Since 2004 the Turtle Lake Watershed Inc. (TLWI) has been incorporated as a non-profit corporation with representative membership by the Rural Municipalities, First Nations, Villages and Hamlets throughout the drainage basin.  TWLI’s mission is the maintenance of a healthy aquatic ecosystem within the Turtle Lake watershed basin.

A constitution was adopted and a board of directors elected.  The board meets regularly throughout the year to discuss watershed related issues, dialogues with government regulators and plans initiatives to protect the watershed.  An Annual General Meeting is held every summer where members are invited to ask questions of the Board.  AGM minutes and audited financial statements can be obtained on the resources page of this website. 

The TLWI Board views education and involvement as the most effective tools in ensuring and maintaining water quality and healthy fisheries within the lake.  The Living by Water handbook has been instrumental as a tool to educate and instruct property owners in their role in protecting the aquatic ecosystem.  In July 2005, TLWI sponsored a workshop for cabin owners to come and learn about these principles and methods.  The TLWI provide all new lakeshore property owners with a free copy of this handbook, so that mistakes of the past need not be repeated.    In 2007 the TLWI website www.tlwi.ca  was launched to provide an easily accessible way for both members and the general public to find out about initiatives and reference information.

Since its inception the TLWI has engaged a number of Federal and Provincial agencies responsible for regulating some aspect of the watershed in an effort to better understand the regulations and the responsibilities of these agencies.  These have included the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority, the Prairie North Regional Health Association – Community Health Officer and Sask Environment.