Forty-three years ago (November 1980), the provincial government of the day appointed a Lake Wabamun Watershed Advisory Committee “to look at the problem of weed growth in the lake.” The committee held numerous meetings and public events, conducted research, and published a report in 1983. The committee determined that several environmental factors affected weed growth in Wabamun Lake, and recommended that “a lake management plan covering both water and land use should be prepared and implemented.”