News & Reports
The Turtle Flambeau Flowage Association will hold a Pig & Corn Roast on SATURDAY, August 14, starting at 3PM to 7PM. On the menu will be pork, with all the fixings and sweet corn. Raffle proceeds go toward Turtle Flambeau Flowage Association activities.
Date & Time:
Saturday, August 14th, 2021
3pm – 7pm
Event location:
Midway Bar
89281 County Hwy F
Butternut, WI 54515
715-769-3680
- The Annual Membership Meeting of the Turtle Flambeau Flowage & Trude Lake Property Owners’ Association Inc. will take place on Saturday June 26, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., at the Pines Restaurant, 5234N Hwy 51, Mercer, WI, 54547
- Meeting will be held in the Beer Garden
AGENDA
- Preliminaries
- Call to order, introduction of Board members, agenda
- Self-introduction of members, Determination of Quorum
- Minutes of the Annual Membership Meeting of June 22, 2019, motion to approve
- Treasurer’s Report, motion to approve
- Elections
Shown below are positions/offices where an election will take place at the Annual meeting.- (B) means a nominee presented by the Board, (I) means an Incumbent in that position.
- Nominations for all positions/offices will also be taken from the Floor during the meeting.
- Due to Covid-19 we did not hold an Annual Meeting in 2020. To comply with our Bylaws, we are staggering the terms of office for this year elections.
- President (1 yr. term) – Randy Schubert (B)(I)
- VP (1 yr. term) – Jeff Malison (B)(I)
- Secretary (2 yr. term) – Todd Jirous (B)(I)
- Treasurer (2 yr. term) – Open
- Director # 1 (2 yr. term) – Open
- Director # 2 (1 yr. term) – Jean Burns (B)(I)
- Director # 3 (1 yr. term) – Jim Kohl (B)(I)
- Director # 3 (1 yr. term) – Randy Payne (B)
- Director # 5 (2 yr. term) – Open
- Presentation
- Zach Wilson – presentation on Aquatic Invasives and threats to the TFF & Trude
- Beth Feind – Introduction as TFF Property Manager for WDNR, WDNR Updates
- 15 Minute Break – Coffee & Cake to celebrate our 25-year anniversary
- Updates on Current and New Activities
- President’s Report – Randy Schubert
- Water Level – Ed Hrycuick
- Fish Management – Jim Kohl
- Water Quality – Todd Jirous
- Invasive Species – Randy Payne
- Education/Communication – Terry / Mike / Chad / Jean / Susan P.
- Newsletter, Web page, Facebook page
- Open Floor for Discussion
- Door Prize Drawing – $25 “Pines” Gift Certificate
The Rice Lake Association of Mercer, WI, has received a grant to remove curly leaf pondweed from the lake in order to prevent/minimize downstream contamination in the Turtle River Watershed. If this invasive weed is not controlled it will ultimately infest the Turtle Flambeau Flowage. This year’s project is tentatively set to start around May 24th. It focuses on hand pulling of the plant. There are 20 paid positions at $15/hour for 80 hours available. Complete the application form if you, your friends or family can help.
They also need support staff, and other non-paid volunteers.
The grant is for three years with a total of $127,000. The Rice Lake Association is responsible for 25% of that total or $31,750. That’s a big amount for a small lake association with just 16 members. Donations of money or equipment or lunches for the volunteers would be greatly appreciated. The Rice Lake Association is not a 501c3 organization, so if you wish your donation to be tax deductible send it to:
Rice Lake Pondweed Pull Fund
Iron County Lakes and Rivers Alliance, Inc. (a 501c3 organization)
7812N Quill Point Road,
Mercer, WI 54547
Or
Robert Kary,
President Rice Lake Association, Inc.
PO Box 134
Mercer, WI 54547
For more information call:
Dick Thiede (ICLRA)
715 476 2881
Bob Kary (RLA)
217 369 3855
The Iron County Department of Forestry and Parks has posted a link to a Public Opinion Survey for developing their next 5-year plan for Outdoor Recreation, 2021-2025. You can go here to see the link – https://www.