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Archive for April 2011
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1 jet ski lift
1 idle zone buoy
Call 984-9582
We are on the first point south of the old Waterfront Restaurant on the north side of the little inlet. Our dock # is 386.
Found: Jet Ski Lift & Idle Zone Buoy
Found:1 jet ski lift
1 idle zone buoy
Call 984-9582
We are on the first point south of the old Waterfront Restaurant on the north side of the little inlet. Our dock # is 386.
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So, what has been going on with Morse Waterways Association this year?
Our next MWA public meeting will be held on May 5th at Red Bridge Park Community Building beginning at 7:00pm. The results from the Morse Reservoir/Cicero Water Quality Study will be presented. Get an update on algae situation/issues and learn about other future grant efforts. Please come and take part in this meeting. This is our lake and we need to preserve this vital resource. In addition, our local DNR Conservation Officer will be on hand to present and answer all your questions on safety and boating.
Our new Board of Directors took office in January. We expanded the Board to 14 members this year to help with our activities. Here is list of our chair persons for our committees:
Safety Awareness Days June 4, 5: Andy Sheets
Fundraiser June 24: Kim Wert and Margie Schwier
Flotilla July 16: Mat Clarke
Lake Cleanup July 30: Chuck McCarley
Amanda Sheets has taken on our marketing, communications and public relations responsibility. She has created our new web site and is sending out all our email communications.
Roger Goings, Andy Sheets and Detlef Rathmann oiled over 200 goose eggs on the island last month. This oil process prevents hatching of the eggs and hopefully will keep the geese from returning the following year. Morse Waterways representatives have attended DNR classes and have a permit for this process.
Check out all the Morse Lake spring and summer events on our new web site www.morseh2o.org.
If you have any topics you would us to address or have any information you want us to share regarding the lake, please send us an email at: MWA@morseh2o.org
Donations are always needed. Our annual insurance invoices ($950) are due and we recently paid our dues to the Upper White River Watershed Alliance which has assisted us with our grant funding and water quality. If everyone contributed just $10 or $20, we will have sufficient funds for our 2011 expenses. Your contribution is tax deductable, since we are a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Send donations to Jim Schneider, 2460 Cape Henry Ct., Cicero, IN 46034 or use the PayPal link on our web site.
Jim Schneider
President, Morse Waterways Association
April 27th, 2011 Newsletter
It’s time to welcome in a new boating season…once the rain stops. Get your boat cleaned up, wipe the cobwebs of the skis/boards, and get your fishing license. Remember the 84 degree temperature we had in March? It seems like Mother Nature temps us each year to start the season earlier.So, what has been going on with Morse Waterways Association this year?
Our next MWA public meeting will be held on May 5th at Red Bridge Park Community Building beginning at 7:00pm. The results from the Morse Reservoir/Cicero Water Quality Study will be presented. Get an update on algae situation/issues and learn about other future grant efforts. Please come and take part in this meeting. This is our lake and we need to preserve this vital resource. In addition, our local DNR Conservation Officer will be on hand to present and answer all your questions on safety and boating.
Our new Board of Directors took office in January. We expanded the Board to 14 members this year to help with our activities. Here is list of our chair persons for our committees:
Safety Awareness Days June 4, 5: Andy Sheets
Fundraiser June 24: Kim Wert and Margie Schwier
Flotilla July 16: Mat Clarke
Lake Cleanup July 30: Chuck McCarley
Amanda Sheets has taken on our marketing, communications and public relations responsibility. She has created our new web site and is sending out all our email communications.
Roger Goings, Andy Sheets and Detlef Rathmann oiled over 200 goose eggs on the island last month. This oil process prevents hatching of the eggs and hopefully will keep the geese from returning the following year. Morse Waterways representatives have attended DNR classes and have a permit for this process.
Check out all the Morse Lake spring and summer events on our new web site www.morseh2o.org.
If you have any topics you would us to address or have any information you want us to share regarding the lake, please send us an email at: MWA@morseh2o.org
Donations are always needed. Our annual insurance invoices ($950) are due and we recently paid our dues to the Upper White River Watershed Alliance which has assisted us with our grant funding and water quality. If everyone contributed just $10 or $20, we will have sufficient funds for our 2011 expenses. Your contribution is tax deductable, since we are a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Send donations to Jim Schneider, 2460 Cape Henry Ct., Cicero, IN 46034 or use the PayPal link on our web site.
Jim Schneider
President, Morse Waterways Association
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As you are preparing your home and yard for spring, be sure to consider the impacts your lawn has on water quality. Your individual choices and actions make a difference!
Your Lawn Fertilizer Choices
Many mature lawns do not need fertilizers, particularly fertilizer with phosphorus in it. Remember one pound of phosphorus running off into the water can grow 500 pounds of algae.
Check it out to see how many people are on the map – take the pledge to show your support for healthy Indiana waters and get on the map yourself!
Your Yard Clean-up Choices
There are several natural ‘fertilizers’ and pollutants that accumulate over the winter, decompose, and find their way into the water as well. Things such as leaf litter, pet waste, and general landscaping yard waste all contain nutrients such as phosphorus that can also add to spring and summer algal blooms.
Even some other simple spring-cleaning backyard behaviors like car or boat washing and oil changes can also be a significant source of nutrients and other pollutants to the local streams and drinking water supplies.
Consider the choices you are making around your home as you begin spring yard work. Protecting the water quality of Morse Reservoir requires everyone to do their part to make sure their property doesn’t contribute pollution to our water supplies. You can make a difference – make a clear choice for clean water!
Springtime Choices Impact Morse Lake Water Quality!
There are plenty of sings that spring is in full force. Sometime these signs are natural indicators like flowers poking through weathered mulch, or migrating birds like sandhill cranes flying far overhead; but others, are signs of human life awakening after winter. These signs like people cleaning up boats, or washing cars and bikes in their drives, or the often dreaded spring clean-up around the yard – all can bring potential risks to local water quality.As you are preparing your home and yard for spring, be sure to consider the impacts your lawn has on water quality. Your individual choices and actions make a difference!
Your Lawn Fertilizer Choices
Many mature lawns do not need fertilizers, particularly fertilizer with phosphorus in it. Remember one pound of phosphorus running off into the water can grow 500 pounds of algae.
- Follow the instructions on the bag and use only the right amount. More is not better! Any fertilizer that is not used by your lawn will end up in local stream or reservoir – growing potentially toxic algae and producing bad tasting water.
- If you use a lawn care company, make sure to talk to them about no-phosphorus fertilizer and minimum application rates throughout the season.
- If you are already using no-phosphorus fertilizer, or no fertilizer at all, or if you are asking your applicator to use no-P products, take the no-phosphorus pledge at www.ClearChoicesCleanWater.org.
Check it out to see how many people are on the map – take the pledge to show your support for healthy Indiana waters and get on the map yourself!
Your Yard Clean-up Choices
There are several natural ‘fertilizers’ and pollutants that accumulate over the winter, decompose, and find their way into the water as well. Things such as leaf litter, pet waste, and general landscaping yard waste all contain nutrients such as phosphorus that can also add to spring and summer algal blooms.
- Please bag or compost leaves – do not rake leaves or other yard waste like last year’s flower stalks or grass clippings, etc. into the ponds or streams or storm drains!
- Pick up and dispose of pet waste in the garbage!
Even some other simple spring-cleaning backyard behaviors like car or boat washing and oil changes can also be a significant source of nutrients and other pollutants to the local streams and drinking water supplies.
- Used oil from a single oil change can pollute up to 1,000,000 gallons of freshwater.
- In order for one ounce of biodegradable detergent to be safe for fish, it needs to be diluted by almost 20,000 ounces of water.
Consider the choices you are making around your home as you begin spring yard work. Protecting the water quality of Morse Reservoir requires everyone to do their part to make sure their property doesn’t contribute pollution to our water supplies. You can make a difference – make a clear choice for clean water!
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