LMCA News

Zebra mussels found in Gull Lake

(Released October 6, 2010)

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) biologists have confirmed a report that zebra mussels are now in Gull Lake near Brainerd.

It marks the second time in four months that zebra mussels have been discovered in a popular Minnesota lake. In July, the DNR found zebra mussels in Lake Minnetonka.

Click here to read the full news release from the DNR

Public Notice of Availability of draft Upper Mississippi Basin, Lake Margaret Nutrient TMDL Report and request for comment. - July 2010

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Regional Division

Public Comment Period Begins: July 19, 2010
Public Comment Period Ends: August 18, 2010

Click here for full details

Lake Margaret To Be Treated for Curly Leaf Pondweed
April 26, 2010

The Lake Margaret mapping to determine the location of curly leaf pondweed has been completed. The amount of curly leafpondweed is less than the year before. It looks as if the CLP may be coming under control in areas other than area 4 on the map or that just south of the narrows. There still seems to be a substantial amount of CLP there.

Attached is this year’s delineation along with the August 2009 point-intercept survey and the 2009 turion survey. As you can see from the turion survey, very few turions were surveyed, that is a good thing. The greatest number of turions sampled was 8 at one location. Some of our pilot lakes have 100 at one sample location for comparison. The spraying is to take place April 26.
 

Lake Margaret Implementation Plan

Wenck Associates, Inc.
City of Lake Shore
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Click here to read the details (30MB PDF file)
 

WE LOVE OUR LAKES

A study indicates Minnesotans are willing to pay to restore polluted lakes.

A study, conducted on the Lake Margaret-Gull Lake Watershed near Brainerd and the Sauk River Chain of Lakes between Richmond and Cold Spring, determined the willingness of property owners to pay and which best management method of pollution control they would pay for.

Click here for the full report. (PDF document)

Lake Margaret Curly Leaf Pondweed:

This map is a GPS mapping conducted in June 2006 by the DNR of curly leaf pondweed in Lake Margaret.  Areas from shore to the red line contain curly leaf.  The blue areas contain no curly leaf.  The tracking was done by visual contact with curly leaf.  Depending on the clarity of the water it can vary, meaning there maybe more curly leaf than could be seen at the time.

Click on image for a full size view (589KB)

Lake Margaret Documents:

Lake Management Plan for Lake Margaret - January 2007

Lake Assessment Program - Margaret Lake - August 2005  (PDF)

LMCA Press Release on Visioning - 8-24-06

Background Information:

Riparian Buffer Review - 3-5-99 (PDF)

Lakeshore Property Values and Water Quality - June 2003 (PDF)

Motorized Boats and Water Quality - 3-17-00 (PDF)

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