Promoting the Protection and Improvement of Lake Koronis
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Research into the impact of Starry Stonewart on native plants is being studied on Lake Koronis and other lakes by UMN graduate student Carli Wagner. This twenty minute video covers the first three years of this research. Note particularly the findings on the rate of takeover at about the fifteen minute mark, and conclusions in the eighteenth minute.
This report was presented by Ms Wagner on October 8, 2019, in Paynesville, Minnesota.
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Click here to download the PDF of the report.
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Annual Meeting – Paynesville High School Auditorium
9:00-11:00
Committee reports as well as a formal presentation of the Watershed Project Petition (a long range funding program for managing AIS and improving water quality).
Minutes of 2019 Annual Meeting (Draft)
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YouTube Video of 2019 Annual Meeting (2 Hours 52 Minutes. Watershed petition discussion begins at about 51 minutes)
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Slide Presentation From 2019 Annual meeting.
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(NOTE: Video at slide 2 and 29 require you push play. Automatic slide show is not automatically started as video will be passed over in five seconds. Move your cursor to lower left on screen to step through slides or play/pause slide show.
Second video is the same as the “Explain WPP” video linked below.
2019 KLA video to explain WPP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yavaGaX75J8
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Local family Schaefer builds 2 rain gardens on their property.
A brief timeline of their restoration project:
Fall 2014-Attended a meeting, hosted by the Stearns County Soil and Water, inviting property owners to install rain gardens and/or shoreline restorations as a way to reduce runoff into Lake Koronis. Interested was in participating in both a rain garden and shoreline restoration.
Spring 2015-Over the next year there were proposals and site visits for planning and engingeering purposes. The proposed project was agreed upon.
Spring 2016-Site visits and plans for the project were finalized. Construction began in April and was completed at the end of May.
75% was paid by a state grant through Stearns County Soil and Water.
20% was paid by landowner.
5% was a donation from KLA.
Click here for page 1 of Paynesville Press article.
Click here for page 2.
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