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10x30 Plantings
The 10X30 Native Planting Program
provides Bone Lake property owners support to establish small zones
of native plants on their waterfront. Native plants stabilize shorelines,
provide a home for birds and butterflies, and add natural beauty
to your waterfront property! Up to 50% of the cost of the planting
(not to exceed $300) is provided after the planting is completed. Learn
more about 10x30 plantings
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Goal
Improve Bone Lake water clarity by 25% by year 2020 (in conjunction with Evaluation and Studies and Cropfield/Watershed committees)
Objectives
Achieve an in-lake average summer phosphorus concentration of 30 ppb or less.
Reduce watershed loading by 25% or more.
Reduce loading from urban sources by lowering runoff from 25% of residential lots by 50%.
Committee Members
Alex Chorewycz-chair, Mary Chorewycz-recorder, Phil Foster, Greg
Lindquist, Dick Mackie, Bill Trost, Cheryl Clemens, Sue Nystrom
Activities
Our water clarity improvement will be coming from several sources. The attached graph depicts the sources of our algae in Bone Lake. Click here to view graph. This committee focuses on improvements in the watershed and septic systems.
The major activities to achieve this reduction from come from the following.
1. Property owners can request a free, no obligation site evaluation
by Cheryl Clemens, our consultant,
who will provide ideas to assist owners on ways to reduce runoff into the lake, thereby improving Bone Lake’s
water clarity.
2. Reduce the impact from septic systems that do not meet zoning requirements. This
will be accomplished with education, greater awareness and offering assistance.
3. Provide educational materials via mailings, e-mail or other web based
means, as well as personal communications with owners at social events, or
other events to ensure that property owners are kept informed of the various
options that may be available to help mitigate runoff into the lake.
In 2010, twenty-five Bone Lake property owners requested a site evaluation in 2010. Nine of these property owners requested a more detailed design. Cost sharing, with 50-70% of the cost coming from the DNR grant or the Lake District, is available for installation of qualifying projects.
For the site visits, we are especially interested in visiting properties that have at least a moderate slope to the lake.
Nearly 300 lake properties have been identified that have either a significant slope (high impact probability) and/or moderate slope (medium impact probability). These properties are the focus of the mailing, and follow-up calls to inform owners of the availability of the no obligation site visit.
The committee expects that there will be 30-40 site visits in 2011, with an expected waiting list before the end of 2011.
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