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LAKE MINNETONKA CONSERVATION DISTRICT2500 Shadywocxi Road, Suite 19Excelsior, MN 55331 471-9588 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ’S NEWSLETTER Gregory S. Nybeck AprU 21,1998 COUNCIL MEETING 'APR 2 7 1998CITS'crORQNO I I i 1998 EWM Harvesting Project; This project is scheduled to commence on 6/15 and continue through approximately 8/21. The entire crew from 1997, including EWM Project Manager Gene Strommen, has indicated they will be back to assist in the management of this exotic. Consistent with 1997, harvesting priorities in 1998 will be based upon impediment to public boat navigation on the open water. The crew will assist Hennepin County and affected cities in public access clean-up on weekdays and weekends. Herb Suerth, Chair of the EWM/Exotics Task Force, Strommen, and I attended a 4/1/98 meeting in Hudson, WI regarding the Management and Ecology of EWM and other Aquatic Plants in the Upper Midwest. 1 can report that there has been some limited success with weevils and Fluoridone in controlled research environments; however, there has been little or no documented success in uncontrolled research environments. I ! Special Events; LMCD staff is processing special event applications that require a permit for Lake Minnetonka. With the adoption of LMCD Ordinance 153 by the Board of Directors on 12/10/97, all special events need to be permitted by the LMCD in addition to the Hennepin County Sheriff ’s Water Patrol, the MN DNR, and the municipalities affected by the event. One key point for the LMCD getting involved again in the permitting process for special events on Lake Minnetonka is LMCD Ordinance 145. This ordinance is a proactive step to prevent the infestation of zebra mussels into Lake Minnetonka. The ordinance requires all participating boats in special events to have their boats washed by LMCD approved personnel if they have been in DNR identified zebra mussel infested waters and they do not comply with the requirements of the ordinance. The wash station will also be open to the general public, during established hours and by appointment, who have been in infested waters and need to have their boat washed. 1998 Lake Minnetonka Boat Density Survey; In compliance with the Management Plan for Lake Minnetonka, Schoell and Madson was awarded the contract to prepare and conduct this survey this summer. This survey is conducted every two years and is a joint effort of the LMCD and the MN DNR. Copies of this survey will be available in late 1998. •1998 LCMR Application; An application for $5 million of Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCMR) funds was submitted on 2/13/98 by the LMCD, with cooperation by the MN DNR, for blanket funding of land acquisition and development of