Eastern Lake Management Plan Meeting and Discussion

[Smiling JOe]

No one is noting that the Switch Grass seems to have died off in the Lakes. I wonder if the homeowners around Eastern Lake finally removed all of the sand from the outflow. Isn't that what they said was causing the growth of Switch Grass? Interesting that some of the other Lakes are experiencing similar things. :scratch: Does Mr Williams own property at each Lake's outflow?

 

[Caroling]

Report from the dock on NE side of lake: saw an otter this morning. Earlier I had found a small dish of chunks of meat on the dock. I thought it was leftover bait and dumped it in the water. I wonder if it actually was planned food for the otter. I hope the guys that fish here and work at the restaurant aren't feeding the otter. That might be fun to do, but it's not good for the wildlife, right? The otter was diving and swimming around the dock and looking at me, apparently comfortable with my presence.

I'm disturbed by the real estate signs being dragged from the restaurant parking lot to the Point Washington State Forest. It is ugly. Besides, that strip is cleared as a firebreak. I called the sheriff who wasn't interested and put me on hold with numerous beeps. I wrote email to a forester. Does anyone know an effective way to get the trash removed?

 

[Caroling]

On Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at the Coastal Branch Library in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m., come to a workshop held by CBA (Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance). Julie Terrell enlisted the assistance
of water resource professionals at the University of Florida?s Florida LAKEWATCH to continue and finish the Coastal Dune Lakes Management Plan.

Get the "Citizen Report" from CBA, which is "Findings From Workshops On Citizens? Concerns Regarding The Future Management of Walton County Coastal Dune Lakes". In the meeting, the public is invited to review and comment on this report.