Video from the November 2023 Lake Improvement Association member meeting. Highlights below.
Meeting Highlights
The LIA has partnered with multiple community organizations and businesses to purchase and install a playground on the West Bank (more info coming soon)
LIA elections will be held at the December member meeting. Nominations are open until the end of December. Contact Michael Emans to nominate a candidate
Mercer Wildlife Area Wetland: Approximately 9-acre wetland constructed in July. Currently has one pump and a second will be added. Water is pumped from the lake and through all of the wetlands on the site for treatment, then placed back into the lake. Phase 3 is starting later this year or early next year and expected to be completed by the end of June 2024
Chickasaw Creek Treatment Train: Had a minor holdup with the Army Corps of Engineers permit, but that has now been received. Contract awarded to VTF Excavation, who will be starting soon. The project is expected to be completed before the summer of next year
The LFA has acquired 9 acres along Coldwater Creek. A wetland will eventually be constructed on the site and open to the public for walking and nature
Clean Ohio funds were used to purchase the Coldwater Creek property and two additional properties: the Northshore greenspace and Monroe greenspace. The hope is to acquire those by the end of January and construct wetlands on those parcels, which are about 10 acres each
Work is also continuing on the future Redwing Nature Preserve adjacent to the state park, pending Clean Ohio grant funds
Lake levels: -12.55″, up from -13.75, and the gate is open 3″. Rainfall for October was 3.44″, which was more than September and August combined. So far this year we have had 29.8″ of rainfall. For reference, 2019 saw 49.39″ of rainfall through October
The state park had a great camping season
The state park is working with a private donor to plant native trees. The park ordered 62 trees in 22 different varieties, with plantings concentrated on the East Bank and campgrounds this year. The park is seeking volunteers to help water trees that were planted outside of the park grounds. Contact David Faler if interested
State park winter projects include cleaning up the banks, removing trees that are at the end of their lifespans, and renovating the campground poolhouse
Dredging as of October 30
Brutus: 45,317 cu. yds. removed
Hoedag: 100,472 cu. yds.
Pump a Little: 19,808 cu. yds
The state park is accepting broken concrete at Windy Point and Anderson’s