August 31, 2009 Minutes

EWM Committee meeting Monday, August 31, 2009 6:30 p.m. Barnes Town Hall

Ingemar Ekstrom called the meeting to order. Members present: Ingemar Ekstrom, Barb Romstad, Gerald Gustafson, Dave Pease, Lee Wiesner, Mitch McGee, Stefania Strzalkowska

Absent: Patti Joswick, Pamela Toshner

Agenda items:

1. Minutes from the July Meeting Minutes from the last meeting were reviewed. A motion to accept the minutes was made by Dave Pease seconded by Lee Wiesner; approved.

2. CBCW Program  Ingemar The coordinator, Pat Vanderhoof resigned this past week. Ingemar will cover some of the responsibilities, picking up the forms at the landings and checking to make sure everything is put away. Ingemar has been picking up a few new volunteers here and there.

Gerald Gustafson has put a table in the CBCW volunteer sheet to capture mileage. It will automatically calculate the mileage for each volunteer.

Stefania talked about the sandwich boards she had talked about at the beginning of the year; there just wasnt the funding this year. Stefania will check on the status of t-shirts and caps for volunteers.

Materials will be stored in the Conservation Club building over the winter. 3. Grant reimbursement for unemployment costs Ingemar called Jane Malischke about covering the unemployment costs; she responded that the costs can be covered with some of the Research Project grant funds. 4. Collection of Volunteer hours Ingemar encouraged everyone to get their hours in to Gus. 5. Replacement and/or addition of new committee members Some discussion followed concerning adding a member(s) to the committee. 6. Report of other AIS species Lee reported on the rusty crayfish study done on Middle. Lee feels that the weeds have really come back in the last two years as the crayfish have diminished and he is wondering if the DNR would be interested in doing a weed survey. A single Curly Leaf Pondweed plant was pulled from Upper Eau Claire last year; none has been detected this year. Purple Loosestrife has been identified on Cranberry Lake and Lake Ellison. Ingemar explained that a few years ago Purple Loosestrife was treated with beetles on Lower Eau Claire. Some discussion followed concerning the educating of people on effective ways to harvest Loosestrife before it seeds out. 7. Muskie tournament (October 2,3,4) Ingemar will be asking for volunteers to cover the boat landings. We will see if we can get enough volunteers we will cover the landings on Upper and Middle Eau Claire. 8. Other business UW Extension Lakes program would like to be updated on the existence of local lake associations and their activities. 9. Next meeting date, September 21, 2009, 6:30 P.M. Barnes Town Hall

Motion to adjourn; Lee Wiesner, seconded Lee Wiesner; passed.

Meeting adjourned at 8:24 P.M.