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Curlyleaf Pondweed Harvestinq Proposal for Peltier Lake � <br /> ' May 3, 2001 <br /> Peltier Lake Association, 651-426-0168 <br /> Wayne LeBlanc, Steve Marcello, Hal Wegner, Jerry Lindner, Paul Dentz <br /> Introduction ,, � <br /> Peltier La.ke is an important la.ke to the Rice Creek Watershed District, Anoka County Parks, <br /> Centerville and Lino Lakes residents, and countless fisherman and boaters. In addition, the island <br /> in the lake contains one of the largest Great Blue Heron rookeries in the state. The water quality <br /> of the lake affects all these groups. As goes the water quality of Peltier Lake, so goes the water quality of <br /> the lakes and Rice Creek downstream. <br /> Many years of observation of the lake <br /> demonstrates a direct relationship <br /> P�Iti�r Lake between the exotic Curlyleaf Pondweed <br /> (Potamogeton crispus) and a cycle of <br /> algae blooms. Typically in June, the <br /> Pondweed dies with the warmer water, <br /> sinks or washes up on shore, and <br /> hundreds of thousands of pounds of the <br /> plant decomposes making a mess and <br /> releasing nutrients into the lake for <br /> subsequent algae bloom cycles. ' <br /> Qepths Commercial Harvestin� Experience <br /> ���h �� (1989 to 1999) <br /> meters In 1988 the Peltier Lake Association I <br /> was fornned. The next year, 1989, the <br /> ��I�t�d � association launched an effort to <br /> commercially harvest the Pondweed. <br /> The first year was a great success with , <br /> over 50% of the homeowners paying <br /> ��Q hlleters � for the harvest. (Homeowners live in <br /> the priority 1 area — the rest is park.) <br /> — ¢ The commercial harvester did an <br /> excellent job and worked very hard. In <br /> Cuti;�le�f fact, it was such hard work he gave it <br /> Pandv�eed <br /> � up and moved away. The homeowners <br /> � found the harvesting to be expensive. <br /> Harvesting continued every year, with <br /> �� fewer and fewer people participating <br /> � until the last year of commercial <br /> harvesting in 1993. Those homeowners <br /> who had harvesting done every year <br /> found they had very little Pondweed <br /> Prit�rity 1 and didn't need harvesting anymore. <br /> � (For a specific example, Wayne <br /> LeBlanc had harvesting done every year <br /> I from 1989 through 1993. There is so <br /> I <br />