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Issuing this posting to our members is part of the due diligence required to obtain a signature waiver per the DNR permit approval requirements.  

We have contracted with Lake Restoration Inc (LRI) and will determine a treatment date contingent on the approval of our Invasive Aquatic Plant Management (IAPM) Permit, which will likely be the first half of July.

LRI will be using a product called "2-4-D", which is the most commonly used herbicide in Minnesota to control Milfoil and is DNR approved.  

The treatment areas can be found here: Long Ramsey EWM 2019 updated 070919.jpg. LLIA will file a group permit for the treatment areas listed, but if you want your dock treated please reach out to LRI directly.    

We'll be in contact once we have treatment dates locked in.  

Thanks for your ongoing support!  

John Broghammer

We send best wishes for a healthy recovery to Mike Honkanen, the boat launch and water surface patrol officer, who has served our lake so well. Mike was involved in an accident ( not on Long Lake) and sustained injuries that require recovery time. 

Mike, take good care!

The cable with the low volt wires for carp control that ran across Rice Creek - north of train tracks - will be  removed to allow safe passage for canoes and kayaks through Rice Creek.

For many years the MN DNR made about $800,000 in grants to lake associations to help them manage aquatic invasive species (AIS). But in 2016 they cut the grants in half, to $400,000. The next year they ended them altogether.

SF 1062, authored by Senator Rich Draheim, and joined by Senators Rudd, Ingebrigtsen, Jensen, and Eichorn would, if passed into law, provide $1 million of General Fund money in 2020 and 2021 for matching grants to lake associations for controlling aquatic invasive species. No more than 10% of the funding may go to a single lake association.  This is nothing within the $49 Billion dollar budget proposed.  

Please click TAKE ACTION to send our Senator an email asking them to support this legislation.  While AIS is a statewide problem, for too long the costs have been the burden of lake associations such as ours.  LLIA deserves support in the work we do to protect Long Lake for the public good of a healthy ecosystem. 

LLIA along with representatives from other lake associations in the county have been meeting to come up with an Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) plan with a goal of setting up a long term program to combat AIS.  More people to volunteer than just one person per association as not all lake association representatives are able/willing to be on subcommittees. 

We have narrowed it down to 3 subcommittees to work on the tactics provided here: Ramsey County AIS 2019.PDF  

Our very own Rich Kusick has volunteered to be on the “Minimize Infestations” committee with my main interest in helping obtaining additional funds and partnering with others for funding.  If we have anyone within our lake association that would be willing to assist with setting up and implementing the details within the 3 mission topics please contact us at llianewbrighton@gmail.com and we'll put you in contact with Rich. 

They're looking to get these subcommittees set up within the next few weeks so they get going on a plan to implement these ideas and goals this summer.  They're actually working on a long-terms plan for the next 5 years as well, which this work plan will be a part of.

Who’s in for some fun and having a part in helping improve water quality controlling AIS?

I wanted to let you all know that we continue to have the City of New Brighton's support in keeping the lake safe and clean.  The City reimbursed us for 66% of last summer's weed treatment; we paid $4,085 to Lake Restoration to treat common use areas and the City reimbursed us $2,717.

Big thanks to our member Rich Kusick for taking this matter to the City Counsel and requesting their assistance in maintaining the lake.  Also thanks to our Mayor, Val Johnson, and City Manager, Dean Lotter, and the rest of the City Counsel.  We continue to have their unwavering support.

We'll continue to push for the county to step up and recognize their accountability as steward of Long Lake. 

Carp Solutions has provided their three year findings report (Final_3 Year Report_June 26_2018.pdf) titled Developing and Testing a Strategy to Control Common Carp in Long Lake, New Brighton, MN.  In contains a wealth of information about our carp challenges and solutions for lowering the population long term.

RCWD is in the process of developing a long term plan based on this work by end of year.  We'll send out communication once this is complete.  

Big thanks to the folks at RCWD who are driving these improvements to improve water quality in Long Lake. 

The Middle Rice Creek Restoration project is complete and the Iron Enhanced Sand Filter is online in Hanson Park.  

More information can be found here: New twists on a Twin Cities paddling route built to improve Long Lake’s water quality