Winter Ice Is Almost Here!  

Please remember that the edges ice up later than offshore due to the heat generated from plant decomposition!  The edges and first few feet of ice are always soft until winter is really here!
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We've turned on two aspirator panels in the east basin.  Dissolved oxygen tests we did showed very low levels not enough oxygen to support fish or the enzymes in the muck control product we want to use. 

Lake Vegetation Mgmt Plan 

 We worked closely with Lake Restoration and the DNR to get our General Permit renewed for 5 years!  APM's are in process as well.  We can start May 13th this year so we can try to get ahead of the early growing season.  This is a first for our program as well.

 

November 30, 2020
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The Aspirator on the West Basin has been turned off to let the lake freeze up. We will be running a few experiments this winter and will let everyone know when we plan to conduct a winter trial for a few days. We will put a landscape fence up around the area we are experimenting with. 
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Photo Credit: C. Bell

 
HERE IS AN AUGUST MOVIE .

Here is a movie file taken by Shavers1 on August 27th.  We've had a serious new outbreak of charra and other weeds. The lily pad treatment as permitted by the DNR is now scheduled for Tuesday August 25th. 


CLICK TO VIEW AUG 27 VIDEO

HOW MANY INVASIVES CAN YOU SPOT IN THIS VIDEO FILE - SHORT

CLICK TO VIEW AUG 24 VIDEO FILE


Here is a new movie file to see the weeds - video taken July 12th, 2020...   CLICK TO VIEW
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http://barr-milton.org/files/9-21-11-webcast-slides.Lawn-Fertilizer.pdf  

University of Minnesota Turfgrass runoff study

• Phosphorus in water runoff, the soil, and grass plant tissue

increased linearly with increasing P fertilizer application rate

• 86% of phosphorus runoff occurred when soil was frozen

• 78% of water runoff occurred when soil was frozen

• 72% of runoff P was water soluble reactive phosphorus – the form most available to plants (algae)

• P runoff can be reduced without affecting turf quality by not

applying P fertilizer when soil test P levels are high

• However, these results should not be extrapolated to infer that no fertilizer of any type should be applied!

• Properly fertilized turf can reduce P runoff

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Meeting Calendar

Next Meeting
Date: Wed Sept 16
6:30pm
Location:
​The Keenans Patio - 17737 Maple Hill  Road

If it rains we will reschedule. We are practicing our social distancing. 

 

​Click here for information.

Let's Talk Cattails

Muscrat Populations are up.  They help control the cattails. 

The image of Shavers Lake in the 1905 map below doesn't look at all like it is today.  That's how much we have changed the shape and state of the lake.  We need to be a great steward to protect this watershed from disappearing completely, which has almost happened twice in the past 30 years.   

Narrow-leaved Cattail

T. angustifolia is not native to Minnesota or the United States but is a native of Canada. Eloise Butler introduced the plant to the Garden on April 26, 1913 and again on May 18, 1913 with plants sourced from Kelsey's Nursery in North Carolina. Having been introduced to Minnesota long ago, it is found in many counties across the state. The plant is a predator for native vegetation, it predominates and is invasive. For more info contact Peter
 Picture1905 Map of Shavers Lake

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