Whitefish Area Property Owners Association

Whitefish Area Property Owners Association
Important Training for Dock Installers and other Lake Professionals We all want our dock installer to know how to avoid bringing invasive species to our own waterfronts! Make sure your installer has been recently trained! Here is how: 1. CLICK HERE to see this list to see if your installer has had recent training. 2. If your installer has not had recent invasive species training let us know. CLICK HERE to send an email to us. Include in the email your installer's name and company. The installer will be contacted and offered the opportunity to take a free class in early April 2010. Details of the class may be found below. more details below Again in APRIL 2010, several cooperating groups including WAPOA will be offering update classes to professional lake waterfront workers, including dock installers. In September 2009 the following lakes in Crow Wing County had Eurasian water milfoil: Bay, Kimball, Lower Mission, Ossawinnamakee, Ruth and Upper Mission. Ripple River between Bay and Tame Fish lakes is infested. In September 2009 the following lakes in Crow Wing County had zebra mussels: Black Bear, Boom, Half-Moon, Little Rabbit, Miller, Ossawinnamakee, Pickerel and Rice. Pine River from the mouth of Pelican Brook to the Mississippi River. Lake installers learn the latest techniques to avoid bringing invasive species to your lakefront. Update classes are given by DNR experts and are sponsored by WAPOA and other area organizations, organized as BLASTIF. CLICK HERE to see the Current List of Installers who have attended these classes updated January 16, 2010 Home Join WAPOA Contact/Email WAPOA Schedule of Interesting Events Classes+Volunteer Opportunities Photos★ Photos★ Photos ROPE Whitefish Water Level Plan Aquatic Invasive Species - AIS Dock Size/Shoreland Issues Board of Directors Board Meeting Schedule Meeting Minutes Committees Maps and Reports Loon Life Best Practices Water Quality and Testing Water Quality Maps for 2010 Our Sponsors Dock Installer Update Training Links *************** Pine River Watershed Alliance Pine River Watershed Protection Foundation Take A Quiz! WAPOA Lake Management Plan Already Realizing Results NOTICE for Hosted Sites Many Hosted sites have not contacted me yet to start transfering data from the old site to the new. Please EMAIL me for more information if you want to get started. I don't want to get emails when we take the old site down. DICK LACHER

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