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� ,� <br /> , , <br /> Lake Independence group ;� <br /> forms to fight water milfoil j <br /> � <br /> The wprry about "the wced," if One member of that group shared <br /> not the wecd itself, is spreading. what she fears may be her own in- I <br /> A loosely organized group of trocluction to Eurasian water milfoil. � <br /> property owners near Lake Indepen- During the summer the Lake In- <br /> dence is forming an association'to dependence resident takes her smail <br /> address Lake Independence's poten- children to play at the lake's edgc. <br /> tial problems with Eurasian water Becau�c shc de�csn't like to havc he; <br /> ' milti�il,the weed whose presence in rhidren playing in the weccls that <br /> Lake Minnetonka ,has prompted a somctimes grow near the shore, she <br /> great deal of debate and concern for rakes them ativay from the.shoreline <br /> users_of that lake. ` regularly, she saicl. � <br /> The group has scheduled a mcct- La�t summer shc rioticed th�it it <br /> ing for 7 p.m., Sunday, March 12 was a�lilicrcnt wcccl that was�row- <br /> at the Medina Village Hall at 2052 ing ther� — a wecd tihe hacJn't sccn <br /> County Road 24 for the purpose of beforc and onc that grow fast, mak- <br /> � sharing information about the weed ing her raking job a vcry regular ' <br /> and discussing what they, °as one. �'�'hen the firtit reports of mil- <br /> property owncrs, can c�o about it. ti�il sightings on Lakc Minnctonka <br /> Thcy;will also discuss ti�ming an as- �aere publicized, she began to <br /> sociation so they can better attack a wonder if that w�sn't what she was <br /> problem they are convinced they���ill dealin� with on Lake Independence <br /> facc. as well. <br /> Expert� say the �vecd spreads <br /> " quickl�� frbm lake to lake; since a <br /> new plant ran grow f�rom a fragmcnt <br /> as small as ti�ur inchcs long. Th� <br /> ��•cal crratcs unsightly brown niass- <br /> es of matted verctation on the watcr <br /> surfacc that makcs boating and othcr <br /> watcr activitics virtually impossiblc. <br /> The Lakc Minnetonka Conserva- <br /> tion District is spcarheading a <br /> managcmcnt program dcsigned to <br /> contrul thc wccd through harvesting. <br /> Control is necessary, say experts, <br /> hccausc therc is no mcthod to total- <br /> ly eradicate the weed. <br /> LMCD staffers are happy to � <br /> report that they have had to hire tem- � <br /> porary help to dcal evith thc stacks <br /> e�f envclopes they arc receiving. As <br /> ��f Mar�h I,privatc contribution�to <br /> thc LMCD's Save thc Lakc fund had <br /> tutallcd�106,510, in addition to thc <br /> funds pledged by several lake cities. <br />