4. Scandia City Council Meeting 5.1.18Watercraft Inspection Programs
Dave Bakke –Bone Lake Association
Jeff Dahlberg –Big Marine Lake Association
Mike Sorensen –Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District
Matt Downing –Washington Conservation District
Partnerships are the
Core of Conservation
in Washington County
Comfort Lake-Forest Lake WD
Forest Lake: 2,271 Acres Comfort Lake: 218 Acres Bone Lake: 221 Acres
AIS in Washington County
Common Carp
(Ubiquitous)
Curly-leaf Pondweed
(Ubiquitous)
Eurasian Watermilfoil
(21 Lakes and St. Croix River)
Zebra Mussels
(Forest Lake, White Bear Lake,
and St. Croix River)
Flowering Rush
(Forest Lake)
AIS on the Horizon
Spiny Water Flea
•Found in 38 Minnesota Lakes
•Competes with planktivorous fish for same
food resource
•No known treatment exists
Starry Stonewort
•Found in 11 Minnesota Lakes
•Forms dense mats that impede lake use
•None of the existing treatments are 100%
effective
AIS in Bone Lake and Big Marine Lake:
Eurasian Water Milfoil & Curly Leaf Pondweed.
Watercraft inspections limit the spread of AIS.
Number of New AIS Confirmations
Statewide Per Year (2010-2017)
-MN DNR Infested Waters List (As of 10-4-2017)
34
18
47
28
41
35
67
35
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017Number of New Confirmations
Watercraft Inspection Program
•Statewide DNR program created
in 1992
•Inspect incoming and outgoing
watercraft for AIS
•Local government units hire and
oversee inspectors through a
delegation agreement
•DNR trains inspectors
•Level 1
•Level 2
Level 1
Level 2
Number of Inspections
2017
Number of Inspections Per Access
2017
106
411
602
15
537
50 33
400 286 381
11
277
48
3708
1144
2501
277
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
Number of InspectionsWCD CLFLWD
Scheduling Inspectors
(more guidelines on handout)
Access: Bone Lake
Mon 6am-11am 11am-4pm 4pm-9pm
Tues 6am-11am 11am-4pm 4pm-9pm
Wed 6am-11am 11am-4pm 4pm-9pm
Thurs 6am-11am 11am-4pm 4pm-9pm
Fri 6am-11am 11am-4pm 4pm-9pm
Sat 6am-11am 11am-4pm 4pm-9pm
Sun 6am-11am 11am-4pm 4pm-9pm
How many boaters came to
our accesses with water or
AIS present?
AIS or Water Present (Both Programs)
2016 2017
# Violations 45 259
# Incoming Inspections 2,992 6,132
% Violation 1.5%4.2%
How many boaters came to
our accesses with their drain
plugs in?
Drain Plug Violations (Both Programs)
2016 2017
# Violations 166 282
# Incoming Inspections 2,992 6,048
% Violation 5.5%4.7%
State average was 4% in 2016 and 2015 according to DNR –2016 Invasive Species Annual Report
Who uses the area lakes?
Spring Clean up to prevent lake pollution
•Forest Lake has a yearly street sweeping program to
help contain leaves (phosphorus) and other
contaminates from going into the lake.
•Big Marine Lake: Run-off flows through ditches,
into culverts and directly into the lake.
Total $12,132 $9,000 $50,000
BMLA 2015-2018 Budgets
We appreciate your time and
consideration for preserving our
natural resources.
CLFLWD Chisago Co.Bone L.A.State Aid Forest L.A.City of FL Comfort L.A.CMSCWD Square L.A.Total
Comfort Lake 6,000$ 5,000$ 500$ 11,500$
Bone Lake 6,000$ 2,000$ 1,000$ 9,000$
Forest Lake 18,000$ 15,500$ 2,500$ 14,000$ 50,000$
Square Lake 4,400$ 1,333$ 1,333$ 7,066$
Big Marine Lake 10,800$ 1,332$ 12,132$
30,000$ 5,000$ 2,000$ 31,700$ 2,500$ 14,000$ 500$ 2,665$ 1,333$ 89,698$