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06-17-1997 10:47 612 473 7033 LMCD P.04 June 16.1997 LAKE MINNETONKA CONSERVATION DISTRICT 2500 Shadywood Rd., Suite 19, Excelsior MN 55331 471-9588. FAX 471-0632 Contact; Gene Strommen Greg Nybeck SUBJECT Milfoil Harvest Underway on Lake Minnetonka FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The first of 957 acres approvec by the MN Department of Natural Resources for mechanical harvesting of Eurasian watermifoil will be removed from Lake Minnetonka starting June 17, according to Herb Suerth, Milfoil Program Board member. Lake Minnetonka Conservation District (LMCD). Phelps Bay and South Upper Lake in the vicinity of Spray and Enchanted Islands will receive the initial harvesUng through June 25. The familiar blue LMCD harvest machines w ill then move to the Phelps Island shore of West Upper Lake and Cooks Bay starting June 26. Black and Emerald Lakes will be included in this scries of milfoil harvest areas, completing this portion by June 30. “This advance schedule is subject to weather cooperation and continued good operating condition of the four LMCD harvest machines,” project manager Gene Strommen observed. “The experienced five-member crew and supervisor Todd Grams, all school teachers becoming summer milfoil harvest professionals, are returning to continue the 8th year of LMCDmilfoil harvesting,” Strommen added. “The Suburban Hennepin Regional Park District will add its machine and operator in late June to boost the harvest capacity.” Bays identified for next scheduling include Grays. St. Albans, Gideons, Carmans. Crystal and LaFayette. This order of harvest could be adjusted depending on milfoil growth conditions identified by aerial and water surface inspections. The program is scheduled to continue ten weeks through August 22. Persons wishing to report conditions in their area niay leave a message with the LMCD staff at 471-9588. m L