Lake George Conservation Club Meeting, Thursday, October 10

Monday, October 7, 2024

Refuse Golf Club on Sims Road.    Dinner/Social Hour begins at 6:00 PM. LGCC Meeting begins at 7:00 PM

AGENDA for October meeting:

1.      Welcome 

2       Introduction of speakers

2.     New Business. Lake Report, Tom Rotramel

3.     Roadside clean up report, Liz Gerdin

4.     Budget for 2025, Tami Isaacson

5.     Reminder of first Meeting in April 2025, Happy hour and social time( Birdie)

6.     Old business: Speakers for next year? Elections in 2025, We need a new board member to replace Pat.

 Joint year-end meeting with LGID. 

Jamie Schurbon, Watershed Projects Mgr.,  Anoka Conservation District

Paul Kretsch, VP of Sales and Marketing, Lake Restoration, Inc. Cody_Brady Lake Restoration, Inc.

Jessica Leverty, Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator, Anoka County Parks

Questions 

 Raffle/Door prize drawing

Closing

Check for invasive species when removing docks and equipment

Saturday, September 21, 2024

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds lake property owners to carefully check boats and trailers, docks and lifts, and all other water-related equipment for invasive species when removing equipment for seasonal storage.

Several zebra mussel confirmations in recent years were initially reported by property owners and lake service providers removing docks, boats and boat lifts.

“This is a good time of year for people to check for invasive species when taking equipment out of the water, because animals like zebra mussels attach to surfaces like docks, lifts and boat hulls that have been in the water over the summer,” DNR Invasive Species Unit Supervisor Kelly Pennington said.

Whether pulling equipment directly onto shore for the winter or transporting it on the road to a storage location, it is important for equipment owners to take steps to help prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species.

Remember to:

• Keep docks and boat lifts out of the water for at least 21 days before putting them into another body of water. This is state law.
• Look on the posts, wheels and underwater support bars of docks and lifts, as well as any parts of boats, pontoons and rafts that might have been submerged in water for an extended period.
• If hiring a lake service provider to install or remove boats, docks, lifts or other water-related equipment, check that they are on the permitted lake service provider business list (webapps15.dnr.state.mn.us/ais_business_training/
  lake_service_provider_permits/public_website_list). These businesses have attended training on Minnesota’s aquatic invasive species laws, and many have experience identifying and removing invasive species.
• Equipment owners may need a no-cost transportation permit (mndnr.gov/invasives/ais_transport.html) to transport equipment from an access or shoreline property if it cannot be completely cleaned of aquatic plants or prohibited invasive species before transport.
• People should contact an area DNR aquatic invasive species specialist (mndnr.gov/invasives/ais/contacts.html)  if they think they have discovered an invasive species that has not already been confirmed in their lake.

More information is available on the DNR website (mndnr.gov/AIS).

Lake George Conservation Club Meeting, Thursday, September 12

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Refuse Golf Club on Sims Road.    Dinner/Social Hour begins at 6:00 PM. LGCC Meeting begins at 7:00 PM

AGENDA for September meeting:

Welcome : President Becky Ridge

Tom Murkowski, with Anoka County parks, will provide information about the programs at Lake George Regional Park

Tom Dunlap, Arborist, will discuss the care for urban trees including issues with oak wilt and ash borer. His biography can be found in Resources and News

Treasurer’s Report : Tami / Budget for 2025  ( proposed budget found under Resources )

Lake Readings Report: Tom Rotramel

LGID Report : Juanita Reed- Boniface/ Joint Meeting for October

New Business: Recovery from the storm and suggestion for Community response to disasters.

Fall Roadside clean -up Reminder Liz

Door Prize drawing

Lake George Improvement District 15th Annual Meeting

Saturday, August 24, 2024

The Lake George Improvement District held their 15th annual meeting August 20 at Oak Grove City Hall. Special guests included Mayor Weston Rolf, Council members John West and Mike Wylie, and Todd Murawski, Anoka County Parks Department.

Charley Sawbey, MLN Landscaping services was the keynote speaker on the topic, “Shoreline Management for Seasons of High Water". Using visuals and descriptions Sawbey presented examples of lakeshore designs and installations that mitigate erosion and run-off of residential shorelines.  

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LGCC Neighborhood Picnic 2024

Monday, July 22, 2024

 There was a great turn out, more than 50 neighbors,on a lovely Sunday on the lake. Birdie did a magnificent job creating and preparing the raffle prizes for kids and adults. Tami, Birdie and Vicky served the delicious food from Smokey’s barbecue, Yummy ribs pulled chicken n pork with sides of Mac n cheese and cole slaw. A good time was had by all.

Juanita Reed Boniface gave a warm speech of appreciation to departing LGID Treasure, Dick Werner, and his beloved supportive wife Rosie.

The $50 raffle prize was won by Vicky Wilken. All raffle winners were delighted with their choices We had a helpful clean up crew.