Work To Be Done
What we can do with other organizations
- Work with Drain Commission to improve the flow capacity/Box size for Grand River Filter
- Grand River Drain Filter Maintenance frequency increase
- All Drain Commission drains reviewed for maintenance
- Work With EGLE to reduce the size of the public boat launch from 28 to 15 boat capacity
- EGLE is working to eliminate wake boats in small inland lakes, support
- Work with EGLE to ensure visiting boats have been drained and cleaned prior to launching
- Continue with Limnologist on timing for weed kills, to minimize algae and ammonia levels
- Track Timber Char effectiveness and any future remediation with data
- Investigate/Benchmark remediation attempts at similar inland lakes
- Work with the Sheriff department => a method to eliminate keyholing of boats on WL
- Any new Housing/Commercial Development to ensure no contaminants into Woodland Lake
- Any new Housing/Commercial Development to ensure no contaminants enter Woodland Lake
- Limit number of new homes on the lake or with drainage needs near lake
- Lock in the current number of docks. No new docks on the lake unless grandfathered in
- Do not allow any wetland to be destroyed or reduced around our lake in future developments
What can we do as Woodland Lake Riparians
- Timber Char “wall” at outlet of GR and Hacker Drains into Woodland Lake and Ore Creek
- Fertilizer reduction/elimination near lake or roads with drains near lake
- Fertilizer reduction/elimination on downward slopes near lake or roads with drains near lake
- Voice your objections to Twp planners when proposals attempt to increase number of homes
- Voice your objections to Twp for any attempt to increase number of boat docks
- Voice your objections to Twp when new developers attempt to modify wetlands
- Install wetland plants at our shorelines to aid in Nitrogen and Phosphorous uptake
- If you own a high-power boat, stay as far from shore as possible. Reduce wake size
- Plant shoreline vegetation along your shore as feasible
- Maintain your current shoreline vegetation/plants
- Ensure Timber Char is installed at your dock. If help is needed, please advise OWL member
- Do not burn leaves anywhere near the lake
- Do not mow grass into the lake