Water Quality

Results of Checks for Invasive Species

A consultant hired by LOA checked all four boat landing for invasive species with the following results. Note that Eurasian Watermilfoil has NOT been found, but native Northern Milfoil is common.

a=abundant
c=common
s=seldom
n=not present

Species	West Landing August	West Landing October	Campground Landing August	Campground Landing October	Otter Bay August	Otter Bay October	Metro's Landing August	Metro's Landing October

Bladder Wort
Bass Weed							a	c
Bushy Pondweed

Chara Algae	s		s	s				s
Clasping Pondweed			c		a	s	c
Coontail			c
Curly Leaf Pondweed

Eleocharus spp			s
Elodea				c	a			c
Eurasian Watermilfoil	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n

Filamentous Algae						c
Flat Stem Pondweed			s		s
Floating Leaf Pondweed					s	s	s

Illinois Pondweed

Lemna spp

Narrow Leaf Pondweed	s			s	c	s		s
Northern Milfoil			c	c	a		a	a

Pond Lily spp					s
Potamogeton Grammineus	s	s	c	c

Robbins Pondweed			c	c	c		a	s

Southern Naiad	s	s		s	s
Spike Rush
Star Duck Weed

Vallisneria		s	c	c		s
Water Buttercup
Water Star Grass
White Stem Pondweed
Wolffia spp

Lake Owen News & Events

Lake Owen History Book Project

As most of you know, in 2010 we began a fascinating project to write a book dealing with the history of Lake Owen. This past summer we really geared up, hiring a Project Manager, three researcher/writers, a professional photographer, and a book designer. We have collected 25 self-written family stories, and nearly 40 interviews with families have been conducted. The photographer shot dozens of wonderful scenes, and much research has been done on Lake Owen camps, resorts, logging, railroads, early settlers, Indians, explorers, and more. All of this will make for a most impressive book, and our hope is to publish it no later than yearend 2012. But this is an expensive project, and we need your help. We are still short of our fundraising goal of $75,000, so anything you can donate will be most appreciated.

Local News

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