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“An Association formed to promote the protection and improvement of Lake Koronis”

“An association formed to promote the protection and improvement of Lake Koronis”

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Sept. 2014

Koronis Lake Association

Aquatic Update

AIS Efforts ………………………………… Pg 1 & 2

2014 KLA Membership Form …………… Pg 2-5

Water Testing Results ……………………………Pg 5

KLA Members List …………………………………Pg 6

Letter from the President ………………… Pg 7-8

Aquatic Plant Issues ………………………… Pg 8-9

NFCRWD Update ……………………………… Pg 10

AIS Donations …………………………………… Pg 11

Inside this issue…

PresidentJames Wuertz

Eden Valley-320-453-7541Vice PresidentBob Brauchler

Belgrade-320-254-3636Manager

James BarchengerGlenwood-320-268-3202

ManagerJohn Hanson

Eden Valley-320-453-5398Manager

Gary BerndtBrooten-320-352-2484

AdministratorJosh Reed

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Koronis Lake Association BoardBoard of DirectorsKaren Langmo - PresidentSue Eyre - Vice President Jim Elseth - TreasurerKevin FarnumKen HessPeter Jacobson

Bert StanleyDiane RittenhouseShari HeitkeBecky FellingExecutive SecretaryAlex Naujokas

North Fork Crow River Watershed District

Board of Managers

Our Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) program for 2014 is nearing an end with our

summer season also coming to an end. Thanks to you, we have clear-ly done a more thorough job this year, with more inspectors and more inspection hours. With the help of receiving a DNR grant for 245 hours at the Hwy 55 launch, the watershed receiving $4000 in DNR grant money, our contin-ued and increased commitment of funding from KLA, NFCRWD, Paynesville Township, Paynesville City, Meeker County, Rice Lake As-sociation, Union Grove Township, we were able to get more inspec-tion hours at more locations in the watershed. We again thank the NFCRWD for their management of the inspection program across the watershed. All the numbers aren’t in yet to report to you, but will be in a subsequent newsletter. We suspect our spend this year to be slightly more than last years

$39,000. Because of the “no wake zones” at the beginning of the summer, we actually had less tran-sient boat activity, but we highly suspect that our boat traffic later in the year made up for the slow start.

Other activities towards AIS have been going on at both the coun-ty and state level. At the county level, Stearns County Collation of Lake Associations has been active. (KLA is a member and founder of this organization and KLA Board member Kevin Farnum is one of the representatives and heads up their AIS committee also.) Stearns COLA is working with the county government to establish a county wide AIS plan. With the passing of a new legislative law which dis-tributed $10,000,000 across the states counties it is imperative that we work with the county to develop an aggressive plan and work to get the money received by the county to the areas where it

can be the most effective in stop-ping the spread of AIS across the county and for that matter across the state. This year the Stearns County received $114,000 and next year and until the law chang-es will receive $250,000. There is a good chance that some of that money will work its way to us on Lake Koronis. It is interesting to find that we have the largest in-spection program in our county, with the total spend towards AIS at just over $200,000 across the county, but most of this is for lakes that must do chemical treatment for Curly Leaf Pondweed just to keep the lakes usable. Meeker county also has received money from the state. They already have an AIS plan and KLA President Karen Langmo is on their AIS com-mittee.

We are fortunate that we have such a strong commitment of sup-port from you our members and

Aquatic Invasive Species Efforts 2014 By Kevin Farnum

…AIS Efforts on pg 2

The KLA Board of Directors does not endorse any of the products or services advertised by businesses in the KLA Newsletter.” “The views and opinions in this newsletter are those of the author’s and do not necessarily refl ect the offi cial policy or positions of the Koronis Lake Association.”

KLA Newsletter Sept. 2014 Sept. 2014 KLA Newsletter Page 11

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the community. Across the state many Lake Associations and COLA’s are doing the same thing as we are doing in Stearns County. Several counties are farther ahead than Stearns in that they have already

started an AIS plan, but many just like Stearns are learning fast. It is our hope that this influx of money into the state, county will make the difference that is needed.

……AIS Efforts from pg 1

This year the KLA Board included a section on the membership form for

comments and/or suggestions. Below are responses to selected suggestions:

1. “Let’s not have so many fishing tournaments. If we want to protect our lake from AIS we must not have boats coming from all over so often and in such large numbers.”

Response: We agree with the writer that our greatest risk if from transient boats coming into Lake Koronis. However, we have no control over the number of tournaments that take place on Lake Koronis. DNR regulations require any tournament organizer that expects over 25 boats to register for their tournament to obtain a permit from the DNR. The list is posted and we review it so that we are sure we have AIS inspection coverage that is adequate at the time and place of the start of the tournament. Any tournament that has fewer than 25 boats expected

doesn’t need to do anything or notify anyone. KLA has done to try and stay abreast of tournaments is post a sign at the main launch sites to try and get voluntary notification to us of a pending tournament. We do this to post the date on our website calendar so others may know and not schedule too many tournaments on one day, and so we again can assure we have adequate inspection coverage, so as not slow the tournament down. Currently, there is not any push by the DNR and fishing community to lower the 25 boat limit to a much smaller number.

2. We had three members comment on the increasing weed growth, and improving water quality.

Response: Most of the weed growth in our lake is due to the high level of phosphorus entering from Rice Lake, via the North Fork of the Crow River. Over 93% of the phosphorus comes to us from

2014 KLA Membership Form Comments & Responses

By Karen Langmo

…KLA Questionnaire on pg 3

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3. “I’ve noticed that when the AIS inspectors check the boats at the boat landing by our cabin but they don’t always look under the boat very well. We have noticed that some boats are let through without a complete inspection. Also cell phone calls to other landings might be helpful to watch for any one turned away at another landing.

In addition I have noticed issues with the dumping of minnows on the lawns and ditches – can’t there be a garbage can by the landing for dumping minnows?”

Response: All of the KLA AIS inspectors are trained by the DNR as to how to do an inspection. You are correct they were taught to look under and do a good evaluation for evidence of AIS attached. A mirror had been previously suggested and we will review its usage again. The inspectors do have personal cell phones and do have contact numbers to alert problems when they occur. Your concern over a boat being turned away and going to another launch site is very valid and this issue is one of the flaws in the DNR regulation. It has been pointed out as have several other flaws to the legislature to try and get them changed. Unfortunately, this issue hasn’t found any support in the legislature or with the DNR. Although a portion of what they do is to gather data on boat movement and boat traffic, they are allowed to use discretion in certain circumstances where they have additional intelligence regarding a transient boat. Not knowing the exact boats you we referring to as example, we would suspect that these are boats that were in the

…KLA Questionnaire from pg 2


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The watershed hired 5 AIS boat inspectors for the 2014 season. The inspectors worked approxi-mately 38 hours a week during the summer months at Grove, Koronis and Rice Lakes. As of August 31, we have spent 1586 hours inspect-ing at Lake Koronis, 688.25 hours at Rice Lake and 164.75 hours at Grove Lake. On summer weekends

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The Watershed is also working on installing agricultural BMPs, partnering with local counties on lake shore stabilization projects and is continually taking water quality samples and education ef-forts in the District. The NRCRWD is currently working on applying for 2015 BWSR grants.

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4. “Too much is being spent by KLA on AIS and Lifeguards at the City Park. We pay taxes for both of these already.”

Response: You are correct in that a certain amount of tax money pays for some AIS inspection, just as it does for DNR enforcement officers. In the case of the Lifeguards, they are paid jointly by the city and township, which would be taxes, as a service to the community, and by a donation from KLA. KLA contributes to both of these areas as a way to give back our membership donations to help protect the lake and the people of the community. If KLA didn’t contribute a portion of funds towards the AIS inspections, even though we have great partners in our efforts from the townships,

the city, and counties, we would be far short of any kind of a valuable program to help protect the lake from AIS.

5. “20 volunteers that took boat inspection class should be asked to assist with inspections and education at ramps.”

Response: We have been very fortunate in that through contributions we have been able to utilize paid staff to perform our education and boat inspections at the high risk launch sites not only on Lake Koronis but also throughout our watershed. With the watershed being willing to sign an agreement with DNR they have taken on the responsibility to hire the people. When the 20 volunteers were trained last year we thought that that might be the only protection that we could provide for the lake. We were very lucky in that we did not have to use them and that someone didn’t need to spend time working on a schedule for 20 people. We still worked on scheduling the 6 people we had, but it was much simpler. As to having these people partner up with the paid staff that we had last year and this year, that is a possibility if we had someone willing to manage a schedule. We are concerned, however, that it might be confusing for the boaters having



wildlife as well as erosion control and nutrient filtering.

Later winters, late springs and water that warms slower than nor-mal usually means a later or shorter plant growing season.

Years with lots of precipitation can make for more nutrient inputs that fuel planktonic algae growth. The weather has a big impact on what kind of water clarity and plant growth Koronis will have.

Q: What can property own-ers do when vegetation reaches nuisance levels in the waters on shoreline frontage?

A: Individual property owners can put in for aquatic plant man-agement permits. Those permits require inspection afterlants have started growing, but once inspected and verified, they usually are good from as early as mid-May to no later than September 1. These permits allow for automated or manual mechanical or chemical control of aquatic plants. The rules that gov-ern these permits can be found at:

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/apm/index.html and

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=6280&view=chapter.Property owners can put in for

treatment of up to half their shore-line frontage or 100 yards, whichev-er is less and lakeward to a distance sufficient for recreation. Further-more, a channel to open water is also allowed. My recommendation to people that have had vegetation issues where the plants are a nui-sance and are impeding recreation is to put in for individual treatment either as the applicants themselves or by hiring a lake service provider. I would encourage those interested to do so as soon as possible(we be-gin accepting applications January 1, 2015 for the 2015 year) because it is first come, first served and all new applicants require an inspec-

tion.The DNR does not do lakewide

treatment for curlyleaf pondweed anymore. The Spicer Fisheries of-fice said that Koronis sometimes has strong years for wild celery (also called eelgrass or Valisneria).

But they also mentioned that rooted plant growth is variable from year to year, just a Planktonic algae is. This is due to Koronis’ tro-phic status hovering between Me-sotrophic and Eutrophic.

Some years it behaves more like one than other. It’s worth noting that clearing a property of veg-etation may just leave the location more vulnerable to colonization by curlyleaf pondweed.

Q: What is the Koronis Lake As-sociation doing to address this is-sue?

A: We as an association are work-ing towards better water quality by identifying problems on our lake and the watershed. Board mem-bers Ken Hess, Sue Eyre and Shari Heitke are deligently working with landowners in the watershed to decrease run-off from fields and pastures through wetland restora-tion projects. We are also currently working with Stearns County Soil and Water on the MPCA shoreline restoration grant. The grant’s goal is to protect/improve the water quality of Lake Koronis through individual shoreline projects. The board is always working on ero-sion control projects around the lake and surrounding areas as well as the watershed. We have and will continue to partner with the Paynesville Township, Union Grove Township, the North Fork Crow River Watershed, and the Soil and Water districts of Meeker, Stearns and Kandiyohi to get the full lever-age. The KLA AIS inspection and education program is also another “pro-active” program that is helping to maintain water quality.

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open water season by Chris Lun-deen of the North Fork Crow River Watershed(NRCRW). Chris and Karen Langmo, KLA, have been col-lecting lake samples for this year. To date samples so far have been col-lected in May, July and August. June samples were not collected due to the high water.

Secchi Disk readings which help determine water quality, have not been good. Our average for both locations has been 4.7 feet, com-pared to an average of 8.7 feet last year. Another important reading is the Carlson’s Trophic Status or TSI, which is a benchmark for water quality. This year the results for Ko-ronis fall under the “Eutrophic Sta-tus.” This is defined as decreased transparency, lack of oxygen in the lower levels during the sum-mer, and weed problems evident. Last year the lake fell under the Mesotrophic range, which Koronis should be. The Mesotrophic Sta-tus is defined as water moderately

clear and some probability of no oxygen in the lowest levels during the summer.

These results can be attributed to the heavy June rains we had. Lake Koronis also experienced a 10 year high for lake levels with these rains. Readings will be taken in September. Hopefully the lake will get back into the Mesotrophic/low Eutrophic range for next summer. The nutrient levels in all of the NR-CRW lakes were impacted by these rains. Please take time to read the 2013 Lake Koronis Report from the watershed that has been included in the newsletter.

Over the past few years the increased growth of weeds on the eastern side of Lake

Koronis has been of particular con-cern. Various questions arise as to why weed growth is so prolific and what might be done to mitigate the problem. To more fully understand I contacted Scott Mackenthun, Ass’t Area Supervisor, Waterville Area DNR Fisheries Office, and discussed what might be done to address this issue. Below is a summary of our conversation.

Q: What has caused this weed growth?

A: The eastern quarter of Koro-nis is shallow, mucky and receives a sediment and nutrient load that settles out from Mud Lake and the North Fork Crow River. It’s not as much input as Rice Lake receives, but it does have an impact on the lake. Shallow bays, like the eastern quarter of Koronis, are conducive to aquatic plant growth. But those plants serve an important role of food, cover, habitat for fish and

2014 Water Testing ResultsBy Karen Langmo

Aquatic Plant Growth Issues on Lake Koronis

By Karen Langmo

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both a person of authority working side by side with a volunteer. Right now the inspector also does the AIS education and training on how to inspect the boat. We could have some difficulty with DNR having the volunteer do do any of the boat inspection training.

6. “Ensure every owner on the lake receives the same request. Some seasonal owners do not per conversations with them.”

Response: We as a board make every attempt to keep up on the

ownership changes on the lake. However, we also rely on our membership to help us with this. If there are ownership changes that you know of or if your neighbors are not getting KLA mailings please let us know. The KLA website is a great place to contact us with this information.

Thanks for all of your comments and/or suggestions. We like to keep an open line communication going with our members. Your participation is greatly appreciated!


5. Annual Meeting – The KLA Annual Meeting was held at the Ko-ronis Regional Park on July 12th. Presentations were made by the KLA Board, Paynesville Township, Jeff Forester – MN Lakes and Riv-ers Advocates and Darby Nelson, a conservation activist. Jeff Forester spoke on his organization’s ongo-ing fight against the spread of AIS. Darby Nelson’s presentation was on his book “For Love of Lakes.” We had a nice turnout – thanks to all for attending!

6. Other – The board would like to thank all who participated in the annual July 4th boat parade. Every-one had a great time. The Fireworks display was again spectacular and a great way to end the weekend.

The KLA Annual Picnic was held on August 23 at Veterans Park. We had another good turn out . Again thanks to all for attending.

Please read the articles in this is-sue to stay informed and up-to-date on our activities. Enjoy the beauti-ful fall and remember “there is no place like Lake Koronis.”

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Hammer, Mrs. DavidHandt, MaryHanf, Pat & GerlachHansen, Steve & ChrisHanson, Calvin & NancyHanson, MichaelHanson, Wayne & PatHavemeier, Ken & MarionHavemeir, Brad & JenniferHeitke, ShariHenderson, Bill & KrisHendrickson, DorothyHendrickson, Rick & JeanHendrickson, TomHess, Jim & MargieHess, Ken & LynnaeHess, Roger & SharonHofmann, Jeff & KathleenHolm, Jim & TerreHouk, JamesHunter, Gerald & DonnaHuselid, Boyd & KathrynIngalsbe, Dave & BarbJacobson, Peter & LynneJensen, Bart & ValerieJohnson, AliceJohnson, Dick & CarolJohnson, Gary & LindaJohnson, RogerJohnson, Todd & LoisJohnson, Tom & KarieKahle, WarrenKahle, Wayne & MargaretKeller, DianeKlien, Dan & KimKosel, Gary & CherylKramer, CarolKrebs, Allen Kroells, Jeff& KathleenKulenkamp, Darrel & DonnaLammers, Tom & PeggyLangmo, Greg & KarenLangmo, KeithLarson, Howard & JaniceLarson, John & MarciaLarson, Kirby & SarahLaubach, PriscillaLeverentz, Dan & GayleLien, LonnieLindmeyer, Gary & JeanLindquist, Darrel & JeanLinseth, Michael & KarleneLokkesmoe,Brian & KayLoomis, Jim & BettyLopez, Manuel & LillianLosleben, JamesLura, PaulMacon, MartyMaile, Keith & SandiMartinka, Jim & KristieMartinson, DorothyMason, Darrol & DianneMathiowetz, Brian & ValerieMathiowetz, Mary LouMayer, Louis & LillianMelchart, DavidMerrill, John & SheilaMeyer, Dale & ShirleyMeyer, MichaelMiller, LenoreMinar, CushmanMoldaschel,Charles & LucilleMor, John & DonnaMorgan, Bruce & Ann

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Welcome to the late sum-mer/early fall edition of the KLA newsletter. Af-

ter a fairly pleasant summer (with the exception of June – ugh!), I am looking forward to fall’s cooler days and beautiful colors. Below are some highlights and updates of our board’s activities.

1. AIS – The AIS inspection and education program is coming to an end for the season. Overall our pro-gram was more productive(more hours and inspections) and ran very smoothly. Thanks to Kevin Farnum, KLA and Chris Lundeen, North Fork Crow River Watershed, for oversee-ing this important project for the summer. Kevin has written a sum-mary later in this issue, please take time to read. Both Kevin and I have been appointed as representatives on the new “county AIS Prevention committee’s.” Kevin is on the Stea-rns County AIS committee and I am on the Meeker County’s commit-tee. These committee’s were estab-lished in response to the Minnesota Legislature’s new law to combat AIS. The committee’s will work to establish the best use of the state grant money to fight the spread of AIS. More to come!

2. Clean Water Partnership Grant – On August 8th, the Stea-rns County Soil and Water District made a presentation with repre-sentatives from the engineering firm of Short Elliott Hendrickson, to a nice representation of interested lake residents. The purpose of this MPCA grant is to protect/improve the water quality of Lake Koronis through individual shoreline proj-ects. Homeowners are currently being contacted and project loca-

tions evaluated. This is a wonder-ful project to help improve our lake and water quality.

3. Lake Quality Improvement– Ken Hess, Sue Eyre and Shari Heitke are continuing to work on wetland restoration projects up-stream on the North Fork of the Crow River. They are working with the watershed and the Soil and Wa-ter Conservation Districts for Stea-rns and Kandiyohi counties. This is a critical project to help improve the lakes water quality. The major-ity of phosphorus input into Lake Koronis comes from the river which is why a northern location is crucial to combat this.

4. Membership – I am pleased to report that our membership num-bers are up for 2014. As of mid-Sep-tember our regular individual/fam-ily memberships were at 236(up about 50 from last year) and we have 18 business memberships. With this increase our dues are up 109% from last year. Fireworks contributions were up 63% and the AIS donations special request had 96 individuals and businesses contributing $3,950. The goal for 2014 was to increase membership among lake property owners, indi-viduals and businesses interested in the preservation and improve-ment of Lake Koronis. We were looking for a 50% participation rate – we ended up with 41%. 50% participation remains the goal for 2015. Thanks to everyone for your generous support. These member-ship dollars are allowing us to con-tinue with our various projects that help keep Lake Koronis a beautiful and healthy lake.

Letter from the PresidentBy Karen Langmo

…President’s Letter on pg 8


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Secchi Disk readings which help determine water quality, have not been good. Our average for both locations has been 4.7 feet, com-pared to an average of 8.7 feet last year. Another important reading is the Carlson’s Trophic Status or TSI, which is a benchmark for water quality. This year the results for Ko-ronis fall under the “Eutrophic Sta-tus.” This is defined as decreased transparency, lack of oxygen in the lower levels during the sum-mer, and weed problems evident. Last year the lake fell under the Mesotrophic range, which Koronis should be. The Mesotrophic Sta-tus is defined as water moderately

clear and some probability of no oxygen in the lowest levels during the summer.

These results can be attributed to the heavy June rains we had. Lake Koronis also experienced a 10 year high for lake levels with these rains. Readings will be taken in September. Hopefully the lake will get back into the Mesotrophic/low Eutrophic range for next summer. The nutrient levels in all of the NR-CRW lakes were impacted by these rains. Please take time to read the 2013 Lake Koronis Report from the watershed that has been included in the newsletter.

Over the past few years the increased growth of weeds on the eastern side of Lake

Koronis has been of particular con-cern. Various questions arise as to why weed growth is so prolific and what might be done to mitigate the problem. To more fully understand I contacted Scott Mackenthun, Ass’t Area Supervisor, Waterville Area DNR Fisheries Office, and discussed what might be done to address this issue. Below is a summary of our conversation.

Q: What has caused this weed growth?

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6. “Ensure every owner on the lake receives the same request. Some seasonal owners do not per conversations with them.”

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ownership changes on the lake. However, we also rely on our membership to help us with this. If there are ownership changes that you know of or if your neighbors are not getting KLA mailings please let us know. The KLA website is a great place to contact us with this information.

Thanks for all of your comments and/or suggestions. We like to keep an open line communication going with our members. Your participation is greatly appreciated!


5. Annual Meeting – The KLA Annual Meeting was held at the Ko-ronis Regional Park on July 12th. Presentations were made by the KLA Board, Paynesville Township, Jeff Forester – MN Lakes and Riv-ers Advocates and Darby Nelson, a conservation activist. Jeff Forester spoke on his organization’s ongo-ing fight against the spread of AIS. Darby Nelson’s presentation was on his book “For Love of Lakes.” We had a nice turnout – thanks to all for attending!

6. Other – The board would like to thank all who participated in the annual July 4th boat parade. Every-one had a great time. The Fireworks display was again spectacular and a great way to end the weekend.

The KLA Annual Picnic was held on August 23 at Veterans Park. We had another good turn out . Again thanks to all for attending.

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4. “Too much is being spent by KLA on AIS and Lifeguards at the City Park. We pay taxes for both of these already.”

Response: You are correct in that a certain amount of tax money pays for some AIS inspection, just as it does for DNR enforcement officers. In the case of the Lifeguards, they are paid jointly by the city and township, which would be taxes, as a service to the community, and by a donation from KLA. KLA contributes to both of these areas as a way to give back our membership donations to help protect the lake and the people of the community. If KLA didn’t contribute a portion of funds towards the AIS inspections, even though we have great partners in our efforts from the townships,

the city, and counties, we would be far short of any kind of a valuable program to help protect the lake from AIS.

5. “20 volunteers that took boat inspection class should be asked to assist with inspections and education at ramps.”

Response: We have been very fortunate in that through contributions we have been able to utilize paid staff to perform our education and boat inspections at the high risk launch sites not only on Lake Koronis but also throughout our watershed. With the watershed being willing to sign an agreement with DNR they have taken on the responsibility to hire the people. When the 20 volunteers were trained last year we thought that that might be the only protection that we could provide for the lake. We were very lucky in that we did not have to use them and that someone didn’t need to spend time working on a schedule for 20 people. We still worked on scheduling the 6 people we had, but it was much simpler. As to having these people partner up with the paid staff that we had last year and this year, that is a possibility if we had someone willing to manage a schedule. We are concerned, however, that it might be confusing for the boaters having



wildlife as well as erosion control and nutrient filtering.

Later winters, late springs and water that warms slower than nor-mal usually means a later or shorter plant growing season.

Years with lots of precipitation can make for more nutrient inputs that fuel planktonic algae growth. The weather has a big impact on what kind of water clarity and plant growth Koronis will have.

Q: What can property own-ers do when vegetation reaches nuisance levels in the waters on shoreline frontage?

A: Individual property owners can put in for aquatic plant man-agement permits. Those permits require inspection afterlants have started growing, but once inspected and verified, they usually are good from as early as mid-May to no later than September 1. These permits allow for automated or manual mechanical or chemical control of aquatic plants. The rules that gov-ern these permits can be found at:

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=6280&view=chapter.Property owners can put in for

treatment of up to half their shore-line frontage or 100 yards, whichev-er is less and lakeward to a distance sufficient for recreation. Further-more, a channel to open water is also allowed. My recommendation to people that have had vegetation issues where the plants are a nui-sance and are impeding recreation is to put in for individual treatment either as the applicants themselves or by hiring a lake service provider. I would encourage those interested to do so as soon as possible(we be-gin accepting applications January 1, 2015 for the 2015 year) because it is first come, first served and all new applicants require an inspec-

tion.The DNR does not do lakewide

treatment for curlyleaf pondweed anymore. The Spicer Fisheries of-fice said that Koronis sometimes has strong years for wild celery (also called eelgrass or Valisneria).

But they also mentioned that rooted plant growth is variable from year to year, just a Planktonic algae is. This is due to Koronis’ tro-phic status hovering between Me-sotrophic and Eutrophic.

Some years it behaves more like one than other. It’s worth noting that clearing a property of veg-etation may just leave the location more vulnerable to colonization by curlyleaf pondweed.

Q: What is the Koronis Lake As-sociation doing to address this is-sue?

A: We as an association are work-ing towards better water quality by identifying problems on our lake and the watershed. Board mem-bers Ken Hess, Sue Eyre and Shari Heitke are deligently working with landowners in the watershed to decrease run-off from fields and pastures through wetland restora-tion projects. We are also currently working with Stearns County Soil and Water on the MPCA shoreline restoration grant. The grant’s goal is to protect/improve the water quality of Lake Koronis through individual shoreline projects. The board is always working on ero-sion control projects around the lake and surrounding areas as well as the watershed. We have and will continue to partner with the Paynesville Township, Union Grove Township, the North Fork Crow River Watershed, and the Soil and Water districts of Meeker, Stearns and Kandiyohi to get the full lever-age. The KLA AIS inspection and education program is also another “pro-active” program that is helping to maintain water quality.

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3. “I’ve noticed that when the AIS inspectors check the boats at the boat landing by our cabin but they don’t always look under the boat very well. We have noticed that some boats are let through without a complete inspection. Also cell phone calls to other landings might be helpful to watch for any one turned away at another landing.

In addition I have noticed issues with the dumping of minnows on the lawns and ditches – can’t there be a garbage can by the landing for dumping minnows?”

Response: All of the KLA AIS inspectors are trained by the DNR as to how to do an inspection. You are correct they were taught to look under and do a good evaluation for evidence of AIS attached. A mirror had been previously suggested and we will review its usage again. The inspectors do have personal cell phones and do have contact numbers to alert problems when they occur. Your concern over a boat being turned away and going to another launch site is very valid and this issue is one of the flaws in the DNR regulation. It has been pointed out as have several other flaws to the legislature to try and get them changed. Unfortunately, this issue hasn’t found any support in the legislature or with the DNR. Although a portion of what they do is to gather data on boat movement and boat traffic, they are allowed to use discretion in certain circumstances where they have additional intelligence regarding a transient boat. Not knowing the exact boats you we referring to as example, we would suspect that these are boats that were in the



The North Fork Crow River Watershed District(NRCRWD) is cur-

rently working on two large wet-land restoration projects north of Brooten, these projects will reduce nutrients entering the North Fork Crow River. Both projects should be started late this year or early next year. We currently are looking for more wetland restoration proj-ect locations to use up grant funds.

The watershed hired 5 AIS boat inspectors for the 2014 season. The inspectors worked approxi-mately 38 hours a week during the summer months at Grove, Koronis and Rice Lakes. As of August 31, we have spent 1586 hours inspect-ing at Lake Koronis, 688.25 hours at Rice Lake and 164.75 hours at Grove Lake. On summer weekends

the watershed along with a DNR intern, covered all 6 major boat ac-cesses in the NRCRWD. The boat inspections will continue into Oc-tober.

The Watershed is also working on installing agricultural BMPs, partnering with local counties on lake shore stabilization projects and is continually taking water quality samples and education ef-forts in the District. The NRCRWD is currently working on applying for 2015 BWSR grants.

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the community. Across the state many Lake Associations and COLA’s are doing the same thing as we are doing in Stearns County. Several counties are farther ahead than Stearns in that they have already

started an AIS plan, but many just like Stearns are learning fast. It is our hope that this influx of money into the state, county will make the difference that is needed.

……AIS Efforts from pg 1

This year the KLA Board included a section on the membership form for

comments and/or suggestions. Below are responses to selected suggestions:

1. “Let’s not have so many fishing tournaments. If we want to protect our lake from AIS we must not have boats coming from all over so often and in such large numbers.”

Response: We agree with the writer that our greatest risk if from transient boats coming into Lake Koronis. However, we have no control over the number of tournaments that take place on Lake Koronis. DNR regulations require any tournament organizer that expects over 25 boats to register for their tournament to obtain a permit from the DNR. The list is posted and we review it so that we are sure we have AIS inspection coverage that is adequate at the time and place of the start of the tournament. Any tournament that has fewer than 25 boats expected

doesn’t need to do anything or notify anyone. KLA has done to try and stay abreast of tournaments is post a sign at the main launch sites to try and get voluntary notification to us of a pending tournament. We do this to post the date on our website calendar so others may know and not schedule too many tournaments on one day, and so we again can assure we have adequate inspection coverage, so as not slow the tournament down. Currently, there is not any push by the DNR and fishing community to lower the 25 boat limit to a much smaller number.

2. We had three members comment on the increasing weed growth, and improving water quality.

Response: Most of the weed growth in our lake is due to the high level of phosphorus entering from Rice Lake, via the North Fork of the Crow River. Over 93% of the phosphorus comes to us from

2014 KLA Membership Form Comments & Responses

By Karen Langmo


STANDARD MAILU.S. Postage Paid

Paynesville, MN 56362Permit No. 52

“An Association formed to promote the protection and improvement of Lake Koronis”

“An association formed to promote the protection and improvement of Lake Koronis”

Change Service Requested

Sept. 2014


Aquatic Update

AIS Efforts ………………………………… Pg 1 & 2

2014 KLA Membership Form …………… Pg 2-5

Water Testing Results ……………………………Pg 5

KLA Members List …………………………………Pg 6

Letter from the President ………………… Pg 7-8

Aquatic Plant Issues ………………………… Pg 8-9

NFCRWD Update ……………………………… Pg 10

AIS Donations …………………………………… Pg 11

Inside this issue…

PresidentJames Wuertz

Eden Valley-320-453-7541Vice PresidentBob Brauchler

Belgrade-320-254-3636Manager

James BarchengerGlenwood-320-268-3202

ManagerJohn Hanson

Eden Valley-320-453-5398Manager

Gary BerndtBrooten-320-352-2484

AdministratorJosh Reed

Office: 100 Prairie Ave. NBrooten-320-346-2869

Koronis Lake Association BoardBoard of DirectorsKaren Langmo - PresidentSue Eyre - Vice President Jim Elseth - TreasurerKevin FarnumKen HessPeter Jacobson

Bert StanleyDiane RittenhouseShari HeitkeBecky FellingExecutive SecretaryAlex Naujokas

North Fork Crow River Watershed District

Board of Managers

Our Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) program for 2014 is nearing an end with our

summer season also coming to an end. Thanks to you, we have clear-ly done a more thorough job this year, with more inspectors and more inspection hours. With the help of receiving a DNR grant for 245 hours at the Hwy 55 launch, the watershed receiving $4000 in DNR grant money, our contin-ued and increased commitment of funding from KLA, NFCRWD, Paynesville Township, Paynesville City, Meeker County, Rice Lake As-sociation, Union Grove Township, we were able to get more inspec-tion hours at more locations in the watershed. We again thank the NFCRWD for their management of the inspection program across the watershed. All the numbers aren’t in yet to report to you, but will be in a subsequent newsletter. We suspect our spend this year to be slightly more than last years

$39,000. Because of the “no wake zones” at the beginning of the summer, we actually had less tran-sient boat activity, but we highly suspect that our boat traffic later in the year made up for the slow start.

Other activities towards AIS have been going on at both the coun-ty and state level. At the county level, Stearns County Collation of Lake Associations has been active. (KLA is a member and founder of this organization and KLA Board member Kevin Farnum is one of the representatives and heads up their AIS committee also.) Stearns COLA is working with the county government to establish a county wide AIS plan. With the passing of a new legislative law which dis-tributed $10,000,000 across the states counties it is imperative that we work with the county to develop an aggressive plan and work to get the money received by the county to the areas where it

can be the most effective in stop-ping the spread of AIS across the county and for that matter across the state. This year the Stearns County received $114,000 and next year and until the law chang-es will receive $250,000. There is a good chance that some of that money will work its way to us on Lake Koronis. It is interesting to find that we have the largest in-spection program in our county, with the total spend towards AIS at just over $200,000 across the county, but most of this is for lakes that must do chemical treatment for Curly Leaf Pondweed just to keep the lakes usable. Meeker county also has received money from the state. They already have an AIS plan and KLA President Karen Langmo is on their AIS com-mittee.

We are fortunate that we have such a strong commitment of sup-port from you our members and

Aquatic Invasive Species Efforts 2014 By Kevin Farnum

…AIS Efforts on pg 2

The KLA Board of Directors does not endorse any of the products or services advertised by businesses in the KLA Newsletter.” “The views and opinions in this newsletter are those of the author’s and do not necessarily refl ect the offi cial policy or positions of the Koronis Lake Association.”

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