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Friday, January 11, 2008

Big Eagle Lake


Quarterly News Letter

 

January 2008

 

By Earl Rose,
Lake Association President

One thing about Midwesterners is that they all do something about winter.  Minnesotans are no exception and Big Lakians are at the top of their winter game this year.  The 12th annual Big Eagle Lake Improvement Association Ice Fishing Contest is here again. (BELIAIFC for short). For those who have not opted to head off to warmer climates (one way of doing something about winter – abandon it) the members of the Association are proud to present what looks to be our best annual contest event ever... (read more)

 

 Saturday, August 11, 2007

Battling milfoil means attacking the roots

By Mark Kolbinger,
Contributing Writer

Board members from the Big Eagle Lake Improvement Association toured the lake Friday via pontoon and watched as Lake Restoration spread herbicide to combat Eurasian Watermilfoil. It was the third stage of this year's battle against weeds. The first stage of the year was a spraying that targeted Curled Leaf Pondweed. Second, the Association coordinated treatments for individual homeowners who paid to have their shoreline treated for weeds. Pictured aboard Lake Association President Earl Rose's pontoon: (from left) Earl Rose, Secretary Sue Jones, Ruth Rose, Dick Bittner and Treasurer Elaine Bergquist.
Eurasian watermilfoil is a nasty aquatic plant for several reasons, but one of its biggest nuisances is its ability to create havoc for boaters trying to navigate waters infested by the milfoil's thick, dense mats of weeds. The weeds can become completely wrapped around a boat's prop, leaving its driver "stuck" or underpowered until he or she clears the prop of the dense vegetation.

In an effort to fight the weed, herbicides are the most common treatment.

Last Friday, board members from the Big Eagle Lake Improvement Association toured their lake via pontoon as a crew from Lake Restoration took to the water to wage the war against three highly infested milfoil areas.

Ironically, the herbicide being used is called Navigate.

"They follow a GPS pattern instead of doing it by sight so they don't miss any areas or overlap others," said association president Earl Rose.

"The granular sinks to the bottom of the lake and attacks the roots," added veteran association board member Dick Bittner....(read more)