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“An association formed to promote the protection and improvement of Lake Koronis” July 2017

Koronis Lake Association

Aquatic Update

Membership Listing ………………………………… 2

Letter From The President ……………………… 3

A Word About Buoys ……………………………… 3

Financial Statement ………………………………… 4

Stewards Of The Lake ……………………………… 4

Annual Meeting Agenda …………………………… 5

KLA Watershed Summer Intern ………………… 6

AIS/Starry Stonewort Update ………………… 7

Looking For Volunteers …………………………… 8

Annual Meeting Minutes …………………………… 8

No Wake Zone Update ……………………………10

Koronis Providing National Data on Invasive 12

Inside this issue…

KLA Involves Community Youth In AIS Education

The Koronis Lake Associa-tion in conjunction with the City of Paynesville

and Paynesville Schools par-ticipated in the 2017 5th grade Waterfest Activities on May12th at Koronis Ministries. This year KLA Board members Sue Eyre, Susan Schaefer, Jeff Erdmann and Kevin Farnum trained the 5th grade Paynesville Middle School students about Aquatic Invasive Species and made them all honorary boat inspectors. Thanks to Koronis Ministries for leaving out of the water a speed boat and two pontoons. The in-spectors had some good exam-ples to look at for invasive plants that had been hidden around the boats. The kids did a great job. The Koronis Lake Association Board has been an annual par-ticipate with this Waterfest for many years.

KLA Newsletter July 2017

“The KLA Board would like to thank the Lake Koronis residents, families, businesses and organizations listed below who contributed to our association for 2017.”

Thank You For Your Support

2017 KLA MEMBERSHIPSAckerman, Tom & YancyAltmann, Rob & LynnAlwin, JodieAmpe, Peter & DonnaAmundson, Paul & Nancy LeitchAnderson, Algerone & LindaAnderson, Dan & JeanAnderson, KarlaAnderson, LouiseAnderson, Paul & JulieArend, Robert & SusanArmbruster, Randy & RoxanneArnold, Art & Th eresaBagley, RogerBaker, Merrill & BarbaraBalik, Bill & JanellBast, JeanetteBauer, Matt & BrendaBaun, Dan & LindaBecker, Tim & EdieBehrends, Scott & AnnetteBenson, KeithBerglund, RonBloomquist, Barry & CorinneBrauchlerBreuer, BryanBrock, Steve & VickiBrossard, Ron & RitaBrown, David & JudyBrown, Lori & Blair HagenBueche, John & SarahBuer, Philip & RomellBurton, MatthewCameron, DaveCampbell, Jack & LindaCarlson, BarbaraCarr, Mike & TammyCaskey, Steve & HeidiChristopherson, Vinal & BevCremers, Tom & PattiDaby, Duane & JennyDaby, Ralph & KristinDaniels, GeorgeDeming, RobertDomeier, ConnieDrimel, JimDurant, Doug & MaryEbent, Roland & MaryEllingson, Aldend & JeanetteElliot, DanElseth, Jim & LoisEngelmann, Roger & PeggyEnninga, Daryl & PamErdmann, AndrewErdmann, Jeff rey & AnnErnst, Steve & La JeanEuerle, Greg & SharonEyre, Ted & SueFagerberg, Paul & BarbFarnum, Kevin & CarlynFelling, Jim & BeckyFerrell, Gary & AnneFishbach, Scott & MichelleFisher, Grant & Rita Ward

Franta, MichaelFreking, Gene & MargeFriederichs, Greg & AnnFuchs, Richard & SandraGaspard, Dale & TerriGerlach, PatGetzel, JoanGilles, Th omas & LoisGrages, Donald & MardonnaGrimsgard, Eric & MelissaGrotto, VonGuggisberg, MarkHaag, Paul & SheilaHaagenson, Steve & KrisHabben, Alan & EllenHammer, David & CherylHansen, Steve & ChrisHansen, Wayne & PatHanson, Calvin & NancyHaselhorst, Dave & ShellieHavemeier, Brad & JennyHavemeier, KenHeinis, Mary & BrianHeitke, ShariHendrickson, Richard & JeanHendrickson, TomHerfi ndahl, GrantHess, Jim & MargieHess, Ken & LynnaeHess, Roger & SharonHofmann, Jeff & KathyHolck, JacobHolm, Jim & TerreHouk, JamesHunter, Gerald & DonnaHuselid, Boyd & KathyIngalsbe, Dave & BarbJarvis, Dan & DebJensen, Bart & ValerieJohnson, Dick & CarolJohnson, LoisJohnson, Russ & SusanJohnson, TomJones, Jerome & BeverlyKahle, Wayne & PeggyKeller, Bill & DianeKent, Darcy & JillKlein, John & DeannaKodet, DianeKosel, Gary & CarolLammers, Th omasLangmo, Greg & KarenLangmo, Keith & BarbaraLarson, HowardLarson, John & MarciaLaubach, PriscillaLehman, Don & HelenLien, LonnieLindeman, Dr. Ray & Mary LouLindmeyer, JeanLindseth, MichaelLokkesmoe, Brian & KayLoomis, Jim & BettyLopez, Manuel & LillianLosleben, James

Louis, Leo & LuellaLura, Paul & CarolMartinson, DorothyMasog, Paul & MichelleMason, Darrol & DianneMathiowetz, Brian & RondaMathiowetz, Mary LouMattson, RonaldMayer, LouisMerrill, JohnMeyer, Dale & ShirleyMeyer, Mike & KellyMichalski, Willard & DebraMinar, CushmanMinette, ArnoldMoldaschel, Charles & LucilleMor, John & DonnaMurphy, KathyNehring, Wes & LoisNelsen, M.H.Nelson, Chuck & PatNeyens, Eugene & CarolNieden, Marv & MargaretNielsen, PhyllisNolte, Bruce & Mary AnnNonweiler, Gene & AnnNordstrom, LeonardOhman, Mike & KathyOlmscheid, Duane & ShannonOlmscheid, Lee & MelissaOlmscheid, MaryOlsen, Jay & SandraOlson, KathleenOpdahl, Clark & CindyOsley, David & KarenPaetznick, Dan & DayPagel, Darwin & MarciaPalm, Harlan & JerriParkin, DavePaunesville Motor & TransferPederson, Bob & SusanPeichel, David DDSPelzel, Robert & MercedesPeterson Ron & RosaliePeterson, NeomaPeterson, Ron & RosiePeterson, Steve & MaryPietsch, Brandon & ElizabethPietsch, DonPlath, HelenQuigley, Tim & PamReinke, RandyRevier, CharlesRingquist, DavidRittenhouse, ArtRome, Dave & JanSager, John & MarilynSalzal, Gary & VickySavage, Brian & AlyciaSayre, GroverSchaefer, Randy & SusanSchmidt, JudySchmit, Howie & BarbSchmit, JimSchmitt, Penny & Kris

Schrupp, Timothy & MeganSchueller, Jerry & StacySchwarze, William & ElizabethSeiler, Wayne & JillSeim, Ken & NancySetterberg, CarolSetterholm, Glen & CarolShaw, Tom & LindaSmith, Gary & EvieSolum, Allan & PatSonstegard, Oleen familyStaloch, TedStanley, Burt & Karen BergStrate, BettyStrate, RichardStricherz, Dom & NancyTeigen, Greg & RishelleTh ielen, Harry & PatTh ompson, Jim & RosanneTh ompson, JudithTh orman, richard & KarenTh yen, Wally & DarleneTibbits, Jason & SaraTiff any, DelbertTorborg, Dan & RitaTorborg, Jim & VickyUlfers, DonnaUntiedt, Jerry & SusanVagle, Virg & PatVanderpool, ElaineVenenga, Larry & AudreyVirant, Bill & JeanneWagner, Dave & BlairWarner, SusanWeinzetl, JimWelter, CarolynWendroth, Loren & RobynWendroth, Lyle & CindyWerlinger, BarbWhite, RichardWilson, LindaWinstrom,Andy & BevWurms, DouglasZiegler, Dan & Wendy

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July 2017 KLA Newsletter Letter From The President By Karen Langmo

Greetings to the friends and residents of Lake Koronis! Once again it is exciting to

have summer activities resume on our beautiful lake. Once again the KLA Board has been busy working on various projects/activities for 2017. Below are some highlights :

1. Annual Meeting – A friendly reminder that the KLA Annual meeting will be held on Saturday, July 15th, at the Lake Koronis Re-gional Park Main Shelter on the south side of the lake. The meet-ing will be held from 8:30-11:00 am. The agenda is included in this newsletter, along with last year’s minutes and financials. Please re-view at your convenience. It will be a regular business meeting, along with presentations from the North Fork Crow River Watershed, Paynesville Township and KLA Board Committees. Results of the 2016 treatments and 2017 Starry Stonewort treatments/plans will also be primary topics.

2. Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS)/Starry Stonewort – Our AIS Inspec-tion Program is up and running at all of our major lake accesses. The

Starry Stonewort Pilot Project is set to start the beginning of July. Chemical treatments on the site of last year’s pilot are starting the middle of June. Please see Kevin Farnum’s article for further details on these topics.

3. Upcoming Events - Fireworks/Boat Parade – the

fireworks and boat parade are all set for Saturday, July 1st. The boat parade will organize at Koronis Ministries at 1:30pm, start time is 2pm.

KLA Annual Picnic – the KLA Board is planning an “annual pic-nic” at Veterans Park on Saturday, August 19th from 5-7pm. It is a nice way and time to meet our neighbors from around the lake. Put the date on your calendar now. KLA provides the meat and ice cream - bring a dish to pass.

4. Buoys – We are still getting questions/concerns regarding the marking of the buoys around the lake. Please remember that for the last many years KLA has taken on this responsibility. However, the Stearns County Sheriff’s depart-ment since last year has taken over

this task as a normal part of their water responsibilities. These re-sponsibilities are throughout the county, and have been done for many years on all other county bodies of water. They spend many hours getting them out and mak-ing adjustments to weights/place-ment. We will forward your com-ments/concerns, however please feel free to contact them directly.

5. Membership/Dues - we have had a good response so far to our 2017 membership drive. Our reg-ular paying membership as of June 15th was at 234. Business mem-berships were at 18. If you have not paid your dues we encourage you to do so. Membership forms can be downloaded from our web-site or filled out on-line. Current paying members will be receiving their 2017 KLA Member sticker in the mail this month.

Please read the articles in this issue to stay informed and up-to-date on our activities. Enjoy the lake safely and remember “there still is no place like Lake Koronis.”

A Word About Buoys

There have been many inqui-ries regarding the buoys on Lake Koronis. The buoys are

now operated by the Sheriff ’s De-partment of Stearns County. If you have any questions, please contact them.

Examples; -off the south shore of 3rd island

there are two buoys. Boats should travel between the farthest buoy that sits south and the south shore of Lake Koronis (the regional park)

-off the east side of Windmill Point there are two buoys. Boats should travel between the farthest buoy east and second island


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SATURDAY, JULY 15TH

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!

BOAT PARADE

On Saturday, July 1st the annual 4th of July boat parade will take place. It will begin at Koronis Ministries at 2:00 PM. Please be in line for the parade at 1:30 PM. To register your boat, please call Koronis Ministries, 320-243-4544. There will be prizes given to the top three entries!

Koronis Lake Association Financial Summary 2016 Jim Elseth

CASH AND INVESTMENTS, BEGINNING 74,697Revenue

Membership Dues (275) 19,495Business Memberships (15) 1,250Fireworks Donations 10,685AIS Donations 17,675AIS Grant 9,600Memorials 2,215Interest Income & Other 252

Total Revenue 61,172

ExpensesAdvertising 500Meetings, Board & Annual 855Dues 280Office 550Newsletter, Printing & Postage 3,822Web Site 80Insurance 974AIS Expense & Inspections 18,218Boat Parade & Water Festival 403Erosions Projects 11,973Fireworks 6,500Lifeguards 5,000Intern, Watershed 15,000Lake Access Cleanup 105

Total Expenses 61,260Expenses Over Revenue 88

CASH AND INVESTMENTS, ENDING 74,609

Stewards Of The Lake Sue Eyre

Stop and rest on the new me-morial bench KLA has pro-vided. It will soon be located

on Cty Rd 181 halfway up the hill on the west side of the Assembly Grounds. Many donations come to our lake via memorial intentions. We ask that you provide us with an area of purpose for your dona-tion (examples; lake quality, social events, AIS, etc.) We will also place

the name of your loved one on the bench. We thank the stewards of our lake and Deb Heitke for her craftsmanship.

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This year Nick Budde was hired to fill this position. Nick grew up and still lives in the Albany area. His family has a dairy farm that he helps out on. From a young age he saw the importance of our waters. He is hoping to find a job working with rural water resources to help keep lakes, waterways and ground-water clean and plentiful for years to come.

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We anticipate that we will be starting the Pilot Project on the Starry Stonewort the first week of July, one month earlier than last year. We have already found early bulbil(star) sprouting this year in the working area from last year’s project, which indicates that the chemical treatments which were very effective on the vegetative por-tion of the plant were not effective on the bulbils that were probably in the sediment. As a result of this, per the recommendation of the consultant Dr John Rodgers, Clem-son University, we will be perform-ing an early chemical treatment to try and knock back the growth. Lake Koronis is still leading the na-tion with some of its work on Star-ry Stonewort according to Dr Rod-gers. Other activities not included in the pilot project that will assist with the Starry Stonewort infesta-tion will be the channel creation out of the Hwy 55 access bay into the lake. Since the DNR will not be doing anymore management activ-ities in the Hwy 55 launch area, we will be mechanically pulling that area this year to minimize the op-

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Koronis Lake Association Annual Meeting July 23, 2016 By Alex Naujokas

Rolls and Coffee were served at 8:30A.M. at the Community Park.

President Karen Langmo wel-comed members to the 45th KLA annual meeting. There were ap-proximately 56 members present. Guest speakers were Tara Osten-dorf (employee of the North Fork Crow River Watershed District), Will Lee (NFCRWD Intern), and Don Pietsch (Paynesville Town-ship). KLA board members present included Ken Hess, Sue Eyre, Jeff Erdmann, Shari Heitke, Kevin Far-num, Matt Brauchler, Karen Lang-mo, Peter Jacobsen and Jim Elseth.

Secretary’s Report: A motion was made by Andy Erdmann and seconded by Ken Hess to approve the 2015 secretary’s report. The motion was passed.

Treasurer’s Report: A motion made by Marv Niedan and second-ed by Mariley Blyden to approve the 2015 financial report. The mo-tion was passed.

Paynesville Township Re-port: Don Pietsch, member of the Paynesville Township Board, spoke of the township’s involvement with

the KLA. He spoke about things the town-

ship does such as taking care of the roads, crack filling, sealcoating, as-phalt overlay, and spraying for this-tles and weeds.

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Mr Pietsch spoke about the town-ship’s involvement with Winther Island. All of the money used for the park is generated thru private donations and organizations. Extra money is being used for mainte-nance. Roger Johnson is in charge of maintenance. They recently put the Island into a MN land trust. There are 3 campsites with camp-fire pits and a new bathroom facil-ity. Overnight camping has been granted by Steams County. This in-cludes at least 15 camp groups dur-ing the course of the summer for overnight. The park is closed from sunset to sunrise. Minutes - see pg 9


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This is the 4th year in a row that the township has not had to spray for worms. There is a control plan in place in case they appear again.

The Paynesville Township has donated $7,500 in AIS funding. This includes landing clean ups and maintenance.

There has been several water control projects that the township has been involved in. Some include the washout on Cross Creek and the South side of the lake.. They have the plan in place from soil and waters and are getting bids to do the project. Greg Berg heading up that project.

North Fork Crow River Water-shed Report: Tara Ostendorf= An-nual report = board of 5 managers. 3 permanent staff. KLA helped to fund an intern this year.

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eas are allowed to raise 250,000 $ a year to operate. Spend a lot of the time applying for state and federal grants. One watershed one plan = a new mandate from the state. In-stead of every entity doing their own water plan, they want to all write one plan per watershed unit. Best way to manage water in the state. Pilot project, one of 5. Hop-ing to finish it up late 2016. Will be new operating plan for this area. Lays out issues, how to take care of them, how much money is needed, and who will do it.

Finished up Bonanza Valley Wa-tershed management plan =DNR pilot project. Sustainably manage groundwater resources in that area. Excessive use of groundwa-ter in that area due to residential and ag uses. Lay out a way to sus-tainably keep a threshold of sus-tained groundwater levels. Manage groundwater more appropriately 3 grants for water quality projects. There are still some funds avail-able to do projects. Education and awareness- a few field days with school groups. Conservation and water quality. Looking for oppor-tunities to unite with schools or groups. Lots of educational materi-als to bring to the table.

AIS inspection program=Most of

what we have been doing is public drainage management. Buffer safe-ty project= DNR released final buf-fer map last week. Can see all pub-lic ditches and water that needs the buffering.

Lake monitoring=TSI values for 2015 and current data trends. Lake Koronis is marginal for being meso-trophic. Stream monitoring emerg-ing trends =level of ecoli down drainage ditches and streams. Trying to figure out programs and funding to minimize coli.

Election of 4 Directors: 1 0 vot-ing members. Hard to see board members go. Shari, Becky, and Pe-ter are resigning. Susan Shaefer, Dan Ziegler, Jim Losleben were vot-ed in as new board members.

Sue Eyre Agreed to another 3 year term.

Nominated by Jeff Erdmann 2nd by Marv Niedan.

Community Involvement: Alex reported that the fireworks that were shown over the lake on July 2, 20l6 were a success. He also spoke about events held such as the boat parade and Paynesville water festi-val.

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NO WAKE ZONE UPDATE By Karen Langmo

Good News!! The DNR signed off and approved the No Wake Zone for the Highway

55 Bridge Access Area. The white “No Wake Buoys” have been out since May 12th and there are also signs at the DNR access. However, there is a downside to this. Due to Lake Koronis being in both Meek-er and Stearns counties, we are go-ing to need to have Stearns County create an identical ordinance. Ac-cording to DNR rules, any body of water that is in multiple counties must have an approved ordinance from each county, regardless of where the issue/location of the ordinance is covering. However, the DNR did sign off on our Meek-er County ordinance for a 1 year period. In order for this to be ex-tended, Stearns County will need to pass a similar ordinance. We as an association will be reaching out to the Sheriff ’s department and county commissioners to explain the situation and ask that they im-plement a similar ordinance.

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Minutes - from pg 9She has been researching ways to recruit more members. She did a dues review from 2010-2015. The last few years have really gone up. We have had 250 people give this year. 17,750$. 15 business= $1,250. $8,240 for fireworks. $12,875 given for AIS toward Starry Stonewort. Ken and Marion Havemeier need name on member list.

Aquatic Invasive Species: We have placed 10 zebra mussel sam-pling plates around the lake to sam-ple for zebra mussels. However, it is noted that if we find anything it is too late. Thanks to Ted Eyre for making the samplers. Thanks to Dick Johnson who checks them on a regular basis. This year as before our efforts to protect the lake from the next invasive coming our direc-tion and stopping the Starry Stone-wort from exiting the lake we have focused on inspection. Thanks to the NFCRWD for again signing the delegation agreement with DNR so we can act as our own entity. This year they have entered into a contract with the LAMB agency in Paynesville, and they are doing a good job with this new program. Last year we received a device that is a video recorder called anI-lid. We are currently on a contract with

the manufacturer for $1700 a year to keep it operating and review 200 videos a month. KLA needs some help in reviewing the remainder of the videos to summarize the data available from the videos. A sign-up sheet is out to find people that can be at home and review and log video information. Starry Stone-wort project update is that we have brought in the third party auditor and due to the current conditions will be relocating the pilot locations to an area near Stone Gate. We are investigating if near this area it will be a better control area also. The findings of Starry Stonewort in the channel area is that on the South end it is sparse and dense on the North end. Both areas may be start-ed very soon. As for the funding we are doing amazingly good thanks to an appropriation that came from the legislature for $200,000 of our match for the Initiative Foun-dation Grant. We will also have commitments from neighboring counties and lakes that total about $13,500. With our estimated bud-get of$800,000, $400,000 Initiative Foundation Grant, $200,000 legis-lative funds, $50,000 funded this year, $13,500 from our neighbors, hopefully some help from the Minutes - see pg 11


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Minutes - from pg 10Stearns County AIS funds and Meeker County AIS funds we have a reachable goal. It was requested to find help within the shore owners for work with the project. A sign-up sheet was put out for people to of-fer help.

Shoreline Restoration and Stormwater Management Grant: 4 major projects on the North side of the lake. KLA funded a114 of those projects. Then 2 more added to South Side. Doug Durant Runoff coming from neighbors on to their property and runs to creek valley. 151 phase·of project= rain garden and a couple of terraces. Control-ling velocity and water quality. 3 phases. Susan Schaefer= Improving water quality = 2 large rain gardens to catch nutrients and pollution. 50 foot buffer zone of native plants.

Lake Quality Improvement: 3 member committee - Ken Hess, Sue Eyre, Shari Heitke They are now working with the NFCRWD. Con-centrating on the upper Crow River issues such as buffers and bank sta-bilizations. Tara identified 12 hot spots. KLA asked what can we do to help focus on these hot spots. KLA voted to fund 15,000 for a NFCRWD intern position. This has helped to

make major progress in six months (testing, recording, grant writing and application).

Issues at hand; Feedlot near County Road 19

bridge= various problems with governmental agencies so we have not been able to do anything with that project.

Delta on west end= working with govt agencies union grove, meeker, steams, and NFCRWD. The Buf-fer bill is taking care of the public land issues along the river, but this committee is concerned with the private landowner issues. Project at hand. Asked for 3 volunteers for private land buffer project. They will canoe the 14 mile river iden-tifying the most important areas to deal with first. Looking to help landowners understand the help that is available to them in order to control their runoff etc.

Will Lee INTERN = Started work-ing May 9 to end of August. Beaver Dam Removal Got to train with Stearns County noxious weeds de-partment. 2 times a month they monitor ditches. Monitor for total suspended solids and phosphorus nitrogen and ecoli. Lake monitor-ing-Karen takes them out once a month. Seechi Disks measure-

ments. All the info on Koronis can be found in the Annual Report for the NFCRWD. 6.5 may 12 in June, 6 in July=Seechi Disk reading. Buffer Staking= 16.5 ft from crown of the ditch. Landowners need to make perennial vegetative native grass. Have a certain amount of time to put that in. This will help to im-prove water quality downstream.

Assistant site project inspector. Agricultural BMP practices= in-

stead of open water going thru tile hole, it goes thru p-rock. Ken has been working to contact landown-ers on the North Fork of the Crow River to Grove Lake. He would like to see wetland restoration projects to take place on these sites along the crow. This is because 93% of the phosphorus entering Lake Ko-ronis comes from here. These proj-ects would slow down the water and allow the phosphorus to settle and not go down the river. There are lots of potential projects near County Road 19, which runs from Lake Henry to Belgrade.

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Koronis Providing National Data On Invasive By Michael Jacobson

Pilot study of Lake Koronis starry stonewort treatments being watched nationally

Lake Koronis is starting to provide some of the first data about starry stonewort in the country. Clem-

son professor Dr. John Rodgers, during another trip to Paynesville, told Koronis Lake Association members that they are providing some of the first data about the aquatic invasive species, found in Koronis in 2015.

“These are the first data in the country,” said Rodgers.

Starry stonewort has been found in the United States since 1978, yet lots of basics about the macro algae are unknown. What is the effectiveness of treatment? What is the durability of treatment (how long it lasts)? How fast to the bulbis (seeds) dry and die?

“It’s amazing to me, after 40-plus years of working with these beasts, that so few people are getting the data like you folks are. You are getting awesome data,” said Rodgers last week at a meeting at Paynesville City Hall.

During the test treatments by the Koronis Lake Association last year, they were harvested 250,000 pounds of starry stonewort in 3.8 acres, way more dense than previously recorded. “It’s fascinating to me how long this species has been in this country and how little scientists have

done to study it,” said Rodgers.Starry stonewort, a native of Europe

and Asia, was first discovered in the United States in 1978. “There are some critical data gaps that we need to under-stand to better manage this beast,” said Rodgers. “That’s why this guy (his Ph.D. student Tyler Geer) is here. To fill some of these data gaps.”

Geer, a student at Clemson, will be doing his Ph.D. thesis about starry stone-wort, including study of its presence in Lake Koronis.

One thing science should do, said Rodgers, is compare starry stonewort in the United States with native varieties. Are the strains here different? Why is it such nuisance here? What controls it in its original environment? “This strain is much more vigorous and will take over a much bigger range than it does in its native land,” said Rodgers.

Last year, KLA treated 2.8 acres in a pilot plot by two chemical treatments.

Another 3.8 acres were harvested and treated chemically. Nothing was done in a reference area, and the boat channel was just pulled (no chemical treatment). A third-party auditor dove to compare these areas before and after each treatment. “So we have data, after each step. We know what happened at each step,” said Farnum.

Because of that date, some of the first about starry stonewort, “This project was front and center at that meeting,” said Rodgers of a recent conference on AIS in Milwaukee, Wis. Lake Koronis will be a focus of future conferences in Daytona Beach, Fla., and in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., added Rodgers.

“The important story from my perspec-tive is they got 98 percent of the mass,” said Rodgers of the Koronis treatments. “That’s a touchdown.”

While effective, even 98 percent treat-ment still leaves starry stonewort, which is difficult to kill because it is an algae, not Starry Stonewort-See Pg 13

Photo by Michael Jacobson

Starry stonewort, a macro algae, is concen-trated in the southwest bay of Lake Koronis, affecting more than 250 acres. The Koronis Lake Association is focused on effectively treating the invasive species, to prevent its spread and to insure the continue use of the lake.


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Starry Stonewort- from page 12a traditional plant. “If you want to kill algae with algaecide, you’ve got to get the algaecide to the right spot, in the right dose, for the right duration,” said Rodgers of the need to expose every cell of the plant to the chemical.

He compared precision treatment, like precision ag, not garden hoses being pulled behind a boat. “Trailing hoses, in our business, is an art.” said Rodgers

Unfortunately, the third-party inspec-tors also observed bulbis after the chemi-cal treatments, which University of Minnesota scientists were able to grow into starry stonewort in the lab. So they are trying to find a better way to kill the bulbis, too.

“The whole pilot project was an attempt at coming up with a plan,” said Farnum.

“You need a plan. We need to make deci-sions. What is the management plan you will tolerate. Eradication might be off the table based on the time and effort that would require. But we can managed it to meet your needs,” said Rodgers.

A plan, he said, should be environmen-tally sound, economically viable, and socially acceptable.

“My goal is to find something so effec-tive that everybody on the lake wants to do it. We’ll find a way to deal with the col-lateral damage of that,” said Rodgers.

The Koronis Lake Association, with the help of Stearns County, will be creating a boat channel through the southwest bay of Lake Koronis again this year. “People really liked the idea of having a path to follow, through the starry stonewort,” said Farnum. “So the channel seems to be working well. This year, we have the funds to do that again.”

Harry Thielen, a Paynesville Township supervisor and a member of the Paynesville Sportsman’s Club, said fisher-men use the channel, like it, and wait their turns to get into the lake, even during fish-ing tournaments.

KLA president Karen Langmo said they are working on establishing a no-wake

zone by Highway 55 landing to insure slower traffic and less disturbance of the mass of starry stonewort.

“If you don’t manage your yard at home, what happens? It goes. Who knows where it goes? It goes in all directions.” said Rodgers, who also visited Paynesville last spring to talk about starry stonewort, also holding a public talk in St. Cloud on Saturday, April 22.

“Historically, everywhere they’ve con-trolled these plants they’ve been persis-tent. They’ve been as persistent and unre-lenting as these invasive species,” said Rodgers.

“Doing nothing is not an option. We’ve got to do something,” said Thielen.

Though there’s no direct evidence, Rodgers said every starry stonewort infestation that he knows of is located by a boat access. By inference, he said, “there’s a connection.” “This society has the ability to hook a boat to a F-150 and pull the boat from coast to coast in a few days. And we’re doing that,” said Rodgers. “We are moving species around at an unprecedented rate.”

Starry stonewort was discovered in 2016 by the DNR landing on Rice Lake, too, though just a few plants that the DNR is trying to eradicate.

The Koronis Lake Association, which is also planning inspectors at boat launches again in 2017, has received more than $600,000 in funding to fight starry stone-wort, including more than $400,000 from the Central Minnesota Initiative Foundation and another $200,000 in matching funds from the State of Minnesota. “This community has been amazing to KLA,” added Langmo, saying KLA members gave $11,000 to AIS, plus their annual dues.

Where is the scientific data? Asked Rodgers about starry stonewort, which inhabits nearly 250 acres of Lake Koronis. “We’re going to fix that, real quick,” he said.

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