Admire those Beautiful Bulrushes

Posted on July 31, 2010 by glenlake

One of the aquatic plants that  lake owners are sometimes concerned about are the bulrushes along their shoreline. In Little Glen they are seen far out into the shallow water.  These aquatic plants reduce coastal erosion during high-water conditions

Their dense, fine roots hold the surface sands during storms. A dense mat of their fine roots anchors the overlying sands.  By holding the sand in the shallow bulrush zone next to the beach ridge, waves lose their energy by the turbulence caused by the bulrushes.  Less energy results in less erosion. Enjoy their beauty and be thankful for the protection they provide along your shore. Andrew and Carolyn Kostrevagh have a nice stand of bulrushes along part of their beach and a beautiful naturalized shoreline.

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Meet Book Author & GLA Stewardship Award Winner – Jody Marquis

Posted on July 23, 2010 by glenlake

Fri., July 23rd, 3 pm- Cottage Book Shop Event with Jody Marquis, Reflections from Glen Springs: A Glen Lake Community’s Successful Effort to Restore and Preserve a Native Northwest Michigan Shoreland

In 1998, two families (Theisses and McShanes) living on Glen Lake (Glen Springs is on the eastern shores of Glen Lake just south of Old Settlers Park) formed a team to restore their shoreline property that had been harmed through filling by previous owners. Nicknamed the “Wildlanders”, these families sought the assistance of an expert and strove to be stewards of the earth by restoring the hydrology, native plants and white cedar wetlands which once existed on their properties. They were rewarded three years later by finding the Michigan monkey flower, a unique endangered flower, had returned to their sites. To date an enormous amount of progress, boasting more than 700 feet of shoreline, has been made as new families have joined the effort. Jody Marquis‘s new book, Reflections from Glen Springs, celebrates and documents the process of this restoration and is accented with beautiful color photographs. Come and hear about this exciting Glen Lake project and meet the people involved.

Jody has been nominated by the Glen Lake Association for one of four 2010 Stewardship awards to be presented at it’s August 14th Annual Meeting at the Leelanau Schools. Come and meet her!

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Glen Lake Yacht Club Hosts Butterfly Nationals

Posted on July 21, 2010 by glenlake

The Glen Lake Yacht Club is the host for the 2010 edition of the Butterfly Junior and Open Nationals. This racing event runs from July 20 -22, beginning at 9:30 am.  Overseeing the event will be the 2010 NBA Commodore, Glen Lake’s Vic Peirce.

Local teams include sailors and boats from Torch Lake in Antrim County, the Leland Yacht Club, and the Grand Traverse Yacht Club in Greilickville. But the majority of sailors and boats come from farther away – places like Muskegon, Grand Rapids, White Lake and Spring Lake – and from yacht clubs as far off as Wisconsin, Texas and Colorado.

The junior division championship is open to all skippers and crew under age 17, and requires both a skipper and a crew. The open division championship can be a single skipper, or a skipper and crew, with no age limitation. To read  more click here.

Glen Lake Association volunteers have been busy power washing the boats before entering the waters. A big thanks to Andy DuPont, John Davey, Bruce Lichliliter, and staffer Sallyanne Morris for helping out with this very important service.

Sallyanne supervises the Boat Wash program at the public launch site on Little Glen Lake from June through the end of October. She has a bachelor’s of science degree from Michigan State University. Plant identification comes in handy in her job as she works to protect the watershed and keep Glen Lake healthy. Sallyanne says, ” I enjoy meeting and educating peoople about invasive species and communicating the importance of taking care of this resource”. Additional GLA boat wash staff give out information, check for potential invasives on watercraft, motors and trailers and examine live bait.

The Butterfly sailboat is one of the originators of the “one-design” sailing concept. In existence since 1962, the class is virtually unchanged, with only updates to hardware and fittings with new materials plus refinements and innovations in the internal structure to make a stronger, longer-lasting boat. Over 10,000 boats have been built since then, with the boat finding its way to cottages as a vacation boat, at home as a family recreation boat, in yacht club programs as a very successfull junior training boat, and in racing, where the class has men, women, youth to masters, all competing togther equally on a boat where the biggest single difference is the sailor.

Click here to learn more about the Butterfly.

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2010 Annual Meeting – August 14th

Posted on July 19, 2010 by glenlake

Glen Lake Association Annual Meeting
Saturday August 14, 2010, 9:30 a.m.
Leelanau School Auditorium and Library
Continental Breakfast and Displays at 8:30 a.m.
*Annual Report of Association Activities
*Financial Report
*Election of Directors
*Stewardship Awards
*Hydrologic Report
*Shoreline Survey Results
*Time for questions and meeting neighbors

The 2009 Annual Meeting Report will be presented for approval. Click  here to read them.
If you are unable to attend the Annual Meeting, please be sure to mail your proxy postcard no later than July 31st. If you did not receive a proxy card in the mail, it is most likely because we do not show you as a 2010 riparian member. Dues must be paid no later than July 24th to be eligible to vote. Please contact us if you have any questions.

We have added a new online payment feature so that you may conveniently renew your membership dues or send a donation. Click on Donate to take you to our secure payment page.

Hope to see you in August!

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Special Presentation – What’s In The Bay Anyway?

Posted on July 9, 2010 by glenlake

Presenter: Dr. Mark Holley
Date: Monday, July 12
Location Leelanau County Government Center
Time:
6:30 pm Social Gathering
7:00 pm Presentation
RSVP: 231 256 9812 or
tgalla@co.leelanau.mi.us

Sponsored by Leelanau Clean Water

Dr. Mark Holley’s power point presentation will surprise you with underwater photos of old ship wrecks, forgotten dump sites, and projects that NMC students and staff have worked on in Greece, Ireland and Scotland.

Underwater archaeologists from Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) and divers from the Grand Traverse Bay Underwater Preserve Council began the baseline survey of submerged cultural resources in 2007 by utilizing new sector scanning equipment. The results of the survey and equipment field test have been stunning! This presentation will explore cultural sites surveyed, methodology of deployment and how this new equipment can contribute to the development of rapid underwater archaeological survey.

To learn more click What’sInTheBay

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