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Little Pine Island Lake has a lake Improvement Association ASSOCIATION BOARD President - David Hood Vice president - Phillip Helzer Treasurer - Joy Walthorn Secretary - Kim Bryant Assistant Secretary - Melissa Schad Scroll down for Association Meeting dates and Minutes
The next Association Meeting is September 27 2010, 7:00 PM at the Salvation Army Little Pine Island Lake camp
It was nice that Bill Byl of the drain commission took the time to come to the association meeting. but the information provided by Bill did not seem to answer the question about the fluctuating lake level other than the expected, lack of imagination
answer, that we drill wells and pump water into the lake when it gets low.
I felt empty by his answers so I went home and prayed to God for the solution. God answered me by pointing to water conservation and watershed management as the long term solution.
God also gave me the answer to the complaint that I cut off a critical water supply to the lake when I filled in the man made ditch that caused flooding on my property.
God told me to look to the 1940 lake map that can be found at the following link: http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/SPATIALDATALIBRARY/PDF_MAPS/INLAND_LAKE_MAPS/KENT/LITTLE_PINE_ISLAND_LAKE.PDF
If you zoom in on this map where the lake drain is you will see a little arrow pointing toward the lake. What this means is that in March of 1940, when this map was made, the water, in what is now the "lake drain" flowed into the lake not out of the
lake. The wetland behind my house that runs along Ketchel would supply water to the lake until 1963 when the drain commission installed the dam on hass that cut off this important supply of water and water management source to the lake. I believe the
lake association and all the residents of Little Pine Island Lake should be working to reclaim this important source of water for the lake.
The drain commission does not have the answer because his job is to drain the water away, not conserve it.
I know Dave Hood and Phil Helzer have been working to increase drainage in the area, when you drain water from the area you are draining the water from our lake. I believe you should stop seeking better drainage from the lake area, draining the area around the
lake is draining the lake The Association should look to
raising roads and homes in the area to better deal with the water.
I will go into my plans for other watershed management projects later, this is enough to digest for now.
Regards
Randy DuBois
Lake Association member since 2010
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Little Pine Island Lake Improvement Association Membership Meeting October 20, 2011 at 7pm
Agenda:
I. Call To Order, Meeting starter about 7:15 Links on Purple Loosestrife (provided by Randy DuBois) Purple Loosestrife is a non native plant that is on it's way to taking over our lake. If this plant is allowed to grow unabated we will loose all cattails around the lake along with the other problems caused by this plant. Follow the links below for more information on the control of Purple Loosestrife invasion. WANTED: Purple Loosestrife, If you see it KILL IT. purple loosestrife http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/flora-fauna/invasive/loosestf.html
Nate Karsten, Professional Lake Management -2011 Review
The cost of lake weed management in on your tax bill through Plainfield township, every lake property owner pays about $100.00 per year if your a Lake Assoc. member or not, your paying for this service brought to you by the Lake Assoc.
The report given by PLM (professional Lake Management) was quite vague. Next years projected lake management cost is $5,000 to $8,000, that's a good chunk of change.
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