August 16, 2010 Meeting

Ingemar Ekstrom called the meeting to order.

Members present: Ingemar Ekstrom, Glenda Mattila, Dave Pease, Stefania Strzalkowska, Lee Wiesner, Mitch McGee, Gus Gustafson, Sally Pease

 

Minutes from the last meeting were discussed Dave Pease made a motion to accept the minutes from the July 19^th meeting, seconded by Lee Wiesner; passed.

      

Gus passed out  detail sheet of paid and volunteer CBCW monitors from April 30, 2010 through August 8, 2010, and a bar graph for total boats inspected for 2008, 2009 and 2010. Numbers are about the same except for Memorial week was up this year and 4^th of July week was way down this year.

 

Sally reported that everything is going good, except for the lack of volunteers on Robinson Lake. Sally is going to make more contacts with property owners on Robinson Lake.

 

      4. Status of AIS grant application – Pamela, Stefania, Ingemar

            Ingemar reported that all 3 grant applications have been finished. One is for a

            1 year CBCW grant, second for a 3 year CBCW grant and a third for an AIS

             control grant for Tomahawk and Sandbar Lakes which includes CBCW for all

             the area lakes.  

 

A discussion was held for the need for a second DO meter. Currently one DO meter is shared among 13 volunteers. Lee reported that sampling is to be done on the last week of each month and is has become a logistical problem to get the meter out to all of the volunteers on 13 different lakes. It was decided to apply for a grant to purchase a second DO meter, the same make and model as the present DO meter.

Last year Upper and Lower were very slow during the Musk Inc. tournament with only a few boats checked.  Middle had the most boats with about 45 being reported. Lee will check for funds available from Musky Inc. to pay for boat landing monitors during the tournament as Namakagon Lake was reportedly offered $200.00 to pay for monitors by Musky Inc.

 

       6. Shoreland Monitoring - Ingemar

            Ingemar asked for an article to be written in the Blog about getting the Shoreline

            Monitoring Forms into the Town of Barnes by the middle of September. Lee

            volunteered to write the article.

 

            Ingemar reminded committee members to report all their volunteer hours. The

            the most recent aquatic plant survey on Tomahawk Lake again revealed no

            EWMF. To find no EWMF on a lake which was treated in 2008 is very

            encouraging.

 

      8. Next Meeting Date

           The next meeting will be on Monday September 20, 6:30PM, Barnes Town Hall

 

Motion to adjourn by Dave Pease, second by Lee Wiesner; passed.