Three Lakes Association » News http://3lakes.com Antrim County, Michigan. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:02:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Presentations from Elk River Chain of Lakes Watershed Meeting http://3lakes.com/archives/352 http://3lakes.com/archives/352#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:03:45 +0000 admin http://3lakes.com/?p=352 Click in the left image to download the presentation regarding fish fish shelters.

Click on the right image to download the presentation regarding the Grass River restoration assessment.

]]> http://3lakes.com/archives/352/feed 0 Thanks to Jim Argo http://3lakes.com/archives/306 http://3lakes.com/archives/306#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:42:35 +0000 admin http://3lakes.com/?p=306 THANK YOU pilot Jim Argo for flying TLA interns and mentors around Grass River and its three tributaries (Shanty, Cold, and Finch Creeks) on Friday, August 12th to take aerial photos of specific areas that represent possible opportunities for reducing the rate of sediment accumulation in Grass River.  Photo: left to right; Becky Norris (TLA mentor), David Witt (Central Lake High School), Jim Kelderhouse (NMC student & Grass River Natural Area Intern), Carrick Conway & Erik Youmans (Central Lake HS), and pilot Jim Argo.

]]> http://3lakes.com/archives/306/feed 0 Review the highlights of TLA’s first 45 years http://3lakes.com/archives/297 http://3lakes.com/archives/297#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:00:06 +0000 admin http://3lakes.com/?p=297 Click HERE to view a recent presentation covering the highlights of Three Lakes Associations first 45 years.

]]> http://3lakes.com/archives/297/feed 0 45th Annual Meeting – July 21st http://3lakes.com/archives/275 http://3lakes.com/archives/275#comments Sat, 04 Jun 2011 13:03:49 +0000 admin http://3lakes.com/?p=275

TLA’s 45th Annual Meeting

Thursday, July 21st, 5 to 9 PM
Presentation by Rodney Stokes, Director Michigan DNR
Please mail your registration to Becky Norris by June 15th
$23 per dinner

Click HERE to download the registration flyer.

]]> http://3lakes.com/archives/275/feed 0 45th Annual Meeting http://3lakes.com/archives/246 http://3lakes.com/archives/246#comments Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:07:38 +0000 admin http://3lakes.com/?p=246 July 21, 20115:00 pmto9:00 pm

TLA’s 45th Annual Meeting

  • Thursday, July 21st, 5 to 9 PM
  • Presentation by Rodney Stokes, Director Michigan Department of Natural Resources
  • Please mail your registration to Becky Norris by June 15th
  • $23 per dinner
]]> http://3lakes.com/archives/246/feed 0 TLA April 2011 Newsletter http://3lakes.com/archives/261 http://3lakes.com/archives/261#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:14:36 +0000 admin http://3lakes.com/?p=261 Click HERE to view TLA’s April 2011 Newsletter.

A hard copy of TLA’s April 2011 Newsletter is being mailed to you next week.

This issue contains articles on the following topics:

  • New Grass River Sediment Project
  • Butch’s Marina Cleanup
  • 2010 Water Quality Monitoring Results
  • Bay Harbor CKD Leachate Problem Update
  • DNR Director to speak at Annual Meeting
]]> http://3lakes.com/archives/261/feed 0 Natural Shoreline Workshop for property owners on inland lakes, April 15th, Boyne Mtn Resort http://3lakes.com/archives/235 http://3lakes.com/archives/235#comments Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:28:54 +0000 admin http://3lakes.com/?p=235 As part of Three Lakes Association’s efforts to protect natural shorelines, please consider registering and participating in a workshop for property owners on inland lakes, April 15th, 1:00 to 4:30 PM, at Boyne Mountain Resort.  Click HERE to down load the flyer to learn about the workshop and the process for registering.

In anticipation that this Workshop will contain some practical information for owners of property on lakes who may be interested in improving their shoreline, Three Lakes Association (TLA) is offering to reimburse the registration fee of $35 for the first two TLA members who attend the workshop and who would be willing to summarize key highlights from the Workshop at TLA’s Board meeting on May 10th.   Please send a copy of your registration form to TLA Office, P.O. Box 689, Bellaire, MI 49615

]]> http://3lakes.com/archives/235/feed 0 Fracking: Three Lakes Association joins 33 organizations to urge regulatory upgrades in rules http://3lakes.com/archives/222 http://3lakes.com/archives/222#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2010 01:28:02 +0000 admin http://3lakes.com/?p=222 Current rules in the State of Michigan to protect water quality when using new hydrologic fractionation technologies to help extract natural gas from deep oil-shale formations contain risky exemptions and lack public transparency.  On November 17, 2010 Three Lakes Association joined 33 organizations in recommending changes in Michigan’s rules to upgrade the assessments of huge volumes of ground water needed to frack a well, to disclose the identity of the chemicals used, and to disposal of spent fracking solutions. Click HERE to review the sign-on letter.

]]> http://3lakes.com/archives/222/feed 0 TLA October Newsletter http://3lakes.com/archives/217 http://3lakes.com/archives/217#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:47:34 +0000 admin http://3lakes.com/?p=217 Click HERE to view TLA’s OCTOBER Newsletter.

A hard copy of TLA’s October Newsletter is being mailed to you next week.

This issue contains articles on the following topics:

  • 2010 Summer Internship Program, Cladophora green-algae survey
  • Eurasian water milfoil in Torch Lake
  • 2010 E.coli test results, tributary monitoring
  • Lake trout from Torch Lake: Fish Consumption Advisory
  • Loon Research Program
  • Bay Harbor, cement kiln dust leachate problem: Update
]]> http://3lakes.com/archives/217/feed 0 2010 TLA OPINION SURVEY http://3lakes.com/archives/210 http://3lakes.com/archives/210#comments Sat, 02 Oct 2010 15:18:16 +0000 admin http://3lakes.com/?p=210 Please print a copy of the 2010 TLA Opinion Survey for each member of your family and request that they take a few minutes to respond to the survey questions, and then mail the completed out surveys by December 1, 2010 to:
Tina Fields
5860 Aarwood Road NW
Rapid City, MI 49676

The plan is to compile and summarize the responses in an article in the January 2011 TLA Newsletter.

Click HERE to download the survey.

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