High Water (3/31)
Briggs 1.3 ft above no wake as lakes get close to ice out
Extreme current has been coming from Elk river where levels are very high at the airport.
Went above no wake limit 3/27 and will keep going up for at least a few more days..
The input from the Bayou is larger than the output at Elk but when the flow stops we should go down faster than last year with the grates gone.
Planning to measure fewer times this year since last year was needed data for the water model... Other volunteers are welcome to help measure....
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Fish house removal deadlines approaching
After March 2nd, the shelters may be on the ice between midnight and one hour before sunrise, but only when occupied or attended.
If a shelter is not removed, owners will be prosecuted. According to the DNR, the structure itself and any items inside can be confiscated or destroyed by a conservation officer.
Please clean up litter - Not like in this picture...
EURASIAN MILFOIL ON RUSH LAKE.
Eurasian watermilfoil closeup (EWM)
Eurasian watermilfoil closeup (EWM)
Eurasian watermilfoil closeup (EWM)
- (EWM) was detected on Rush Lake during the survey to map the 2014 treatment areas for the invasive curlyleaf pondweed that infests Briggs, Rush and Julia.
EWM Handpulling bagged plant
Eurasian watermilfoil closeup (EWM)
Eurasian watermilfoil closeup (EWM)
- Make double sure boats, trailers, jet skis, docks, swim platforms, etc. are carefully inspected, properly cleaned and dried before they are transported from our lakes.
EWM Handpulling diver
EWM Handpulling diver
EWM Handpulling diver
Determining weather there is EWM or Northern milfoil takes practice.
EWM Handpulling
EWM Handpulling diver
EWM Handpulling diver
Please learn about identification, prevention and treatment. We need everyone’s help.
Buoys
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Need for additional / fewer buoys?
Slow-no-wake
Shallow Water
Channel markers
Danger
Swim areas
Contact Board Member
Oak Wilt
Winter is the time to get the dead oak branches trimmed and removed.
We live in Oak Wilt territory and are in the highest danger season April, May and June for spreading Oak Wilt. While all species of oak can be affected, oaks in the red oak group (oaks with pointed lobes on their leaves) are by far the most susceptible and are probably the most abundant tree in our yards. Northern red and pin oaks can die within two to three months of infection. White oaks are the most resistant and may survive for years after infection. Bur oaks are intermediate and may die within two to three years of infection.
Emerald Ash Borer
Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has killed millions of ash trees since 2002.
Minnesota currently has the largest Ash tree population in the United States.
Don’t move firewood to or from your lake home from long distances.
(You typically can’t see if firewood is infested or not, so why take the risk?)
Emerald Ash Borer is on its destructive path (CLICK HERE FOR KARE 11 STORY)
It is spreading too! Now only 6.5 miles east and southeast of Elk River: (CLICK HERE FOR MAP)
Early detection is critical to minimizing tree loss and the subsequent loss of environmental benefits.