Flowering Rush Treatment Notice

                                                                                                              August 10, 2017       

 

Dear Friends of the lake;

The treatment of flowering rush will occur with the first round of treatment on August 18th.  We wanted to give you notice so you are aware of the treatment when you see people and boats near your property. 

All of you who have prop

erty on the lake should have received a large postcard in the mail detailing the complete treatment process.  This will be our 4th year of treating flowering rush.  Even though we have not completely eradicated flowering rush we are making great progress.  This is a multiyear program and one that will continue for the next few years.  The 2nd round of treatment should occur in late August or early September.

We ask that you do not pull flowering rush or cut it as that only continues the spread of this invasive species.  If you are not certain what flowering rush looks like please refer to the postcard you received or look it up on the internet.

As a matter of fact we know that some lake residents are continuing to pull flowering rush because they did not know it was flowering rush.

This is an effort that the Comfort Lake - Forest Lake Watershed District, in conjunction with the City of Forest Lake, Forest Lake Lake Association, and MN Department of Natural Resources, will be conducting. The herbicide that will be used is called Tribune (active ingredient is Diquat) and will be applied by the licensed applicator company, PLM Lake and Land Management Corp. The combined acreage of all treatment areas totals 40.2 acres. A map of the treatment areas may be found below.    

We appreciate you cooperation with this effort and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the Comfort Lake - Forest Lake Watershed District.

  

Sincerely

Jerry Grundtner

Board member