President's Corner
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| bass_lake_association_by-laws__amended_2018_.doc |
By-Laws (Adopted 2010; Amended 2014)
| bass_lake_assoc._by-laws_modified_2014.docm |
Treasurer Reports
| financial_report_8-26-2017.docx |
Membership Information
2018 Memberships=30
2017 Memberships=30
2016 Memberships=27
2015 Memberships=32
2014 Memberships=28
2013 Memberships=26
2012 Memberships=29
2011 Memberships=19
2010 Memberships=23
Membership dues are $20.00 payable by June 15th if you want to be included in the current year membership directory.
Interested in being a member? Complete the application below.
2017 Memberships=30
2016 Memberships=27
2015 Memberships=32
2014 Memberships=28
2013 Memberships=26
2012 Memberships=29
2011 Memberships=19
2010 Memberships=23
Membership dues are $20.00 payable by June 15th if you want to be included in the current year membership directory.
Interested in being a member? Complete the application below.
| 2019_bla_membership_form.pdf |
Upcoming Events
June 8, 2019 Social Event
Mission Tavern 4-6 PM
Appetizers provided
RSVP by June 1
July 4, 2019 Boat Parade at 1 PM followed by get together in the middle of the lake
July 22, 2019 Board Meeting 1 PM
August 10, 2019 Annual Meeting
Mission Park
10 AM
Recycling is available at Mission Township Hall.
The Mission Township Transfer Station is open from 10:00-2:00 every Saturday. Opened April until the end of October. The Transfer Station is located on East Horseshoe Lake Road.
There is an aluminum can recycling bin at the town hall that benefits the Mission Township Park. Please separate your aluminum cans next time you recycle!
The Mission Township Transfer Station is open from 10:00-2:00 every Saturday. Opened April until the end of October. The Transfer Station is located on East Horseshoe Lake Road.
There is an aluminum can recycling bin at the town hall that benefits the Mission Township Park. Please separate your aluminum cans next time you recycle!
MAISRC
Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center
Letter from the Director 4/30
Nick Phelps
MAISRC has been active at the capitol this legislative session, sharing research findings and updates with legislators and legislative staff.
Additionally, we have been working with committee members in the House Environment and Natural Resources Finance Division and Senate Environment and Natural Resources Finance committees to secure long-term, stable funding for AIS research and collaboration. Funding for MAISRC has been included at varying degrees in both the Senate and House Environment and Natural Resources omnibus budget bills, which will be voted on in the coming weeks.
If passed, funding in this year's budget bill will complement Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund support, provided to MAISRC through the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR). This additional funding will strengthen MAISRC's ability to respond to emerging AIS threats, engage with local AIS managers, and support citizen science programs.
You can help with ongoing effort to find solutions to AIS in Minnesota by encouraging your state legislators to support long-term, stable funding for MAISRC. To find out who represents you.
To read more of the April Newsletter from MAISRC: www.maisrc.umn.edu/apr19-newsletter
Additionally, we have been working with committee members in the House Environment and Natural Resources Finance Division and Senate Environment and Natural Resources Finance committees to secure long-term, stable funding for AIS research and collaboration. Funding for MAISRC has been included at varying degrees in both the Senate and House Environment and Natural Resources omnibus budget bills, which will be voted on in the coming weeks.
If passed, funding in this year's budget bill will complement Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund support, provided to MAISRC through the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR). This additional funding will strengthen MAISRC's ability to respond to emerging AIS threats, engage with local AIS managers, and support citizen science programs.
You can help with ongoing effort to find solutions to AIS in Minnesota by encouraging your state legislators to support long-term, stable funding for MAISRC. To find out who represents you.
To read more of the April Newsletter from MAISRC: www.maisrc.umn.edu/apr19-newsletter
Become an Aquatic Invasive Species Detector!
Learn how to identify and report AIS and make a difference in your community. 3/18
Registration is now open for AIS Detectors, MAISRC’s volunteer network and science-based training program launched in partnership with University of Minnesota Extension. If you are a concerned, motivated individual over the age of 18 who wants to learn more about AIS and do your part to protect Minnesota’s precious lakes, this program is for you!
After being certified as an AIS Detector, you’ll serve a critical role by helping search for new AIS infestations, providing outreach to your community, and helping AIS researchers in the field.
To become an AIS Detector, you’ll start with a self-paced online course that covers identification of eleven aquatic invasive species plus their native lookalikes, the ecology of Minnesota waters, AIS regulations and reporting, and more. When you register, you’ll also choose your preferred in-person workshop date and location, where you’ll have the opportunity to meet other AIS Detectors and University of Minnesota experts, as well as get your feet wet with hands-on AIS identification practice.
After being certified as an AIS Detector, you’ll serve a critical role by helping search for new AIS infestations, providing outreach to your community, and helping AIS researchers in the field.
To become an AIS Detector, you’ll start with a self-paced online course that covers identification of eleven aquatic invasive species plus their native lookalikes, the ecology of Minnesota waters, AIS regulations and reporting, and more. When you register, you’ll also choose your preferred in-person workshop date and location, where you’ll have the opportunity to meet other AIS Detectors and University of Minnesota experts, as well as get your feet wet with hands-on AIS identification practice.
MN Lakes and Rivers Advocates
4/23: It is the time of year when we all start thinking about the lake, about the good times with family and friends.
Lake associations are part of the largest, most generous and most committed conservation/angling group in Minnesota, contributing about $6.25 million towards lake work collectively, and about 1.2 million volunteer hours to protect the public waters, and almost $400k for annual fish stocking.
The challenges are likewise enlightening, and suggest a concrete course of action:
MLR’s strategy includes:
Stay tuned for outcomes from this legislative session. There are bills advancing that would provide grants to lake associations to manage invasive aquatic plants, fully fund the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center, create grants to do outdoor education programs. By partnering with local schools to include aquatic sciences and AIS education in local school curriculum, some lake associations are increasing their civic stature in their local community, engaging younger people with children, and building the next generation of lake and river advocates.
Minnesota will not be able to meet its water quality goals without engaged lake associations and a statewide association working to advance our goals. Quite simply you and other lake associations in partnership with MLR are building the largest and most effective water group in the state.
Lake associations are part of the largest, most generous and most committed conservation/angling group in Minnesota, contributing about $6.25 million towards lake work collectively, and about 1.2 million volunteer hours to protect the public waters, and almost $400k for annual fish stocking.
The challenges are likewise enlightening, and suggest a concrete course of action:
- The top 3 challenges that Minnesota's lake associations face as they work on achieving their goals are: Inadequate member participation (i.e. the needs far exceed the available human capital), not being heard/taken seriously by the DNR, and the aging population of lake property owners.
- Most respondents do not agree that their lake associations are authentically included in the lake planning process.
- Most respondents do not feel that their lake associations have real authority over the lake.
- Most respondents do not think that the DNR has sufficient lake management policies in place.
MLR’s strategy includes:
- Full time lobbying at the State Capitol to change laws and push pro-water initiatives,
- Keep up a steady drumbeat of pro-water news stories in press, television and radio to educate citizens and politicians on water issues,
- Support local partnerships that build capacity and give local water advocates a seat at the table,
- Support funding for world class science to identify issues and discover on-the-ground solutions to our water problems and then make this science available through the Aquatic Invaders Summit, the press and direct communications.
Stay tuned for outcomes from this legislative session. There are bills advancing that would provide grants to lake associations to manage invasive aquatic plants, fully fund the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center, create grants to do outdoor education programs. By partnering with local schools to include aquatic sciences and AIS education in local school curriculum, some lake associations are increasing their civic stature in their local community, engaging younger people with children, and building the next generation of lake and river advocates.
Minnesota will not be able to meet its water quality goals without engaged lake associations and a statewide association working to advance our goals. Quite simply you and other lake associations in partnership with MLR are building the largest and most effective water group in the state.
| protect_the_lake_you_love.docx |
| testing_civic_governance.docx |
| northern_water_alliance_update.docx |
Crow Wing County Updates
Pine River One Watershed, One Plan 4/5
Please see link to the Crow Wing County website for the comment period for the Pine River One Watershed, One Plan. Comment period runs through May 6, 2019 at 5:00pm.
Any and all comments should be directed to landservices@crowwing.us, see press release for more information.
Press release:
http://www.crowwing.us/DocumentCenter/View/15752/PR2019_1W1P_Public_comment
Map of watershed:
http://www.crowwing.us/DocumentCenter/View/14658/Pine-River-Watershed-Map?bidId=
Please see link to the Crow Wing County website for the comment period for the Pine River One Watershed, One Plan. Comment period runs through May 6, 2019 at 5:00pm.
Any and all comments should be directed to landservices@crowwing.us, see press release for more information.
Press release:
http://www.crowwing.us/DocumentCenter/View/15752/PR2019_1W1P_Public_comment
Map of watershed:
http://www.crowwing.us/DocumentCenter/View/14658/Pine-River-Watershed-Map?bidId=
The County Board approved the 2019 AIS Plan on March 23rd.
| 2019_cwc_ais_prevention_plan_.pdf |
| 2019_ais_plan_public_comments.pdf |
Ice off 2019: April 21
Ice off 2018: April 29
March 29, 2019
REPORTS/ORGANIZATIONS
Water Quality (Catherine McGoldrick):
See separate water quality page for more info.
Secchi disk readings (this tells us the clarity of the lake's water by measuring how deep one can see a white disk under the surface at the deepest part of the lake).
Water Level:
level gauge set
Local Rainfall Report:
https://www.cocorahs.org/ViewData/Station
PrecipSummary.aspx?station=MN-CW-16
MN Lakes and Rivers Advocates
Joined in 2015.
Mission: To protect Minnesota's lake and river heritage for current and future generations by forging powerful links between lakes, lake advocates, and policy makers.
http://mnlakesandrivers.org/
Crow Wing County Lakes and Rivers Alliance
Joined in June 2012.
Mission Township Park
(Michael Blassey)
The shelter is available to Mission Township residents for use by reservation. Contact town clerk, Anna Anderson, at 765-4377
Also, please call Michael if you have questions or issues about the trail system at 765-3863.
| ais_decontamination_policy_.pdf |
People spread Aquatic Invasive Species, people are the solution.
Wired2Fish graciously produced a short video on the impacts of AIS for the recent Aquatic Invaders Summit.
BLA Officers
President: John Carlson
Vice President: Jon Auge
Secretary/Treasurer: Nancy Geiger
Website Administrator: Martha Steele
President: John Carlson
Vice President: Jon Auge
Secretary/Treasurer: Nancy Geiger
Website Administrator: Martha Steele
