, we performed our annual fish stocking and introduced 400 tiger trout (sized 12-14”) and 250 brown trout (sized 8-10”) to the lake. The tiger trout are the largest stock we’ve received in years!
The large stock, while more expensive, is desirable to help us better contain the rogue perch population. We had the largest turnout of members in years coming by to watch the new fish take their ride into the lake!
A friendly reminder that all trout and carp are catch and release only; please do not return perch to the lake.
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If you would like us to write more blogs about what’s happening at the Lake, please let us know!
Until next time,
LCRA Maintenance Team