Important Association Date to Remember:
Saturday, August 2 - Boot Lake Association Picnic- Erler'sBeach
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Boot Lake Improvement Association
Townsend, Wisconsin
updated: 07/31/2014
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Boot Lake Improvement Association Picnic 2014
(hosted by your friendly neighbors on Pine Ridge)
Cost: $5.00 for adults – children under 10 free
Includes: burgers, brats, hot dogs, beer, soda and water
When: Saturday, August 2, 2014, 5:00 p.m. |
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Where: Erler’s Beach, 16495 Pine Ridge Road
(rain location: Doty Town Hall) |
bring your lawn chairs
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Thanks to all who helped with the 2014 Boot Lake cleanup!
Thank you to: Don and Jenny, Dave and Jill, Julie, Ben, Laura, Dan, and anyone else that removes unwanted trash from Boot Lake. Thank you to all those who do not throw trash in the lake as well. The Boot Lake Clean Up effort was a success again this year. I have heard from several folks on the lake that they have fished out a can or a bottle from time to time as they were kayaking or boating around the lake. You can tell there is an all-out effort to keep the lake clean as you do see less trash in the lake. Thanks again to all who contribute to the cleanup efforts.
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Saturday was a cooler July day than expected but Ben Ariss, Laura Lawson, and Dan Platkowski braved the cool temperatures, both in and out of the water, to clean up the South Shore line from the Island to beyond the culvert. Typical items were removed such as beer cans, soda cans, plastic pieces, bobbers, and fishing lures. The most interesting item was a plastic squirt gun near the culvert.
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In addition, the following note was from Don Sipes, “Jenny and I swam and kayaked in front of our property, my parents and the Paulson's yesterday. Found everything from a red solo cup, full cans of beer, to a golf ball. So that part of the lake is done. :)” (I wonder what happened to the beer?) |
Dave Vanden Over provided the following information about Boot Lake Clean Up: “ Thanks Don, Jill & I picked up the West Shore from the point by the old shipwreck south to the next point by the where the lake turns West on Monday so that should be good. We did notice on the east side from Ariens and south that there are quite a few items along that shore but they were a little deeper and tough to get at in a kayak. So, if no one gets to that area I'll get that a week from Monday. Thanks again Don and everyone. This is why our lake is so beautiful. |
2014 Boot Lake Loon Photos
photos courtesy of Mark Armstrong
Boot Lake 2014
4th of July Boat Parade
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Sunsets on Boot Lake
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Boot Lake Improvement Association
2014 ANNUAL MEETING
thanks for attending!
Minutes of the 2014 Annual Meeting are now On-Line
Osprey over Boot Lake August 4 2013
photos courtesy of Mark Armstrong
Boot Lake Improvement Association Purchases Equipment and Service to Map the Vegation and Monitor the Health of Boot Lake
The Ci BioBase System was developed to provide automated cloud based mapping and historical trend tools for aquatic analysis. This is accomplished with powerful yet inexpensive data recording tools and dynamic centralized analytic and lake mapping tools. CI BioBase leverages log file formats recorded to SD cards using today’s Lowrance™ brand depth finders and chart plotters.
Each subscriber to the BioBase System can collect acoustic data, upload it to a BioBase account, and automatically produce vegetation abundance and bathymetric maps
More information can be found at http://cibiobase.com/
Boot Lake Fish Stocking Information
Monitoring Results from
Zebra Mussel Platforms
on Boot Lake
(Boot Lake had 3 traps in 2012)
I wanted to check in with you and see how things are going this winter and to provide some information.
I have gotten the results from the ZM (zebra mussels) monitoring this summer. We monitored 13 lakes and all came back negative for ZM. The other lakes that we tested were: White Lake, Round Lake, Townsend Flowage, Berry Lake, Boulder Lake, Boundary Lake, Bear Paw Lake, Grindle Lake, Boot Lake, Wheeler Lake, Paya Lake, and Kelly Lake. In Oconto County there is known ZM in the Oconto River, Lake Michigan, and the Machickanee Flowage.
Here is a link to all the known AIS in the state of WI: http://dnr.wi.gov/lakes/invasives/AISByWaterbody.aspx?species=&location=43
You can search by county or throughout the state. Hope this proves helpful, please pass onto others whom you believe would be interested from your lake.
Enjoy the snow!
Amanda Strick
Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator
Oconto County Land Conservation Department
amanda.strick@co.oconto.wi.us |
(photos courtesy of Kurt K.)
