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By Blaine Barkley
Lake Sylvia and all Minn-esota Lakes need your help,and it will only take a fewquick minutes for you to makea difference. A short note, let-ter, or email to your legislatorasking them to do more toprotect Lake Sylvia and alllakes from Aquatic InvasiveSpecies will get their atten-tion, which at the momentseems lacking for some. Pro-tecting your investment whilekeeping Minnesota lakes use-able by all is not a political
issue, it is an awarenessissue. It is letting them knowthe issue is important to Minnesotans. Take those fiveminutes now and locate yourlegislator and their addressby simply using this site tofind your representative: https://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/districtfinder
By contacting them you arehelping to draw attention towhat Minnesota might best beknown for, its’ 12,000 lakes.
If you have an extra fewminutes, also send notes toSenator Bill Ingebrigtsen and
Jim Abeler thanking them forassistance and guidance toGLSA in their negotiationswith the Minnesota Depart-ment of Natural Resources.Senator Ingebrigtsen lives ona lake and understands the is-sues lakes are facing. Whilehe might not be your legisla-tor, he has helped GLSA andmay be contacted at [email protected]
Senator Abeler can be con-tacted and thanked [email protected]
By Blaine Barkley
Starry Stonewort Partnering with Dr. John
Rodgers from Clemson Uni-versity and following his rec-ommended treatment plan,Lake Sylvia used four treat-ments on Starry Stonewort(SSW) last summer, eliminat-ing all starry “plant” materialin the areas tested in the pub-lic access boat landing area.Areas outside the landingwere also tested and no evi-dence of growing starry was found.
Of concern, but not unexpected, was that inJune of 2018, several small white bulbils,flower like looking “seeds” capable of startingnew plants were found as well as some smallearly growth plants in the public access area.The bulbils were the result of growth from lastsummer and likely over-winter covered by sed-iment in the area of the boat landing.
•On July 11th, 2018 we completed the firstof several likely treatments for this summer,each treatment capable of destroying all SSWmaterial it contacts.
• After waiting about three weeks for anybulbils still buried in sediment to begin grow-ing, we will use divers to search the 1.7 acrearea that we treated as well as the lake bottomimmediately outside the area of known growthwhich will give us a close look at any remain-
ing area to treat. • With up to three more
treatments planned thissummer, we expect totightly control SSW but ithas never been known to beeradicated in any lake.
•In addition to monitor-ing and treating the publiclanding area, GLSA hashired professionals tosearch the lake for possibleintroduction of SSW intoother parts of Lake Sylviadue to boats launched from
private boat access points that failed to complywith the Wright County Ordinance requiringwatercraft inspections in Annandale prior tolaunching a boat into Lake Sylvia, Lake John,or Pleasant Lake. Curly Leaf Pondweed
•Both East and West Lake Sylvia were sur-veyed this spring for curly leaf and areas ap-proved for treatment by the DNR were treatedin May. Eurasian Milfoil
•GLSA recently received a professional as-sessment of the need to treat it and it is cur-rently under consideration. Last yearstreatment greatly reduced the areas thatneeds treatment.
Loon Callswww.lakesylvia.org Summer 2018
G R E A T E R L A K E S Y L V I A A S S O C I A T I O N
Inside this issue:Executive Board,
Directors, Committees . .2
A Word From Your
President . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Event Calendar . . . . . . .2
‘Power Loading’ . . . . . . .3
Advertisers . . . . . . . .4 & 5
A Big Thank You! . . . . . .6
News Flash! . . . . . . . . . . .6
Fourth of July . . . . . . . . . .7
Summer Picnic, Anderson
Honored . . . . . . . . .Cover
Good Weed, Bad Weed .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Insert
Al’sAlmanacby Al Ostlund
Five Minutes to Help Protect Your Investment in Lake SylviaInvasives continued on page 3
Five continued on page 6
2018 PrecipitationJan. . . . . . . . . .0.12”
Feb. . . . . . . . . .1.32”
March . . . . . . .0.98”
April . . . . . . . . .2.79”
May . . . . . . . . .2.18”
June . . . . . . . . .4.17”
July 1-3. . . . . . .2.13”
Total . . . . . . . .13.69”
Starry Stonewort
Invasive Species Activities
Loon CallsPage 2 Summer 2018
Let me introduce myself, since thisis my first letter as President ofthe GLSA. Aside from serving on
the Board for 8-10 years, I have workedon many projects in the past: treatingMilfoil and Curly Leaf in the beginningworking with Blaine Barkley on the pro-posed John Creek filtration project tostop Zebra Mussels from coming fromLake John into our lake (until Zebraswere found); and for the next two yearsworking with Blaine to bring the StarryStonewort story to everyone we could inthe Annandale community and theWright County Board in Buffalo.Blaine’s and my efforts resulted ina grant from the Initiative Foundationfor over $600,000. You can see the resultwith the WRIP station in the businesspark in Annandale. I have also headedup fundraising, and founded and chairedthe Golf Tournament the last five yearsto raise funds to fight AIS. After fouryears as Editor of Loon Calls, StephanieSchaunaman has taken the positionof Editor (some would argue that mywife, Peggy Jo was the real editor, but Ihad the title) – thank you Stephanie! Acouple of my successful ideas were NextDoor Neighbor and the Winter Social.
I now look forward to taking care ofLake Sylvia as President of GLSA. Atour first Board Meeting, I brought backthe Welcome Wagon. If you have a newneighbor, or ones who have lived here afew years, please contact Lori Herman orStephani Lind, as they are Co-Chairs ofthis new committee.
Continuing concerns: I believe weneed to increase our membership; Eu-
raisan Milfoil, Curly Leaf, and StarryStonewort weed treatment programs willbe a yearly situation; Zebra Mussels, atthis time, are not treatable – if and whena treatment is discovered, I assureyou Sylvia will be on top of it; high watercan be a problem for some residents -sadly the DNR comes into play on thisand we are restricted as in mostthings by their rulings – keep in mindthere is a 150’ no-wake zone on thelake ALL summer.
The GLSA Board’s Mission Statementis to “maintain and protect the lake.”This means what is best for the lake ismore important than any individual’s de-sires. I encourage all Lake Sylvia resi-dents to be members of the GLSA, and tovolunteer. The only way to “maintainand protect the lake” is to continue tohave great volunteers. Without them, wecan’t afford to fight AIS and keep ourtreasured lake what it’s been in thepast.
Please contact me any time you haveideas for improving communications,membership, or any other aspect thathelps us take care of our lake.
A Few Words From Your PresidentRuss Fortner
Executive Board• President
Russ Fortner [email protected]
• Vice PresidentLisa Peery [email protected]
• TreasurerSteve Hoien [email protected]
• SecretaryStephanie Schaunaman [email protected]
Board of Directors• Blaine Barkley
[email protected]• Jerry Euteneuer
[email protected]• Tysann Forsman
[email protected]• Jim Gray
[email protected]• Chris Hector
[email protected]• Lorie Herman
[email protected]• Stephani Lind
[email protected]• Mike McNellis
[email protected]• Rick Phipps
[email protected]• Carla Struble
[email protected]• Keith Schaunaman
GLSA Committees• AIS Committee
Blaine Barkley (Chair)• Communications
Dave Wefring (Chair)• Fundraising Committee
Russ Fortner (Chair)• Governance Committee
Jim Gray (Chair)• Membership Committee
Lisa Peery (Chair)• Nominating Committee
Dave Wefring (Chair)• Picnic Committee
Mike McNellis (Chair)• Water Quality & Clarity Committee
Mike Mischuk (Chair)• Wildlife Conservation Committee
Kent Davidson (Chair)
Please contact any chair to join their committee.
GLSA Loon Calls Editor• Stephanie Schaunaman
GLSA Event Calendar for 2018July 21 - Bd. Mtg. 9 a.m.
Southside Township Hall8209 Co. Rd. 3 NWAnnandale
Aug. 11 -Bd. Mtg. 9 a.m.Southside Township Hall8209 Co. Rd. 3 NW Annandale
Aug. 11 - Annual Picnic Chi Rho – 4-8 p.m.5750 Porter Ave. NW Annandale
Sept. 8 - Bd. Mtg. 9 a. m.Southside Township Hall8209 Co. Rd. 3 NWAnnandale
Oct. 13 - Bd. Mtg. 9 a.m.Southside Township Hall8209 Co. Rd. 3 NWAnnandale
All members are welcome to attendBoard Meetings. To request a presen-tation to the Board, contact PresidentRuss Fortner.
Zebra Mussels• Zebra Mussels currently have no
known treatment. Other Aquatic Invasive Species
•Unfortunately, there are dozens ofother invasive species in the GreatLakes slowly working their way toMinnesota Lakes. The nearest knownone of concern is Spiney Water Flea.Like other invasive species, they de-grade the aesthetic value of the lakesand have a serious negative impact onfish reproduction. Currently this newinvasive is found as close as LakeMille Lacs and is spread throughmovement of boats between lakes.
The Wright Regional InspectionProgram that provides inspectionand decontamination from sunrise tosunset seven days per week in Annan-
dale is the law in Wright County pilotlakes, is totally free of charge and isour best defense against spreadingnew invasive species or more SSWwithin Lake Sylvia. Remember, all arewelcome to return to the WRIP site foran inspection after leaving the lake,which makes you ready for your nextlaunch into any of the three pilotlakes. However, remember it is stillyour responsibility to inspect allyour watercraft after leaving anyMinnesota lake following the DNRmotto: Clean, Drain, Dry.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/water_ac-cess/powerloading.html
Please read the DNR article onpower loading your boat and trailer,below. In addition to the informationsupplied by the DNR, please be awarethat running your motor to power loadyour boat onto the boat trailer at theLake Sylvia public access carries avery real risk to the lake. To-date,SSW, the most dangerous invasivespecies to hit Minnesota lakes, hasbeen most heavily found growing in thearea near the two docks put in by theDNR. Small pieces of starry stonewortor the bulbils (seeds) produced by thisinvasive species can be pushed far outinto the lake through the prop washdue to power loading. Every instance ofpower loading adds to the possibility ofspreading this invasive species intoareas where it doesn’t presently exist.On the front end of the boat is a winchwith a crank, or in some cases a winchpowered by a battery. Please use themanual or power winch to load yourboat.
Power loading can cause damageto launch ramps that may not be visi-ble from the surface of the water.“Power loading” is a term used to de-scribe using the motor to load and un-load the boat onto and off the trailer.Many of the state's 3,000 public launchramps were not designed to sustain theforces generated by today's larger and
more powerful boats or the practice ofpower loading. Propeller wash createsa significant force that can erode thelakebed and create a large hole at theend of the ramp. Eroded material isoften deposited beyond the ramp to cre-ate a mound, which can result in a bar-rier for launching and loading. Boatsand equipment can incur damage if theboat or lower unit runs aground on themound or if the trailer becomes stuckin the hole. In the worse cases, the endof the ramp could collapse, resulting inan unusable launch ramp. In low waterconditions the mound created from pro-peller wash can obstruct launching andloading.
DNR crews have been busy rehabili-tating damaged launch rampsstatewide. Staff are repairing the holesand extending the ramps by adding ad-ditional concrete planks. When possi-ble the mounds are leveled withexcavation equipment. These launchramp repairs are time consuming andexpensive.
The DNR recognizes that someboaters are accustomed to power load-ing. However, it is preferable thatboaters do not race their engines whileon the boat ramp. Slightly more thanidle speed should be all that is neces-sary to load and/or unload the boat.The best practice is for boaters to re-frain from power loading and use thewinch to load and unload their boat.
Lake Superior – Lake Trout and theSea Lamprey –an AIS SuccessBy Jim Gray
After a steep decline in numbers in the1950s and 1960s as a result of predation bysea lampreys, lake trout in Lake Superiorhave made a remarkable recovery. That re-covery has resulted in possession limits ofthree fish per angler and the re-opening ofcommercial fishing for lake trout on a lim-ited basis.
The sea lamprey is an eel-like bloodsucker that will attach to lake trout anddrain them to the point of death. It is nativeto ocean areas and was first found above Ni-agara Falls in Lake Erie in 1921. Lampreysspread to Lake Michigan by 1936 and toLake Superior by 1938. By the late 1930’sthe lake trout fishery was beginning to col-lapse, and by the 1950s the commercial har-vest of lake trout had declined to 342,000lbs. from 6.6 million lbs. in 1944. As a resultof that rapid decline in lake trout, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began a studyof the lamprey’s life cycle. That studyshowed that lampreys spend the first fiveyears of their life in streams, then move tothe big lakes for two years, where they feedon fish like lake trout, before returning tostreams to spawn and then die.
With that knowledge, researchers beganto search for a pesticide that would kill bothjuvenile and adults in the streams, while notdoing harm to other species. By 1957, the re-searchers had found an effective pesticide tokill lampreys, but not other species. By theearly 1960s, that “lampricide” was in use instreams all around the Great Lakes, andthat program continues today. The lampreypopulation is reduced to about 10% of itspeak, and lamprey wounds which were seenon 80% of lake trout in the past are nowseen on less than 5% of lake trout.
This defeat of sea lampreys as a threat tonative fish in the Great Lakes is a source ofhope for finding treatments for other typesof Aquatic Invasive Species. The patienceand persistence of the U.S. Fish and WildlifeService to find and apply an effective pesti-cide to kill sea lampreys is the explanationof their success, and is an example for theapproach that will be necessary to find effec-tive treatments for other Aquatic InvasiveSpecies.
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InvasivesContinued from page 1
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This needs to be saidand acknowledged!Our Association, and
rightly so, has been heavilyinvolved in our AIS problem... a serious one and well ad-dressed by the GLSA Board.
However, recognitionand an expression of grati-tude to those volunteerswho have managed to con-tinue and extend our “EventSchedules” is long overdue.A big ‘thank you’ to thoseChair Person Volunteers,and committee memberswho have donated theirtime and energy (plus occa-sional dollars) to continuethese ‘happy hours’! As fol-lows:
• The Strubles: havetaken it upon themselves tonot only continue the tradi-tional 4th of July Boat Parade, but create a specta-cle of colorful and patri-otic – decorated boats with‘goodies ‘being distributedto enthusiastic ‘dock sit-ters’. It’s one of our morememorable ‘happenings’and deserves a ‘thank you’from the entire GLSA mem-bership!
• The Bullocks: for initi-ating what is now an an-nual fireworks display.They started the project ontheir own, and it was asight to behold. Unfortu-nately, ‘regulations’ rearedtheir ugly head and forcedthem to give up their gener-ous contribution. However,its success and popularityfiltered down to the GLSABoard and, by demand, theproject was continued underthe auspices of the Board,on a volunteered basis.Randy Wilson stepped for-ward and organized boththe fundraising and fire-
works display,separate fromGLSA financialsupport, and hasenabled the‘event’ to con-tinue. Our thanksto the Bullocks forcreating theprocess and toRandy for his ef-forts for continua-tion!
• The Annual Pic-nic: its origin back inthe ’80s consistedsolely of a pot luck dinner atCamp Koinonia, just a so-cial get-together. Alongcomes Rose Mary Nelson,and then Allison Barkleyand Rhonda Brau, ‘voila’ anenlargement of the originalconcept ... a family picnicevent with entertainment,juvenile fishing contest, etall. successful to say theleast. Now we have Mike McNellis who has taken thereigns and continued this‘awesome’ event. It’s an av-enue to socialize and get toknow not only your neigh-bors but the entire member-ship. Our ‘kudos’ to themfor the effort, time and con-sideration they put forth onbehalf of the GLSA mem-bership. And don’t forgetthe ‘helpers’ – they have toremain nameless as I justdon’t know who they are!
• Winter Social PotLuck: originated and con-ceived by Russ Fortner(more than likely with thehelp of Peggy Jo). It has de-veloped into one of the morepopular wintertime events!It has progressed into anannual affair and the ‘origi-nator’ receives entreaties asto time and place, and mostimportantly, continuation!Purely social, pot luck, andwe find that there a lot ofgood cooks on Lake Sylvia.
Our thanks to Russ andPeggy Jo for not only the
concept/idea but putting itall together.
• Golf Tournament: be-lieve its origin/idea camefrom Russ Fortner. It hasturned out to be a great ad-dition to our event calendar.A fun time with question-able golf expertise, but a lotof laughs and camaraderie... and culinary satisfactionwith a great dinner offering.Again, our thanks to Russ,along with his committee.
To add: unless you have“walked the walk,” in re-gard to volunteerism (suchas the above mentionedevents), it’s difficult to re-late to the amount of time,effort and consideration putforth on behalf of their projects ... and providedwillingly without any expec-tation of acknowledgement,etc. We salute you andthanks to one and all for allyou have done and accom-plished!
In addition our compli-ments and ‘thanks’ to allwho have contributed to thesuccess of the Lake SylviaAssociation, be it a volun-teer, financial sponsor, inany manner, shape or form.
While this has been sub-mitted by an individual, mycontention is that it is rep-resentative of the GLSAmembership, THANK YOU!
-Your GLSA Membership
• Save the date – Saturday,August 11th GLSA Annual Picnic4-8 p.m. at Chi Rho
• See the color insert to learnhow to identify AIS
• Welcome Wagon is back!See page 7 for details
• Welcome to our new boardmembers: Lorie Herman, StephaniLind and Rick Phipps
• We also want to thank KentDavidson, Jerry Dock and DaveWefring for all of their work whileon the board.
• If you would like to receiveyour Loon Calls electronically,please contact Lisa Peery, Mem-bership Chair –[email protected]
• Please send the New EditorSteph Shaunaman any articles orNews Flash items for future issues.She can be reached [email protected]
Loon CallsPage 6 Summer 2018
Are You A GLSA Member?WE NEED YOUR HELP TO CONTINUE
FIGHTING AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES.The future health of our lake
literally depends on it. -Thank you!
For those of you that mightnot be aware of your ability tohelp a legislator with a financialcampaign contribution and bereimbursed by the State of Min-nesota for doing so, please seethe following site explaining the
Political Contribution RefundApplication Program: https://cfb.mn.gov/citizen-re-sources/board-programs/public-subsidy-of-campaigns/political-contribution-refund-program/
Minnesota lakes need you totake five minutes now and doyour part make legislatorsaware of an issue impactingeveryone and thanking thosethat have helped us.
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Stranded Boat?Contact these volunteers if
you need stranded boat assis-tance. This information is alsoavailable on the GLSA websiteat lakesylvia.org.
•East Lake: Russ Fortner,612-867-5470 (cell) or 320-274-8228 (home); Matt Johnson,612-210-3131 (cell), 320-274-5146 (home)
• West Lake: BlaineBarkley, 763-516-7931 (cell),320-274-5804 (home); ChrisHector, 952-239-8103 (cell)
• Channel: Don Nelson, 612-961-1000 (cell) 320-274-7177(home)
Loon CallsSummer 2018 Page 7
Annual Golf Tournament
4th of July Boaters Did Not Let the Weather Dampen Their Spirits
By Carla Struble
It was a tense morn-ing on July 4th at theStruble cabin as every-one watched the radarand most currentweather updates, tryingto decide if the boat pa-rade would have tobe postponed. Thanks toTysann Forsman andJim Struble, for keepingeveryone informed viathe GLSA website andFacebook. At noon, it ap-peared the storm was going to go around us, so the decision wasmade to proceed and begin the parade a half hour later at 2:30p.m. The boaters gathered outside the channel on the east lakeand received their boater bags with a few little goodies and aboater registration card that they turned in later for a prizedrawing. Once the parade began, it was not long and the sunstarted to peak out from behind the clouds and it was a beauti-ful day on the lake as we watched the smiles and excitement ofchildren as the parade boaters passed by throwing out watertoys, footballs, beach balls, candy and freezies. A great time washad by both boaters and those on shore watching as the paradepassed by their dock.
Approximately 30 boaters participated of which 25 made itthrough the entire length of the parade. There were 5 prizedrawing gifts given out with the grand prize being a LillyPad. Another gift was also given out for the best decorateddock. Parade participant boats threw out 4,000 bags of candy,1,000 water toys, 500 footballs, 300 beach balls, and a freezerfull of freezies. A great time was had by one and all. It was an-
other Lake Sylvia memory maker!Next year, if anyone wishes to
help with the parade, please get intouch with Jim or Carla Struble.Jim started packaging candy inmid-April of this year after the bigsnowstorm and finished up midJune.
This parade does not happenwithout numerous volunteer hoursand generous financial gifts ofboth corporate sponsors and indi-vidual donors. All the money usedto procure items for the paradecomes from private funding. Thereare no monies taken from the gen-
eral fund of the GLSA.We again wish to thank our corporate sponsors Anchor Dock
and Lift, EMSCO, HydroSweep by Safeshore, and SpilledGrain. Thanks also goes out to those private residents whomade financial contributions to the parade and asked to remainanonymous. We thank Tim Schmidt for agreeing to be our MCfor the parade. He did an awesome job once again.
We hope to see you all out there again next year!
July 14 wasa great day forgolf. Blue skiesand a slightbreeze, not toohot, but warmenough with lit-tle humidity.The tourna-ment had 120registeredgolfers and 20hole sponsors.Attendance wasdown slightlyfrom last year,but the holesponsors were up. The tournamentstarted at 10 a.m. and by 3 p.m. themeal service was started. Five hourswas perfect. We might have stum-bled over the perfect number of play-ers to allow smooth play.
The winners of the 2018 tourna-ment:
•1st place – Tammy and DanDiepenbrock, Red Peterson, andMyron Morris
• 2nd place – Brian and BrookeMueller, Jeff Haugen, and David As-chenmacher
• 3rd place – Kent Davidson,David Young, Josh Harmala, andTodd Lundeen
A new game was introduced on theputting green called “Bullseye.” Itwas a great success with all golfersparticipating.
A great time was had by all.
The GLSA annual 4th of July Boat Paradewas in doubt because of the weather,but a half hour late start didn’t dampenthe fun.
Lining up at the channel on the eastlake.
Fourth of July smiles.
There were 120 registered golfersat the tournament.
The GLSA Welcome Wagon is Back!
The GLSA and itsMembership Com-mittee are revivingthe Welcome Wagon.If you know of afriend or neighborthat is new to thelake, please let usknow so we can wel-come them andreach out with a va-riety of informationon the lake and thelocal area. Or if youhave neighbors whomoved to the lake inthe last 3-4 years
check with them tosee if they havejoined and are re-ceiving the newslet-ter.
Thank you!
• Lisa Peery –[email protected] – 320-274-6655
• Lorie Herman –[email protected] 952-836-7470
• Stephani Lind –[email protected] –612-710-1316
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Plans are well underway forthe GLSA’s Summer Picnic forAugust 11th, 2018, at Camp ChiRho. This is the same location asthe last few years. We would liketo see more kids this year. Plannow for the 11th so all kids andgrandkids can enjoy the lake andfamily time.
A traditional picnic meal willbe catered by Camp Chi Rho.Meals will be ready to serve at 4p.m. We will have Spilled GrainBrew house beer at only $1 dona-tion per glass for adults 21 andover like we had last year. Therewill be Free Root Beer floats forall. We will have a 65- foot longblow up obstacle course for thekids or healthy adults. Pony rideswill also be offered for kids in therequired weight restriction. Prizeswill be awarded to the winners ofthe fishing contest. Awards canbe picked up at the fishing contesttable. The Raffle will also be heldthe same as last year. Items have
values up to $100. Winners of theraffle items must be picked up thenight of the event. Any item notpicked up will be held and re-raf-fled next year. The music thisyear will be provided by the bandWondercure. They will be playingthe same good mix of songs thatwas enjoyed last year. The bandwill start playing at 5 p.m.
Ticket pricing:$17.50 for ages 14 and up$10 for ages 8 to 13 7 and younger are free
Please register by mail, or on-line at the GLSA website beforeAugust 1st. We need to providenumbers to thecamp forplanningthe food.
GLSA Annual Picnic
Lifetime Achievement AwardAt the 2018 GLSA Annual Meeting, Dick Anderson waspresented with a GLSA Lifetime Achievement Award. Hewas honored for his role as cofounder of GLSA and hislifelong efforts to protect and improve the quality of LakeSylvia.