Notice of DLWID May 2021 Budget Committee Meeting
The Devils Lake Water Improvement District Board invites you to our Budget Committee Meeting on 5/13/2021 at 6:00 p.m. This meeting will be held online due to COVID 19 mandates. The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message and to receive comment from the public on the budget. This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget Committee will take place. Any person may appear at the meeting and discuss the proposed programs with the Budget Committee. Please submit public comments to the Executive Director @ lake.manager@dlwid.org at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. A copy of the budget may be obtained or requested by contacting the District office after May 14, 2021. The regular board meeting will follow the budget committee meeting.
You can watch the full Board Meeting online here.
A copy of the draft budget can be viewed online here.
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Devils Lake Water Improvement District Regular Board and Budget Committee Meeting 5/13/2021
Devils Lake Vegetation Mangement Update
In 2019, AquaTechnex, of Centralia Washington was contracted by the Devils Lake Water Improvement District (DLWID) to provide Biobase Mapping and aquatic plant survey services at Devils Lake. Our mapping and survey efforts in 2019 focused on updating Devils Lake’s bathymetric data and aquatic plant identification and presence.
The vegetation survey identified native and non-native plant species in Devils Lake, including American waterweed (Elodea canadensis), Naiad (Najas spp.), Water celery (Valasenaria americana), Yellow cow lily (Nuphar spp.), Water starwort (Callitriche spp.), and Parrotfeather (Myriophyllum aquaticum).
All current noted plants are native, except parrotfeather. This plant species is listed in the State of Oregon as a Class B invasive noxious weed. Special attention was given to locating all locations still present around the lake. Many fragments of the plant were seen during the inspection. Fragmentation/vegetatively is parrotfeather’s mode of reproduction. Wind and current driven fragments spread this plant to new locations. Current population in the lake is low. However, the spread to new locations is quick and expansion will likely double or greater in one year. The following report is a summary of those activities.