Blake Lake 2017 August 19, 2017 9:00 am 11:00 am Annual Meeting - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Blake Lake 2017 Annual Meeting

August 19, 2017

9:00 am – 11:00 am Georgetown Lutheran Church

WELCOME!!!

• Call to order
• Introductions, welcome new members
• Approval of amended minutes

Treasurer’s Report - Jen Wistrcill (Treasurer)

As of August 17, 2017

ACCOUNT BALANCE Savings Account $ 5.00 Money Market $ 88,570.32 Dam Account $ 2,216.02 BL Account $ 10,789.97

Old Business

Committee Reports

Dam Update Lake Management Plan Healthy Lakes Program Clean Boats, Clean Waters APM Harvey Report EPP/AIS/HL Grants Update WLP Convention (2018)

Dam Grant Application is being considered

Dam Update August 2017

$ 270k Current Estimate

+/- 10%

≤

Lake Management Plan Update

Shelley Rodriguez, Commissioner

Lake Management Plan

Vision: Big Blake Lake is a sustainable, healthy environment for people, recreation, wildlife, and native plants. Engaged and informed stakeholders protect the lake and its watershed.

Lake Management Plan status update:

• February 2017 - approved by Blake Lake District and BLPRD board
• March 2017 - Sent by Polk County Land and Water Resources to

WDNR

• WDNR approval expected any time.

Next steps ??? Implementation and oversight

Lake Management Plan

Progress - and what is left to do.

Goal 1: Reduce watershed and internal sources of phosphorus

Obj 1 - Support harvesting of CLP to remove nutrients

In flight: ongoing harvesting and budgeting that supports sustainability

Obj 2 - install <10 shoreline plantings, restorations, rain gardens

In flight; Peggy’s shoreline restorations grant program

Obj 3 - Evaluate purchase of highly erodible/ecologically sensitive land Obj 4 - Engage agricultural community to partner in reducing watershed run-off Obj 5 - educate stakeholders on relationship between boat traffic and phosphorus release from sediment Obj 6 - upgrade non-compliance septic systems through engaging and educating shoreline property owners

Lake Management Plan

Goal 2: Reduce CLP to recover native plants and protect sensitive areas from disturbances

Obj 1 - Ensure appropriateness of harvesting timing and locations In flight: Jim Maxwell APM Obj 2 -Allow riparian owner to manually remove vegetation if adequate navigational opportunities aren’t to provided by harvester In flight; ongoing

• pportunity

Obj 3: Monitor the success of harvesting program Obj 4 - plant control prevents harm to important fish spawning and prevent direct removal or harm to wild rice

Lake Management Plan

Goal 3: Provide information and education with intent of changing stakeholder behaving to protect Big Blake Lake

Obj 1 - Use existing channels to deliver at least one focused educational message per year to meet the goals of this plan Obj 2 -Explore new and innovative methods to provide information and education

Lake Management Plan

Goal 4: Prevent the introduction of new invasive species and eradicate newly introduced invasives

Obj 1 - Ensure the lake residents and users understand the steps necessary to prevent invasives In flight: CBCW program Obj 2 -Explore new and innovative methods to provide information and education In flight: CBCW program

Lake Management Plan

Goal 5: Evaluate the progress of lake management efforts and needs through monitoring.

Obj 1 - Continue current data collection efforts to evaluate progress In flight: CBCW program Obj 2 - Expand data collection efforts depending on needs In flight: CBCW program

Lake Management Plan

Goal 6: Protect, maintain, and enhance fish and wildlife habitat.

Obj 1 - Maintain and enhance desirable populations of game fish by installing 5 habitat improvements like fish sticks Obj 2 -Restore 10 developed shorelines to more native habitats per year In flight: Peggy’s lakeshore restoration grant program

Lake Management Plan

Goal 7: Sustain the implementation of the plan.

Obj 1 - Form teams to ensure that the goals of the plan are met Obj 2 - Continue to seek funding to implement the plan Inflight - grant programs, CBCW

Lake Management Plan

Volunteers! We need you!!! Any and all efforts get us closer to our GOAL - Protecting our beautiful lake and habitat!!

Please sign up in back and/or talk to Shelley or Peggy for more information.

Healthy Lakes Program

Healthy Lakes Program - goals

• Filter runoff water, through buffers, plants, shrubs
• Stop phosphorus and other nutrients from entering lake
• Slow down and divert runoff – hard surfaces, roofs,

driveways, slopes; help water soak into ground

• Cleaner swimming and boating - reduce algae

Healthy Lakes - 5 practices

• Native shoreline plantings
• Rain gardens
• Rock infiltration - “rock boxes”
• Diversion
• Fish sticks

Healthy Lakes – reduce phosphorus!

Blake Lake on Impaired Waters List in 2016 High phosphorus = bad algae blooms

Why does it matter?- reason #1

Over 90% of all lake life

is born, raised and fed on your…shoreline!!!

Why does it matter?- reason #2

There are 15,000+ lakes in Wisconsin! $2.3 billion economic impact yearly.

Why does it matter?

More than 50% of county taxes come from shoreline properties! Lakes with poor habitat tend to have poor water quality.

Why does it matter?

Good water quality adds to property value for all of us.

Phosphorus sources?

Managing runoff in 3 zones

We WANT – buffered, native shoreline

We DON’T want - algae!

We DON’T want - algae!

We DON’T want - algae!

Healthy Lakes – grant model

• 75% covered by grant
• 10-25% property owner
• 0-15% district
• Up to $1000 covered by grant per installation
• $25,000 max per group application – district submits
• February 1 deadline
• Two years allowed to complete the installation
• Leave in place for 10 years

Healthy Lakes – progress!

Grant #1: progress steps

Step 1: Presentations, displays, newsletters, 3 emails, workshop. Success: 13 members signed up!!! Step 2: Site visits in September 2016 at 13 properties Step 3: Grant application sent Feb. 1 Step 4: Grant for $22,000 awarded to district April 27, 2017 Step 5: Installing 19 practices before Dec. 31, 2018 Step 6: As projects are completed, submit for reimbursement Step 7: Tours of completed projects - 2018

Healthy Lakes – what’s next?

Grant #2: next steps

Step 1: Sign up for next grant TODAY, or by August 30. Step 2: Site visits in September 2017 Step 3: District applies for grant #2 by Feb.1 Step 4: Projects ready to start May 1, 2018.

Healthy Lakes – cost share

Grant cost share request:

TOTAL GRANT #1 $20,000

• 75% covered by DNR

$15,000

• 10% property owners

$ 2,000

• 15% district

$ 3,000

Healthy Lakes – website tools

More info:

healthylakeswi.com

AIS / Aquatic Invasive Species

Clean Boats, Clean Waters Program

Thank you volunteers!

Thank you volunteers!

AIS | Aquatic Invasive Species

Our goals

• Harvesting - invasive weed curly leaf pondweed
• Clean Boats, Clean Waters Program - check boats at the

landings to prevent the spread of invasives

• Education – members and visitors
• Monitoring for new invasives: zebra mussels, eurasian milfoil
• Rapid response plan ready for new infestations

AIS | Clean Boats, Clean Waters

Our goals

• Prevent the spread of invasives

entering or exiting lake

• Perform free boat checks
• Talk to boaters at landings
• 400 volunteer hours per season

AIS | Clean Boats, Clean Waters

Grant cost share request:

TOTAL GRANT $ 4,800

• 75% covered by DNR

$ 3,600

• 25% district pays

$ 1,200

AIS | serious threats

Increased state and countywide focus

• Zebra mussels, eurasian milfoil

Actions needed:

• URGENT: Install zebra mussel traps (Tom Borden)
• URGENT: Hire biologist to monitor for early detection ($1,500)

Cost/request from 2018 budget: $1,500

APM Harvesting

Jim Maxwell

Harvester Report as of Aug 19, 2017

RECORD YEAR for CLP!!! June 8, 2017 246 > 155 June 8, 2016

NORTH End:

CLP: 128 loads CoonTail = 6

SOUTH End:

CLP: 118 loads CoonTail = 7

Grants Update/Overview

AIS: APM/EPP/HL

Sam Rivers Weber, Co-chair

Where Have We Been? Paleolimnology

(1990’s-2005)....

Harvester (Purchase Equipment ‘05) APM (Harvesting Operations) EPP

(Water Quality = Lake Plan)

Core-Study (Historical Sediment) LMP

(Lake Mgmt Plan 2016-2021)

What Have We Learned? 8,280 Point Intercepts 2013-2015

276 Sampling Points

Why Are We Doing This?

To protect our family and friends To protect our investments To protect our environment

WI Lakes Partnership Convention

April 18-20, 2018

Represent our Lake? Request for attendees Combined with annual conference for: Midwest Great Lakes Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration.

Communications

• Newsletter (2)
• Emails (7-10) per year
• Website
• Lake fair: displays at meetings (2)
• Social media: Facebook

Website: blakelake.org

• Dam updates
• Records: lake plans since 1998
• Boating laws and safety tips
• Meeting minutes: 8 years
• Newsletters: 3 years
• Weed harvesting details

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New Business

• Polk County

Updates

• Georgetown

Updates

• 4th of July Boat

Parade date, 2018

Annual Business

• Approval of 2018

budget

• Vote: Election of

commissioners

2018 Annual Budget – proposed

CATEGORY BUDGET APM- Aquatic Plant Management $ 2,500 Wisconsin Lakes Partnership Convention $ 1,500 Dues $ 475 Harvey - weed harvesting $ 8,500 Insurance $ 4,500 Administrative $ 4,525 Lake Mngmt Plan - AIS, CBCW, Monitor $ 5,400 TOTAL $27,400

Elections

VOTE Election of 2 new commissioners

• 3 year term
• Currently held by Sam Rivers (co-chair) and Peggy

Lauritsen (secretary)

Annoucements

August 19, 2017 – BLPRD Board Meeting Saturday, May 19, 2018 – Spring Meeting Saturday, August 17, 2018 – Annual Meeting Saturday, June 30, 2018 – 4th of July Boat Parade, 4 PM

July 4, 2017 (Tuesday) - Boat Parade, 4 p.m.