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History of Lake Minnetonka Milfoil Project <br />The Lake Minnetonka Association and the Lake Minnetonka Conservation <br />District (LMCD) cooperatively initiated the "Three Bay Demonstration Project" in <br />2006 to address concerns among lakeshore owners and lake users that EWM <br />(Eurasion Watermilfoil) and CLP (Curly Pondweed) continued to be problematic <br />in Lake Minnetonka. As well, the US Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) and <br />Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) were interested in new <br />technologies and approaches for large-scale, selective herbicide treatments to <br />control EWM and CLP. <br />Following this study, there was continued interest in bay -wide treatments. The <br />Lake Minnetonka Association, the LMCD and the DNR then developed and <br />adopted a Lake Vegetation Plan (LVMP) to guide and frame a five-year bay -wide <br />EWM and CLP control program in Carmans, Grays and Phelps. <br />Funding. This project has been primarily funded by lakeshore owners. Public <br />funding has been uneven. Fundraising responsibilities depend to a very large <br />extent on the Bay Captains. <br />Preliminary results from the first couple years of this project encouraged other <br />bays to join. Following negotiations with the DNR, LVMPs were prepared and <br />additional bays were added to the Project: <br />Currently 7 Bays now participate in the Bay Project. A LID has been established <br />for St. Albans Bay in 2014. <br />Carman's Bay Timeline <br />Year <br />Treated_ <br />Funded b <br />2008 <br />Yes <br />Residents & Grants <br />2009 <br />No <br />Short on Funds <br />2010 <br />Yes <br />Residents & Grant <br />City of Orono <br />2011 <br />Yes <br />Residents & Grants <br />2012 <br />Yes <br />Residents & Grants <br />2013 <br />Yes <br />Residents & Grants <br />2014 <br />No <br />Funding Fatigue <br />2015 <br />No <br />Funding Fatigue <br />2016 <br />Yes <br />Residents <br />2017 <br />Residents <br />2018 <br />LID <br />