LLPOA LAKE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE UPDATE
August 26, 2025
inform & educate residents; develop sustainable lake management solutions
Our next Lake Management Committee meeting date will be posted soon. Check the events page for more details.
- Lake update – The cooler weather will bring about cooler lake water temperatures resulting in an improvement in water clarity. Nearby area lakes have reported fish kills, harmful algae blooms and multiple e.coli related beach closures. So far, we have experienced no fish kills, no harmful algae blooms and only 1 e.coli related beach closure at South Beach. Control of the excessive weed growth this summer has been better than last year but
not where we need it to be yet. The group continues to support expanding the number of days of harvesting. We plan to have Lake County Ecological Services come out again this fall to measure our overall plant coverage on the bottom of the lake. We have seen an inflow of duckweed from the Fremont Library pond after a heavy rain and plan to meet with them about managing their pond. The best way to manage lily pad growth along your shoreline is to remove the root bulbs (not as easy as you might think). Keep in mind that lily pads are native plants and are very good at cleaning our lake water. Marty reported that he purchased a hawk kite to try as a geese deterrent and the initial results have been positive. You can find more information on these kites hawk kite. - 2026 Lake Management Budget – We reviewed the proposed items from last month’s budget discussion (weed harvesting, biodredge, circulators, fish stocking and water testing). Tom shared the following weed harvesting information from the past 2 years: 2024 had 30 days of weed harvesting removing 164 loads, 2025 has 28 of the planned 38 days of weed harvesting so far, removing 221 loads. The increase of weeds removed in less days can be attributed to the new boat ramp at North Beach.
- Dredging – The LLPOA board is looking at costs to dredge the silt pond north of the spillway at North Beach as well as the Firth Channel. Discussion followed on the need to dredge North Bay and Half Moon Bay. The Firth Channel and North Bay have been dredged before. The best guess on timing was the early 80s.