NOTICE

The Pleasant Lake Improvement Association has contracted to treat Eurasian Water Milfoil, Curly Leaf Pondweed, and Starry Stonewart - all Aquatic Invasive Species in Pleasant Lake in 2023.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has granted to the Pleasant Lake Improvement Association a waiver of the requirement that the Association obtain the signatures of approval of owners of lake-shore property. Instead, the Pleasant Lake Improvement Association will notify property owners of the treatment through alternate forms. This notice is one form that the Pleasant Lake Improvement Association is using to notify property owners.

With regard to the treatment for this year, 2023:

1. The proposed date for treatment: May 1, 2023 through November 1, 2023.

2. The target species for the treatment: Eurasian Water Milfoil, Curly Leaf Pondweed, and Starry Stonewart.

3. The method of control or product being used: EPA and MDA registered aquatic herbicides, and manual harvesting.

4. How landowners may request that control not occur adjacent to the landowner's property: 

If you desire that the treatment of Eurasian Water Milfoil not occur adjacent to your property, please notify the Pleasant Lake Improvement Association immediately at the following address and email address below:

P.O. Box 71

Annandale, MN 55302

PLIAMN@yahoo.com

MLR’s Stop Starry Program is a Critical Shielding Strategy to Protect Lakes and Lake Communities by Jeff Forester, Executive Director of Minnesota Lakes and Rivers Advocates