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May
22, 2017
Dear FLLA Members,
As you may know, the
Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District runs a watercraft inspection
program cooperatively with Chisago County. Through this program, and with
support from the Forest Lake Lake Association, the City of Forest Lake, and
Washington County, we are able to station DNR-trained watercraft inspectors at
the three public accesses on Forest Lake at high-traffic times throughout the
summer. The inspectors search for aquatic invasive species (AIS) on incoming
and outgoing boats.
Chisago County owns a
portable watercraft decontamination station that uses heated and compressed
water to remove visible aquatic invasive species from watercraft and kill
organisms that are too small for us to see such as zebra mussel veligers. The
decontamination station is operated by two specially-trained inspectors. The
station is on a rotating schedule and will be stationed at Forest Lake
periodically throughout the summer.
Please note that the
watercraft decontamination station will be at the Lakeside Park public boat
access on Friday, May 26th from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm and
Saturday, May 27th from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm.
Lake association
members are encouraged to stop by the park during these times if they are
interested in learning more about how the decontamination station works. If
anyone is interested, the image below is of the decontamination station in use.
You will notice that the boat trailer is parked on a pad that collects all of
the water before it can run into a nearby lake.
As mentioned above,
the station is on a rotating schedule. It will be back to Forest Lake
periodically throughout the summer. Your FLLA Board will send you updates when
the decontamination station is scheduled at Forest Lake.
Thanks for your
support of the lake,
The FLLA Board of
Directors
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