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LLPOA Lake Management Committee Update: May 2024

by | May 17, 2024 | Lake Management

LLPOA LAKE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE UPDATE

May 14, 2024

inform & educate residents; develop sustainable lake management solutions

As we prepare to enjoy the summer on our lake, I want to be clear about our expectations in regards to weeds and algae. We are intentionally moving away from chemical spraying to try and control the weeds and algae. We are moving towards what we believe is a more ecologically balanced and sustainable plan. The problems we are facing did not occur overnight and they will not be solved overnight. This will take time, adjustments and above all patience.
There have been a few recent sightings of a large beaver in our lake. If you have trees near your shoreline we highly encourage you to wrap them with hardware cloth (chicken wire is not thick enough). ACE and the big box home improvement stores sell the hardware cloth which is a wire mesh that is thicker than chicken wire. Any questions, feel free to reach out to me.  
Hope to see you Saturday at our Summer Kickoff  which is from Noon – 3:00 at South Beach. 
  1. Summer Kickoff – We reviewed the plans for activities and volunteers still needed for the event on Saturday. We will be having live music (thanks Roger), boat rides, kids fishing lessons, kayak lessons, kids activities, an information table and pizza supplied by Pizza Bill. ALso, new this year will be a sandcastle building contest. No LLPOA funds are used for this event. Everything is donated by members of the Lake Management Committee.
  2. Biodredge Plan – 68 bags of biodredge were ordered, 33 paid for by homeowners. We had several volunteers spread the material from 3 boats in Firth Channel, North Bay, Half Moon Bay, South Beach (including the diving board area) and an area along the earthen dam. We have more than quadrupled the amount of biodredge material going into the lake from our first year and because of volunteers doing the spreading and homeowners buying and spreading around their own shoreline we have saved LLPOA several thousand dollars in cost.
  3. Floating Islands update – The floating islands survived the winter and all 4 have new growth this spring. We will be evaluating which plants did better and adjust any re-planting based upon the results. We will also be evaluating the fencing to keep hungry critters including a couple adult geese from eating the plants on the islands.
  4. Geese update – We have 4 geese families on our lake. The total number of geese and goslings are down again from last year which is a good sign that our deterrents are proving effective. If you have geese on your lawn we would encourage you to put up some fencing at your shoreline. If you already have fencing there then encourage or help your neighbor to do the same as that is where the geese are gaining access to your lawn. 4. Weed Harvesting – We have the weed harvester scheduled for May 28-30, June 18-20, July 16-18, August 13-15 and September 18-20. The weed harvester does not pull the weeds but rather cuts off the tops allowing the weeds to continue to grow and remove excess nutrients from our lake.
  5. Boat Committee Motor Proposal – Luke Emde provided an overview of a revised electric motor policy that will be presented at the next LLPOA Board meeting. Due to market and other conditions electric motors for pontoon boats 3 HP and under have been discontinued and are no longer available. Therefore, the HP limit will be increased to 6 HP to follow this trend. All other rules for electric motors will remain the same including the ‘no wake’ rule.

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