Some inland lakes in Manitowoc County are showing improved conditions this Spring, thanks to efforts by the Manitowoc County Lakes Association. MCLA president Tom Ward tells Seehafer News that they were recently approved for a grant to work in the watershed at Carstens Lake in an effort to continue to reduce the phosphorous problem there.
Ward added they hope to move this project plan to other lakes too. Another effort by the County Lakes Association is in-the-works at Tuma Lake where the boat landing was shallow & weedy.
That project is funded through donations they receive at boat launches, $13,000 collected in 2017 through Planning & Parks, to be used for lake improvements. Meanwhile, Ward says the MCLA received information last month about an intensive fish survey on 2-area lakes: Long & Bullhead. They’re finding ‘good growth rate’ and both lakes have an ‘experimental’ panfish bag-limit that reduces the take. For more information or if you’d like to reach them go to: mcla.email@gmail.com.
