Dear Friends of the Lake;
I wanted to let you know that the herbicide treatment of
Eurasian Water Milfoil (EWM) is being done on Thursday June 27th and June 28th
weather dependent. The treatment will be occurring only in 1st lake and in the
channel area between 1st and 2nd Lake.
Unfortunately the area of EWM continues to increase and this
year we will be treating over 49 acres. Last year we treated 40 acres. There is
no known treatment to eradicate EWM so all we are trying to do is control the
spread. For the last 3 years EWM has really only been in 1st lake but this year
a large patch of EWM is encroaching into 2nd lake.
The cost to treat the EWM is over $25,000 and the FLLA is
responsible for the contracting and paying for this treatment. We are fortunate
that we have gotten an $8,000 grant from Washington County and financial help
from the City of Forest Lake otherwise this would not be happening. Your
support and membership dues help us do things like this.
You may see some marker buoys in the areas being treated so
please do not remove them or run over them with your boats.
All of the treatment areas are significantly away from the
shoreline so there will be no restriction on swimming, fishing or use of the
lake this weekend.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Forest Lake Board of Directors
Jerry Grundtner - President
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