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“An association formed to promote the protection and improvement of Lake Koronis” May 2019

Koronis Lake Association

Aquatic Update

Letter from the President ………………………… 2

Town & Country Days Schedule ………………… 3

Membership Thank You …………………………… 5

Upcoming Events …………………………………… 6

Koronis Kafe ………………………………………… 7

Why the Name Koronis? …………………………… 8

Lake Koronis Team Captains ……………………10

Section Representatives Directory ………………11

Member Listing Update ……………………………12

AIS Recap ………………………………………………13

Inside this issue…

1921 April 21923 April 221925 April 51926 April 191927 April 121928 April 91929 April 61930 April 71931 April 81932 April 131933 April 191934 April 101935 April 131936 April 221937 April 22

1938 April 131939 April 201940 April 261941 April 131942 April 71943 April 131944 April 231945 March 29 1946 April 21947 April 221948 April 171949 April 171950 May 7**1951 April 291952 April 23

1953 April 91954 April 131955 April 111956 April 241957 April 211958 April 121959 April 61960 April 181961 April 71962 April 261963 April 301964 April 161965 April 171966 April 41967 April 9

1968 March 311969 April 191970 April 261971 April 171972 April 271973 April 21974 April 201975 May 31976 April 91977 April 111978 April 18 1979 April 251980 April 191981 March 271982 April 20

1983 April 151984 April 141985 April 151986 April 111987 March 241988 April 81989 April 201990 April 101991 April 81992 April 101993 April 191994 April 151995 April 151996 April 241997 April 22

1998 March 311999 April 52000 March 242001 April 212002 April 162003 April 132004 April 52005 April 82006 April 72007 April 162008 April 252009 April 162010 March 312011 April 142012 March 22

2013 May 7**2014 April 272015 April 92016 March 17*2017 March 312018 May 22019 April 21Press records and dates from L.K. Peder-son journal (1921-42).

*Earliest Ice-Out– March 17**Latest Ice-Out– May 7

A warm Easter weekend – with temperatures reaching the 60s on Friday and Sunday and the 70s on Saturday – the ice went out on both Lake Koronis and Rice Lake on Sunday, April 21. A goose looked at the open water on Monday, April 22, The Press, which has ice-out records back to 1921, uses a dual standard for the official ice out: (1) over 90 percent of the ice is gone; and (2) the lake is fully navigatable.

With May Comes

Open Water

KLA Newsletter May 2019Letter from the President By Karen Langmo

Greetings to the friends and residents of Lake Koro-nis! We’ve gotten through

a very long winter and it is nice to see the lake without ice. How-ever, Mother Nature is still trying to decide what season it is with the temperatures. As many of you are making your way back to Lake Koronis, the KLA Board wel-comes you back for another fun filled summer lake season. The KLA Board has been busy work-ing on various projects/activities for 2019. Below are some of the highlights:

1. Annual Meeting – The Koro-nis Lake Association annual meet-ing is set for Saturday, July 13th, at the Paynesville Area Schools Au-ditorium, at the Paynesville High School. The business meeting will be held from 9:00-11:00 am. Reg-istration along with coffee and rolls

will be from 8:30-9:00 am. We will have reports from your KLA board committees, the North Fork Crow River Watershed and Paynesville Township. A formal presentation of the proposed Watershed Proj-ect Petition (WPP) will be made by the KLA Board and the North Fork Crow River Watershed District. The proposed WPP is a long range funding program for managing the Starry Stonewort and improving Lake Koronis. More details will be discussed in the next newsletter.

2. Membership/Dues – The 2019 membership letter has been sent. For those who are new to the lake the membership form can either be downloaded off our website or filled out on-line. The on-line membership form is under “About Us” tab. You can scroll down to “Join Us.” You may also pay your dues through PayPal if you wish.

The PayPal feature is under the “ D o n a t e ” tab. We are hopeful to i n c r e a s e our membership this year and your contributions are what KLA relies on to preserve the quality of the lake. Keep in mind that your involvement would be welcomed.

3. Water Quality Improvement – In keeping with our Mission Statement the Koronis Lake Asso-ciation has again partnered with North Fork Crow River Watershed District (NFCRWD) to again hire a summer intern to study/help with Water Quality within the Water-shed District. As a result of ideas developed from our Water Quality sub-committee, KLA has commit-ted monies for the last 3 summer

TOWN AND COUNTRY DAYS SCHEDULE SUNDAY, JUNE 9

3pm Little Miss & Little Mister Paynesvile at St. Louis Catholic Church

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 (KIDS DAY)

9:30am Kids 1K Walk/Run Starts at Koronis Manor Care Center (no registration necessary)9:45am Pet Show Registration10:15am Pet Show6:30pm Tractor Pull Registration7pm Tractor Pull at school grounds

THURSDAY, JUNE 13

Carnival begins at school grounds7pm Grand Parade

FRIDAY, JUNE 14

Carnival continues

SATURDAY, JUNE 15

Carnival (last day) 12pm Wild Card Pulling Paynesville Ambulance Garage Grounds 4pm Miss Paynesville Pageant (NEW TIME!)6pm Backdraft Bash Dance Featuring “Bad Girlfriends”

PAYNESVILLE TOWN & COUNTRY DAYS

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May 2019 KLA Newsletter Letter from the President (continued) By Karen Langmo

seasons to the Watershed for the intern program. This will be our fourth summer of the program. This seasonal intern will assist in water quality monitoring, public outreach and planning and work-ing on projects implemented in the agricultural, shore land and urban landscapes.

4. Starry Stonewort/AIS - The KLA Board is again partnering with the North Fork Crow River Water-shed District, LAMB Labor Servic-es of Paynesville and neighboring lakes for our 2019 AIS Education and Inspection Program. The pro-gram will hopefully be delivering around 4095 hours of inspections on Lake Koronis and Rice Lake. The successful Starry Stonewort (SSSW) treatment pilot projects of 2016 & 2017, and the 2018 treat-ment program have allowed the DNR to again permit KLA to expand our treatments around the lake to 9 more infested areas along with a maintenance chemical treatment on the 250 acres in the southeast bay of the lake. We will continue to be implementing lessons learned over the past three years. Please refer to the SSW project articles by Kevin Farnum in this issue for

more details.

5. Watershed Petition Project – This spring the Koronis Lake As-sociation Board sent out informa-tion in the 2019 Membership Let-ter packet on a proposed long term funding project to properly man-age the Starry Stonewort (SSW) on Lake Koronis. The Watershed Peti-tion Project (WPP) is a very com-mon funding mechanism that is used by many Minnesota Lake As-sociations and watershed districts to manage various lake issues. The WPP committee is working on sending out the next communica-tion regarding this project within the next month. A formal pre-sentation of this proposal will be made at our annual meeting. KLA currently has enough funds to manage SSW through the summer of 2020. If the WPP is approved it would begin in 2021. More infor-mation to come.

5. Fireworks /Boat Parade - KLA will again be the main spon-sor of the the annual fireworks this year on Saturday, July 6th. Once again our membership has been very generous with their do-nations so the show will be iden-tical to last years. KLA also thanks

the Paynesville Township and the City of Paynesville for also helping to sponsor the annual fireworks. We are very grateful for this part-nership because it allows us to put on a great show for the lake and community. The boat parade will also be held on July 6th. In the past prizes have been awarded for first, second and third places. This year the KLA Board has decided to dis-continue awarding prizes. Each entry will receive a gift card from the Koronis Kafe, so everyone is a winner! Watch the next newslet-ter for more information.

6. Board Members – The KLA board is currently in need of 1 new board member who will serve for a three year term. The term will begin in July of this year. If you are interested in serving please con-tact Karen Langmo at [email protected]. We will also be taking nominations at the annual meeting. The board meets from February-October. Your involve-ment can be what you want it to be.

Please read the articles in this issue to stay informed and up-to-date on our activities. Enjoy the summer and remember “there is still no place like Lake Koronis!”

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“The KLA Board would like to thank the Lake Koronis residents, families, businesses and organizations listed below who contributed to our association for 2018.”

Thank You For Your Support

2018 KLA MEMBERSHIPSAckerman, Tom & YancyAhmed, Sheriff & BridgetAltmann, Rob & LynnAlwin, JodieAmpe, Peter & JanetAmundson, Paul & Nancy LeitchAnderson, Algerone & LindaAnderson, Dan & JeanAnderson, KarlaAnderson, LouiseAnderson. Paul & JulieArend, Bob & SueArmbuster, Randy & RoxanneBagley, Roger & KathyBaker, Merrill & BarbaraBalik, Bill & JanellBarton, Barry & SharonBast, JeanetteBaun, Dan & LindaBeech, Brian & MaryBehrends, Scott& AnnetteBenson, Keith & SarahBerglund, RonBlagen, MerrilyBorman, GeraldBrauchler, MattBren, JoanBreuer, BryanBrock, Steve & VickiBrossard, Ron & RitaBrown, David & JudyBrown, Lori & Blair HagenBurlingame, Todd & MaryBurton, Matthew & AmyCameron, DaveCampbell, Jack & LindaCarr, Mike & TammyCaskey, Steve & HeidiChristopherson, Vinal & BevClendenen, Charles & DebbiConlin, PhyllisCremers, Tom & PattiDaby, Duane & JennyDaby, Ralph & KrisDeming, RobertDomeier, ConnieDrimel, JimDurant, DougDutcher, DianeEbent, Roland & MaryEdmonson, George & Ann MurrayEllingson, Alden & JeanetteElliot, Dan & GloriaEllis, Jim & NancyElseth, Jim & Lois

Engelmann, RogerEnninga, Daryl & PamErdmann, Jeff & AnnErnst, Steve & LaJeanEuerle, Greg & SharonEyre, Ted & SusanFagerberg, Paul & BarbFarnum, Kevin & CarlynFelling, Jim & BeckyFerrell, Gary & AnneFischbach, Scott & MichelleFisher, Grant & Rita WardFlanders, RileyFranta, MichaelFrechette, Dan & RachelFreking, Gene & MargeFriederichs, Greg & AnnFuchs, RickGaspard, Dale & TerriGeil, JoelGerlach, PatGetzel, JoanGilles, Thomas & LoisGrages, Don & MardonnaGrimsgard, Eric & MelissaGrotto, Von & KrisGuggisberg, MarkHaag, PaulHaagenson, Steve & KrisHaglund, Wesley & DeeHaines, RobertHammer, David & CherylHandt, MaryHansen, M.H.Hansen, Steven & ChristineHansen, Wayne & PatHanson, TimHaselhorst, Dave & ShellieHavemeier, BradHavemeier, Ken & MarionHeath, KarenHeinis, Brian & MaryHeitke, ShariHendrickson, Richard & JeanHenrickson, Tom & MaryHerfindahl, Grant & HegeHess, James & MarjorieHess, Ken & LynnaeHess, Roger & SharonHofmann, JeffHolm, James & TheresaHouk, JimHunter, Jerry & DonnaHuselid, Boyd & KathyIngalsbe, Dave & BarbJacobson, Mike & Geri

Jacobson, Peter & LynneJensen, BartJohnson, Dick & CarolJohnson, Gary & LindaJohnson, LoisJohnson, RogerJohnson, Russ & SusanJohnson, Tom & KariKahle, Warren & LindaKahle, Wayne & MargaretKeller, Bill & DianeKent, Darcy & JillKlein, Dan & KimKlein, John & DeannaKosel, Gary & CarolKramer, CarolLammers, Thomas & PeggyLangmo, Greg & KarenLarson, Howard & JaniceLarson, Kirby & SallyLarson, R. John & MarciaLaubach, PriscillaLehman, Don & HelenLeverentz, Daniel & GayleLien, LonnieLindbloom, Tim & BevLindquist, Darrel & JeanLokkesmoe, Brian & KayLoomis, Jim & BettyLopez, Manuel & LilLosleben, JamesLouis, Leo & LouLura, Paul & CarolMasog, Paul & MichelleMason, Darrol & DianneMathiowetz, Brian & RondaMathiowetz, ChadMathiowetz, Mary LouMattsen, RonaldMayer, Louie & LilMeyer, Dale & ShirleyMeyer, Mike & KellyMichalske, Willard & DebbieMiller, MathiasMinar, CushmanMor, John & DonnaMorgan, Bruce & AnneMurphy, Kathleen & George DanielsNehring, Wes & LoisNelson, Chuck & PatNeyens, Eugene & CarolNielsen, PhyllisNolte, Bruce & Mary AnnNonweiler, GeneNordstrom, Leonard MDOhmscheid, Duane & Shannon

Olmscheid, Lee & MelissaOlmscheid, Rich & KathyOlmsheid, MaryOlson, Gene & CeilOpdahl, Clark & CindyOsley, Dave & KarenPaetznick, Dan & KayPagel, Darwin & MarciaPaster, Jim & FayePederson, Robert & SusanPeters, Jamie & JeanPeterson, Douglas & JoannPeterson, NeomaPeterson, Ronald & RosiePeterson, StevePierce, JerroldPietch, Brandon & ElizabethPolansky, Mark & SheriQuigley, Tim & PamRamm, AngelaReinke, RandallRevier, CharlesRinquist, DavidRittenhouse, ArtRoback, Robert & LoisRome, Dave & JanSalzl, Gary & VickySavage, BrianSayre, GroverScanlon, Leon & CherylSchaefer, Randy & SusanSchmidt, JudySchmit, George JrSchmit, Howie & BarbSchmit, JimSchrupp, Tim & MeganSchueller, Jerry & StacySchwarze, William & ElizabethSeim, Ken & NancySetterberg, CarolSetterholm, Glen & CarolShaw, Tom & LindaSlack, David & MarySolum, Allan & PatSpahn, Bob & PhyllisStaloch, TedStaloch, TedStanger, DavidStanley, Bert & Karen BergStanley, Chris & MissyStrate, RichardStricherz, Dominic & NancySullivan, Steve & AleneSwanson, Charles & EleanorSwanson, Jeramie & KristenTamasek, Patricia

May 2019 KLA Newsletter

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2019 Koronis Kafe Summer Season Schedule

Ahoy!! The Koronis Kafe is look-ing forward to the Memorial Day launch of their second full season

of operation. This summer brings some exciting new updates. Alex and Laura Naujokas are back providing great hos-pitality and food for the 2019 Lake Ko-ronis summer season. Please come and visit Alex and Laura!

We are also thrilled to announce that Johnny Pops, the successful MN based frozen dessert company is offering a de-licious new root beer

float pop. Johnny Pops were a BIG hit last summer and with the new

added flavors, we are sure you will love this wonderful treat!

The Kafe is also planning to be open a couple of days during the week serving lunch at the Bugbee Hive Resort in addition to our regular schedule on weekends at Winther (2nd) Island.

Lastly, keep an eye on the Koronis Kafe facebook page for postings regarding hours of operation, weather related operations and general information. If you are interested in scheduling a dinner, please mes-sage our facebook page to request a date. These dinners will serve a maximum of 8 guests and includes a cruise around the lake. The cost is $75/person. We are serving the dinners on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

Thanks for all of your support and we are looking forward to seeing you this summer!

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Why the name “ Koronis?” by Linda S. Lorentzen, author of a “View From the Lake”

More than any other ques-tion I’ve been asked about Lake Koronis, is

the question of the origin of the name. To my knowledge, no one knows exactly why the lake was named “Koronis” and many peo-ple have sought an answer over the years.

A letter written by Father Jo-seph D. Varley, Church of St. Louis, Paynesville, on Sept. 22, 1949, ex-plained, the origin of the name and meaning has been hotly debated here since 1895 and perhaps long before. A lengthy article in the St. Cloud Journal Press of 1895 about the village of Paynesville says pop-ular tradition has it that Koronis is an Indian name meaning cedar. But the writer puts that aside as hav-ing no weight and says the name is

Greek meaning ‘crowned.’ The Lat-in ‘corona’ would be better for that, but according to my Greek .diction-ary Koronis does have a second meaning of crown.”

If the origin of the word Koronis is either from the Greek ‘korones’ or Latin ‘corona’ meaning crowned, how is that connected to the lake? Koronis is ‘crowned’ with three is-lands. Many references have been made in early editions of the New Paynesville Press to Koronis being crowned with three beautiful is-lands. It may be the result of senti-ments like those expressed in this 1926 St. Cloud Daily Times report: “South of Paynesville is the largest lake in the county, and the most beautiful, Lake Koronis, crowned with three islands and a wonderful shoreline.’’

The Indian maiden theory was passed from generations in the mid to late 1900s. An Indian maid-en was so distraught after learning that her warrior had been killed in battle that she threw herself off the cliff on the first island. Her name was Koronis and the theory was that the lake was named after her.

In the June 18, 1896, issue of The New Paynesville Press, a dif-ferent Indian maiden story was circulated. “Legend also tells the story of the tragic leap from this open spot to the depths below, of a fair but tearful and heart broken daughter of the woods to escape marriage with a brave that she loved not.”

The name Koronis was thought to be a derivation of an Indian word meaning cedar. However,

Paul Durand, author of Where the Waters Gather and the Riv-ers Meet, believes that the word Koronis is not derived from an Indian word. The Objibwa Indi-ans named the lake “Gagagiwig-wuni Sagaiigun” which means “Raven Feather Lake.”

On early territorial maps de-veloped by explorer Joseph Nicollet, Lake Koronis appears to be grouped with two other lakes and all were named “Crow Lakes.” In 1857 the lake was identified as Cedar Lake. Minnesota became a state in 1858 and different map compa-nies identified the lake as Cedar or Koronis.

Over the last 5 years there has been considerable turnover of lake properties on Lake Koronis. The KLA Board thought it would be appropriate that we re-print an article from our June 2000

newsletter regarding the origin of the name Koronis. Enjoy!


Why the name “ Koronis?” (continued) by Linda S. Lorentzen, author of a “View From the Lake”

The May 24, 1930, issue of the Daily Times presented their explanation of why Koronis was also known as Cedar Lake. In pio-neer days ‘thousands of beautiful trees of this species which lined the slopes of the lake. Many cedar fences in the vicinity of Paynesville, erected 50 years ago, are still in ex-cellent condition and are the last vestiges of this crop of red cedar, once one of the best in the state.’’

Father Joseph D. Varley, Church of St. Louis, Paynesville, on Sept. 22, 1949, addresses some of the clues that he found in his research of the name, “Koronis.” In his let-ter he writes, “In 1886, when the Great Northern built thru, a plat of a town was made around the depot here, and filed in the courthouse as “Koronis.” Was the lake named from that? No, for definitely the lake was being called Koronis at that time. No doubt the village was named from the lake. The vil-lage that developed, however, was always known as Paynesville and that name being taken from the Paynesville that existed from 1857 a few miles away.” Father Varley was referring to a plat of a town north of Paynesville that also

had the name “Koronis.” No further information has been found on this town plat.

A Koronis post office exist-ed from 1868 to 1874 in Union Grove Township in Meeker County, just south of Lake Koronis. On an 1869 map, the lake was called Ce-dar and the town south of the lake was named Koronis. It is unclear if it was a town or just a post office. Most likely, the fate of the town/post office was directly tied to the decision of the railroad to build to the north. Without the mode of transportation provided by the railroad, many small towns disap-peared.

A Federal Census in August 1870 gives information about the people tied to the post office “Coro-nis.” Ten families and ten dwellings made up the community. Names from the census, some familiar and some not familiar, follow: Blevius, Brown, Hunter, Couch, Marshall, Black, Jebb, Nutting, Orin, Beaum-out, and Castle. Many of the men and women in the census were foreign born, from countries of England, Scotland, Canada, Swit-zerland, and Norway. Twelve chil-dren were of school age; howev-

er, only three had attended school within the year. The men’s occupa-tions were all listed as farmer and the women’s occupations were listed as “keeping house.” Value of real estate ranged from $100.00 to $1500.00.

As of today no clear answer ex-ists regarding why the lake was named Koronis. All of the informa-tion gathered from the Latin and Greek word origins, to the Indian legends, to the history presented in maps and federal census leaves us with the same question: “Why was the lake named Koronis?” Some-day further information may be found but in the meantime the lack of a clear answer will not deter us from enjoying a view from the lake.

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Lake Koronis Team Captains Are Back! By Susan Schaefer

Happy Spring! The Koronis Lake Asso-

ciation has been working hard at finding ways to build com-munity amount the 550+ property owners around Lake Koronis. One way we are hoping to do this is to reinstate an idea of team captains that has been used by KLA in the past. We have divided up the lake properties around the lake into 15 sections and have asked a vol-unteer who owns property in that area to be a representative for their section. An area team cap-tain typically has approximately 30 neighbors in his or her section. We currently have volunteers to represent 14 of the 15 sections.

What will a Team Captain do?

• Distribute publications that promote lake quality aware-ness.

• Meet with property owners in their section to get feedback and ideas.

• Encourage Koronis Lake As-sociation membership and participation.

• Monitor property ownership • Encourage community by

keeping property owners updated regarding KLA spon-sored events (i.e., annual meet-ing, fireworks/ boat parade, shoreline clean up, ice cream socials, etc.), along with other important lake news.

• Act as a liason for the property owners and the board, pro-viding contact information as needed.

We are also open to your thoughts and ideas, please feel to contact KLA, Susan Schaefer or your team captain. We will be meeting with them on June 1.

Following this article is a list of the Team Captains from around the lake, starting clockwise at the Northeast corner of the lake. If you area is in need of a section repre-sentative please consider this op-portunity and let me know if you are interested. I would love to hear from you. You can call me, Susan Schaefer, at 612-670-1563, or at [email protected].

REMEMBER TO CHECK OUR WEBSITE!

www.koronislakeassociation.org

You can also email us at: [email protected]

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1. Jay Thompson, [email protected], (320-241-5144) One house west of 16097 Lake Koro-nis Road southeast on Lake Koronis Road through Veteran’s Park. (50)

2. Neoma Peterson, [email protected], (507-382-7744) First house south of Vet-eran’s Park south through QuoVadis on Old Lake Road. (30)

3. Bill Henderson, [email protected], (320-243-3474) 15251 Old Lake Road south through Stone Gate Lodge on Old Lake Road. (30)

4. Ken and Nancy Seim, [email protected], (612-462-1645) First house east of Stone Gate Lodge on Old Lake Road southeast through the last house at the intersection of Old Lake Road and Highway 55. (50)

5. Mike Carr, [email protected], (507-227-0453) First house on Highway 55 south-east of Old Lake Road through the last house at the west end of 547th Ave (first road west of 5 mile bridge off Highway 4). (35)

6. Open, Peterson’s Point(54064 County Road 20) through the outlet(carp trap). (35)

7. Gary Johnson, [email protected], (320-276-8860) From carp trap west on County Road 20 through one house west of 53382 County Road 20. (20)

8. Peter Ampe, [email protected], (763-242-0707) and Dave Ringquist, [email protected], (612-845-0457) First house west of swamp on County Road 20 west to Birch Beach Store on County Road 20(52848 County Road 20). (40)

9. Bert Stanley, [email protected], (320-292-5769) First house west of Birch Beach Store(52848 County Road 20) through Lake Koronis Regional Park. (50)

10. Open, Bluefield Road(first road west of Re-gional Park on County Road 20) west through Ad-am’s Landing(Rumble Bridge). (45)

11. Jim Losleben, [email protected], (612-868-3031) First dwelling east of Adam’s Landing(Rumble Bridge) through the intersection of Breezewood Road and Northwest Lake Koronis Road. (40)

12. Brandon Pietsch, [email protected], (320-260-9066) First house on Briorwood Road(30315) through the end of Briorwood Road through 14944 Northwest Lake Koronis Road(near the bottom of Flander’s Hill). (32)

13. Paul and Kella Bugbee, (320-249-7511) Bugbee Estate on King Bee Lane through Bugbee Hive Resort. (50)

14. Brian Beech, [email protected], (952-992-9523) First house east of Bugbee Hive Resort through Alldon Heights. (36)

15. Joan Nevitt, [email protected], (320-424-1387) Koronis Ministries on Lake Avenue through Ed Webb residence on Lake Avenue. (40)

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KLA Master Mailing/ Member Listing Update!

Over the winter some of the KLA Board mem-bers took on the not so

fun project of doing an over-haul of our master KLA mailing list. This was long overdue for various reasons. The Stearns County Interactive Mapping feature and the Meeker Coun-ty Beacon Mapping tool were used to conduct this update. It has been a long process and we think we have it pretty accurate and complete. However, there might be some glitches with this (i.e., duplications), because we found that when we com-bine county records and our current mailing list there are very different ways of listing property information. If you are receiving duplicates or we don’t have your address quite right please let us know. We appreciate your cooperation and patience.

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Koronis Lake Association Starry Stonewort Pilot and Management for MN Lakes

In 2017 and 2018 data confirmed that both mechanical pulling, mechanically pulling with

chemical treatment, or just chemical treatment can effectively manage, for at least three years, with chemical sustainability treatments, relatively large areas of Starry Stonewort infestation below a nuisance level, especially in shallow areas.

In 2018 we used two chemical treatments to sustain the work we had accomplished in previous years. In 2019 we will try to reduce this to one treatment, after consulting with our experts.

Chemical treatments alone were very effective in maintaining the low level of Starry Stonewort growth in the 2016 and 17 treatment areas and continued to reduce the biomass of the Starry Stonewort. The 2018 data was consistent with what was observed in 2017 and 16 with the most dramatic results in the area that was both pulled and chemically treated. In some of the areas where Starry Stonewort was very prevalent we observed some early year growth of several native plant species.

With the help of a locally owned dedicated to Koronis mechanical harvester and a local dedicated operation crew we were able to remove approximately 800,000 lbs. of Starry Stonewort mass over the summer. We implemented our protocol over 200 acres mostly in the Southeast bay of the lake. We were also able to impact the Starry Stonewort growing in one of the marinas on the lake.

After review of this information with the University of Minnesota, MN DNR, and our consultant from Clemson University we are prepared to move forward in 2019 with our management project on Lake Koronis for Starry Stonewort. Our plans for the next year is to take advantage of the integrated approach developed, use mechanical pulling and chemical treatment where it is most beneficial and cost effective and use chemical treatment where and when it will deliver the best results.

With new data from a well-‐timed vegetation survey we have a more thorough picture of Starry Stonewort growth areas. We are planning on expanding our 2018 protocol into farther around the lake impacting several more infested areas in 2019.

In 2019 the major infested area, first discovered and delineated by DNR in 2015 as 250 plus acres of infestation will be chemically treated at least one time in the shallow areas to sustain the previous work in this area and the other 9 areas treated in the past. An additional 7 areas will be added for treatment in 2019. As many of these areas as possible will be mechanically pulled prior to chemical treatment. This continues our efforts to apply the best practices to the different environments throughout the lake and not just treat the lake without a thought process. Recall that the areas around the lake can be managed by different factors through the year, such as different depths, areas around docks and lifts, temperatures, time in the year, personal preferences for or against chemicals, costs, etc. These areas demonstrated that not one management protocol will fit all situations. As a result of this an integrated protocol can be used with several of the different management factors, some of which also yield other ecological benefits to native species. With an integrated approach we can take advantages of creating environments that improve survival of native plants and animals.


2019 Work Plan Target Species: Starry Stonewort Treatment Dates:

The treatment dates will depend on growth of the Starry Stonewort and ability to integrate the two treatments together where possible. Mechanically Pulling: June – October Chemical Application: July -‐ October

Chemical Used: Cutrine Plus Liquid, algaecide, label has no restrictions for use of water or swimming If treatment is not desired: Landowners may request that control not occur adjacent to the landowner's property:

If you desire that the treatment not occur adjacent to your property, please notify Karen Langmo, Koronis Lake Association President, or Kevin Farnum immediately either via phone, email, or letter to KLA. Response to Karen Langmo or Kevin Farnum by May 15, 2019 Address: KLA, P.O. Box 333, Paynesville, MN 56362 Phone: Karen: 320-‐333-‐0122 Kevin: 612-‐963-‐5248 or KLA: 320-‐300-‐0802 email address: [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] INFORMATION IN PRESS OR NEWSLETTER TO USE BY LAKE SHORE OWNERS WHO CHOOSE TO OPT OUT OF TREATMENT: I have read the Koronis Lake Association Press article or their Newsletter for 2019. I request that NO herbicide treatment occur adjacent to our shoreline property. I request that NO mechanical treatment occur adjacent to our shoreline property. Signed Date All requested information must be entered for verification purposes. Year: Pin Number(s) of parcel (from tax statement) : Property Owners Name(s): Lake Property Address: City / State / Zip Phone Number(s) Home: Cell: Mailing Address (If different from Lake Property Address):

Below is a map of Lake Koronis showing the areas that possibly would be treated, either mechanically pulled, chemically treated, or both.


Below is a map of Lake Koronis showing the areas that possibly would be treated, either mechanically pulled, chemically treated, or both.

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PresidentJames Wuertz

Eden Valley-320-453-7541Vice PresidentBob Brauchler

Belgrade-320-243-4851Manager

James BarchengerGlenwood-320-268-3202

ManagerJohn Hanson

Eden Valley-320-453-5398Manager

Gary BerndtBrooten-320-352-2484

AdministratorCristopher Skonard

Office: 100 Prairie Ave. NBrooten-320-346-2869

Koronis Lake Association BoardBoard of DirectorsKaren Langmo - PresidentSue Eyre - Vice President Jim Elseth - TreasurerMatt BrauchlerJeff ErdmannKevin Farnum

Ken HessJim LoslebenSusan SchaeferDan ZieglerExecutive SecretaryAlex Naujokas

North Fork Crow River Watershed District

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The KLA Board of Directors does not endorse any of the products or services advertised by businesses in the KLA Newsletter.” “The views and opinions in this newsletter are those of the author’s and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or positions of the Koronis Lake Association.”

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