Birch Lake Association Annual Meeting - This Saturday, July 30 @ 4:30

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BLA Door Prizes

Wow, this year's door prizes are great, including two sets of Twins tickets. Because the tickets are for specific games and require communication with the Donor, please check your schedule before coming on Saturday. See you there!

Two Tickets for each of these games:

Wednesday, August 17, 12:10 pm first pitch v. Kansas City Royals

Monday, August 22 6:10 pm first pitch v. Texas Rangers

Birch Lake Association Annual Meeting - This Saturday, July 30 @ 4:30

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BLA Door Prizes

Wow, this year's door prizes are great, including two sets of Twins tickets. Because the tickets are for specific games and require communication with the Donor, please check your schedule before coming on Saturday. See you there!

Two Tickets for each of these games:

Wednesday, August 17, 12:10 pm first pitch v. Kansas City Royals

Monday, August 22 6:10 pm first pitch v. Texas Rangers

Water Levels Cause for Concern

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Dear Members: 

There have been many questions and expressed concerns regarding the Birch Lake boat landing. Low water levels are forcing people to power load their boats, and this is causing a large hole after the concrete at the landing. 

DNR's Doug Shultz said, "Accesses are a mess everywhere and are unlikely to get repaired this late in the season." Although it's unfortunate, we need to think about taking our boats, docks, and lifts out for the season, especially if they are larger watercraft on bunk trailers.

If the lake goes down any further, you may have issues with: Getting your boats off the lift or off the lake at the ramp. And if you have barge service, they may not get your lift far enough onshore for winter storage.

DNR Website: Power loading damages boat ramps

Fishing Opener Safety Reminders

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Important note about the 2021 fishing opener:

Fishing seasons open for walleye, bass, northern pike, and lake trout on Saturday, May 15. This year’s date is the latest possible opener under Minnesota statute, which sets the fishing opener as the Saturday two weeks prior to the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend.

Fish safely from the Minnesota DNR website:

Don't forget safety – and your life jacket – when fishing. Two good places to start are:

A lot of fishing is done from boats, canoes and kayaks here in Minnesota, which has more than 800,000 craft registered to ride its waters.

Just how important is a life jacket? The two largest contributing factors to boating fatalities are not wearing a life jacket and operator inattention. And the most common causes of boating accidents are falling overboard and capsizing.

With that in mind, we've compiled several tips to remember when you're on the water with family and friends trying to land that lunker.

Children younger than age 10 must wear a life jacket while boating unless:

  1. They are in an enclosed cabin or below the top deck on a watercraft.

  2. They are on an anchored boat that is a platform for swimming or diving.

  3. They are aboard a charter (passenger) craft with a licensed captain.

Learn how to select a proper life jacket.

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

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This week we celebrate Bat Week, an annual, international celebration of bats! Bats may have a spooky reputation but don’t believe the hype, believe the Bat Facts Bats benefit our ecosystem in so many ways—they pollinate our food, eat pesky insects, disperse seeds, and more—but they’ve earned some undeserved stereotypes in the process. Luckily, Bat Week and the U.S. Forest Service are here to debunk those myths! Check out our website for Bat Facts.