articles from August, 1998 newsletter:
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President's Message
Our 30th Annual Meeting is coming up Saturday, August 15, at Fortune Bay Resort.
We had such a good experience at Fortune Bay last year that we decided to pay a
retum visit. Those of you who attended last year will recall that the room was
comfortable, the food was good and the service was outstanding. We hope you'll
be pleased with the arrangements again this year.
Here's how to get to Fortune Bay: To reach the resort by road, turn onto #104
from Highway 77. If you're coming by boat, dock at the Fortur~e Bay marina on
Everett Bay. When you reach the resort complex, enter the main hotel lobby and
take the elevator or stairs to the second floor banquet room.
We're planning a social hour beginning at 5 p.m., followed by a 6 p.m. buffet.
Dinner prices are $10 for adults and $5 for children age 12 and younger. Please
phone in your reservations by Tuesday, August 11.
After dinner, the business meeting agenda will include a review of the past year's
club projects and the election of directors. The following directors will be running
for re-election to three-year terms on the board: Bill Boril, Leon Long, Harold Korpela
and Paula Bloczynski. Additional nominations from the floor will be accepted, but
please be sure to have the nominee's permission before presenting his/her name.
NEW at this year's meeting is the addition of a featured speaker. Our neighbor
and Sportsmen's Club member Dick Wray, who has a seasonal place on Pine Island,
expressed interest in addressing our membership at the annual meeting and the
board, at our June meeting, decided to extend an invitation to Dick. We had many
letters and phone calls from members in support of inviting Dick to speak, and
the board has been aware for some time that property taxes concern a great many
of our members. Dick Wray, as you may know, is president of the Minnesota Seasonal
Recreational Property Owners Coalition. The focus of his remarks will be: "A call
to action to stop market driven taxable value tax increases on Minnesota lakeshore
and all real property."
The club's annual dinner meeting is never a formal affaircome as you are in vacation
attireand we'll plan to wrap up the evening in timely fashion so that our island
residents have plenty of daylight for their trip home. This is our one big gathering
of the year and a perfect opportunity for members to bring up matters of personal
concern regarding club business or problems around the lake.
Back for the fourth year, the club's ever-popular Hydro-Bike Ride, to benefit the
scholarship fund, will also take place on Saturday, August 15. Hydro-Bikers will
pedal the length of the lake from The Landing Restaurant to Fortune Bay Resort and
will finish in time for the annual dinner meeting. Call directors Steve Anderson or
Rick Pearson if you would like to participate as a rider or a sponsor.
We hope to see you on Saturday, August 15. Please mark your calendar, phone in your
reservation and plan to join us at Fortune Bay Resort for the Sportsmen's Club 30th annual meeting.
Paula Bloczynski
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Annie Ludlow Is Our 1998 Scholarship Recipient
Annie Kristen Ludlow, a 1998 graduate of Cook High School, is this year's recipient of
the Robert B. Olson Memorial Scholarship. Annie plans to attend Pacific Lutheran
University in the fall and will begin work toward a degree in marine biology.
The Robert B. Olson Memorial Scholarship was established in 1991 by the directors
of the Sportsmen's Club with the approval of the Olson family. The scholarship
honors the memory of Robert B. Olson, a Tower civic leader and Lake Vermilion
resident. Bob was an avid hunter, angler and outdoorsman and was serving as a
Sportsmen's Club director at the time of his death in 1990.
The scholarship has a value of $500 and is awarded each spring to a Cook or
Tower senior who is planning to follow a college curriculum relating to
conservation or the environment. For each scholarship awarded, $250 is
withdrawn from the Olson Scholarship Fund and a matching amount is
contributed by the Sportsmen's Club. The Scholarship Fund is replenished by
memorial gifts and by fundraisers, such as the Cook-to-Tower Hydro-Bike run
which will be held in conjunction with the club's annual meeting.
This year's scholarship winner was selected by the board of directors of
the Sportsmen's Club at their May meeting. The board reviewed application
forms, letters of recommendation, essays and transcripts from all of this
year's applicants. Their decision was based on leadership qualities, scholarship
and career potential.
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A Letter From Our 1996 Scholarship Recipient...Katie Kramer June 1, 1998
Dear Paula and Sportsmen's Club Members:
I thought I would write and say hi to you and the Sportsmen's Club. I am home from
school for the next two weeks and then I am flying to West Virginia for the first part of
the Career Awareness Institute Program (CAI). It is a training program for the U. S. Fish
and Wildlife Service and they send me to school for three weeks, in West Virginia; I earn
six semester credits at the National Conservation Training Center. Then I will come home
for the Fourth and then I will be assigned to the National Valley Wildlife Refuge in St. Paul
where I am working as a biological technician for the rest of the summer.
This summer will definitely be busy mapping wildlife, making cover maps, scent posting, and
learning management skills for the USFWS. To say the least I am really excited about the whole
learning experience. I will come home in August and start volleyball before school. I will only
have two semesters left end then I wiligraduate, hopefully with a permanent job with the Fish
and Wildlife Service already set up! But before I start work after graduation the school is
helping us put together a planned trip to Australia in the end of May. I am going to take a
little time with some of my other classmates to explore some new places and celebrate our
completion of the NRT (Natural Resources Technology) program at Vermilion College in Ely.
Well, I hope this last year has gone as well for you as it has for me, and that you have a
great summer. I will try to drop you another line to let you know how my training went when
I start school next fall.
Take care,
Katie Kramer
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Fourth Annual Hydro-Bike Scholarship Ride
Hello, Club Members, Just one last reminder...there's still time to purchase your winning
ticket!!!! We're raffling off three great prizes.
1) A brand new Hydro-Bike (a propellor-driven bicycle on floats; they're fun and they're fast!).
2) A brand new lawn swing.
3) A brand new electric trolling motor donated by Pike Bay Repair.
If you have not purchased your ticket yet, look in your last Sportsmen's Club newsletter
and there should be five raffle tickets. Fill them out and mail the stubs with your check
to: Steve Anderson, 2860 Vermilion Dr., Cook, MN 55723.
If you can't find the tickets, call Steve at 218-666-2938 and he will see that you get them.
They are $1 per ticket and remember that the proceeds from this raffle are going to a VERY
good causethe SCLV Scholarship Fund. The drawing will be held on August 15 and you need not
be present to win.
Steve Anderson, Director
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Vermilion's First Muskie Tournament Set for Sept. 19-25 at Bay View Lodge
Lake Vermilion's first-ever muskie tournament is coming up the week of September 19-25 at
Bay View Lodge on Big Bay. The event will be sponsored by the Northland Chapter of Muskies,
Inc., an organization that promotes only catch-and-release tournaments.
According to Bob Airis, owner of Bay View Lodge, the Northland Chapter is based in the Twin
Cities and had the option of selecting this year's tournament site. The chapter picked
Vermilion because of its growing reputation as a quality muskie fishery. Bob emphasized that
this will be strictly a catch-and-release tournament and that no fish kill will be allowed.
For more information, Bob Airis can be reached at 753-4825.
Muskies have come a long way since the muskie stocking program on Vermilion was begun by
the DNR in 1984. Results of the DNR's 1997 Vermilion Creel Survey reported that 1,044 muskies
were caught during the surveyed period from May 10 through September 30, and the largest
individual muskie caught by an interviewed angler was 48 inches.
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"How long does it take for a hook to dissolve?"
Reprinted from the MN-DNR Publication "Fish and Wildlife Today"
Q. In its statements on catch-and-release, the DNR says it's better to leave a deeply imbedded
hook in a fish's mouth and cut the line than to rip the hook out. The hook will supposedly
dissolve. But how do biologists know this?
A. There is no existing scientific research on the topic, but DNR fisheries biologists have
observed fish surviving with hooks in various stages of "being dissolved" in their
bodies. And many anglers have caught fish with a partially dissolved hook in its gut.
Many variables determine how fast the hook will dissolve, and if the fish will survive
at all. These include hook location (throat, stomach, mouth, etc.), hook size, fish size,
temperature (most reactions occur faster at higher temperatures, so a hook would probably
dissolve faster in the summer than in the winter).
A hook in the mouth may dissolve, but it could also work loose and fall out. A hook in the
mouth might hamper feeding behavior, but only temporarily. A hook in the gill, however, will
almost always prove fatal because it interrupts the respiratory process before it gets a
chance to dissolve. Hooks in the stomach will nearly always dissolve, if internal organs
have not received life-threatening damage from the hook (such as during a fight between
fish and angler).
How long does it take for a hook to dissolve? Again there are lots of variables, such as
hook size and fish size. DNR fisheries biologists estimate that it would take roughly two
to three weeks for an "average" hook to be dissolved by the "average" fish - without too much
indigestion.
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New Personal Watercraft Laws In Effect
New laws, which went into effect June 1, will affect how and when personal watercraft
(water scooters, Jet Skis, Sea Doos, etc.) may be operated.
Kim Elverum, Department of Natural Resources Boat and Water Safety Program coordinator,
noted the following summary of the major restrictions, some of which have been in place
since 1991:
- Personal watercraft must travel at slow-no wake speed (5-mph. or less) within 150 feet
of non-motorized boats, shore (unless launching or landing skiers directly to or from
open water), docks, swim rafts or any moored or anchored boat (new);
- Operation of personal watercraft will only be allowed from 9:30 a.m. to one hour before
sunset (new);
- Personal watercraft will not be able to jump the wake of another craft within 150 feet
of that craft (new);
- A personal watercraft rules decal issued by the DNR will need to be on the craft in
full view of the operator (new);
- All persons on board a personal watercraft must wear a Coast Guard approved lifejacket;
- Operators may not chase or harass wildlife;
- The age for adults accompanying 13- to 17-yearolds who do not have a watercraft operator's
permit is raised from 18 to 21 years old; those 14 to 17 years old can operate alone with
the operator's permit. If they have a permit and are 13, they also need to be in visual
supervision of someone at least 21 (new);
- If the craft is equipped with a cutoff lanyard, the lanyard must be attached to the
operator or the operator's life jacket.
The DNR mailed each personal watercraft owner a copy of a new personal watercraft pamphlet
and a rules decal on May 26, and mailed multiple copies to most personal watercraft dealers
and rental operations. Additional copies are available free from the DNR by calling 296-6157
(Twin Cities metro area) or 1 -888-MINNDNR (greater Minnesota); at regional DNR offices in
Bemidji, Grand Rapids, Brainerd, New Ulm, Rochester and St. Paul; at sheriff's departments;
and at most personal watercraft dealers. All DNR conservation officers and most sheriff's
departments also have copies of both the rules decal and brochure.
"At this point, our primary goal is to educate the public about the new laws and gain voluntary
compliance," Elverum noted. "As with any new requirement, enforcement officers will use
discretion in dealing with any violations. As an example, those without a PWC rules decal
will probably be given one right on the water."
Some have also asked about the new $50 surcharge that the Minnesota Legislature added to
personal watercraft registrations. "This does not go into effect until Jan. 1, 1999,"
Elverum said. "It will be paid at the time the craft is up for renewal, which could be
at the end of 1998, 1999 or 2000, depending on expiration date on the current registration."
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Update: Lake Vermilion Water Quality Program
The Sportsmen's Club of Lake Vermilion began collecting water samples during 1983. Twenty-two
representative sites were selected from around the lake. By 1996, 33 locations were being
observed. During 1997, five.more were added.
During the early years, severe contamination was present at the East Two Rivers locations.
Since 1990 the contamination by E. Coli (fecal colonies) at the sites has markedly improved.
During the same time period, other locations showed varying amounts of E. Coli contamination.
During 1997, 19 sites demonstrated the presence of E. Coli.
This year, 1998, the board of directors consulted with Christopher Holm, Ph.D., an aquatic
biologist. The board elected to test the 19 contaminated sites each month, May through
September, to obtain a more detailed observation of other variables.
At this update goes to press, we have preliminary reports for the samples collected May 15
and June 16. All 19 locations show some evidence of E. Coli with five sites suggesting concern.
During the remainder of the summer, we will attempt to gather and interpret the data.
Areas of study will include, but not be limited to: changes in the amount of contamination
over time, base line contamination by other mammals and the level of contamination which
is considered to be a health risk.
Submitted by: Willis Irons - Board member,
218-753-6589
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Kronholms Purchase Boat and Motor
Club members Roger and Barb Kronholm of Maplewood and Birch Point were the winning bidders
for the boat and motor recently offered for sale by the Sportsmen's Club. Their winning bid
was $1,852 for the 16-ft. Crestliner boat and 25-hp. Mariner motor. The bid opening was at
the club's board of directors meeting on Wednesday, June 3.
The boat and motor were purchased new in 1996 by the club and were subsequently loaned
to the DNR for their creel survey on Lake Vermilion the past two summers. The boat and motor
were returned to the club following the completion of the creel survey, and we offered them
for sale to club members. The call for bids was published in the May 1998 issue of the
"Vermilion Sportsman," and required a minimum bid of $1,750, with bidding limited to
Sportsmen's Club members.
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Be Kind to Your Sewage Treatment System -- Conserve Water
The effectiveness of your sewage treatment system largely depends on how it is used and operated.
If more water enters the system than it was designed for, the system becomes overloaded and
operation can be affected. Plugging, backups or even surfacing may occur if suspended solids
in the liquid layer are forced out of the tank and into the soil treatment system when water
overload occurs. Here are some tips for conserving water to be kind to your septic system.
By minimizing the amount of water used in the home, you'll extend the life of your system
and enhance the treatment of wastewater.
- Fix leaking water fixtures - faucets, toilets, showers, etc.
- Don't leave the water running to rinse dishes, brush teeth or shave. Filling the sink instead
can save up to 5 gallons per minute.
- Replace any pre-1994 plumbing fixtures with new low-flow fixtures. New toilets use 1.6
gallons per flush; they can save an average family of four up to 100 gallons of water a day.
A low-flow showerhead can save 65 gallons during a typical, 10-minute shower. Take shorter showers.
- Purchase water-saving dishwashers and water softeners. Run only full loads in the dishwasher.
Set the water softener for recharge every two or three days.
- Wkash only frull loads of laundry, use the suds saver, and spread loads of laundry out
over the week. Buy a front loading washer; it uses 40% less water.
- For cold drinking water, keep a pitcher of water in the refrigerator instead of waiting
for tap water to get cold.
- Route water from hot tubs, roof drains, basement drains, and sump pumps away from the septic system.
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Loon, Subject Of Photo Projects, Hit By Towboat
by Daniel Bliss
(Reprinted with permission from the Timberjay)
A loon that gained a measure of fame through a recent National Geographic feature is dead,
after it was hit by a towboat on Moose Lake on Sunday morning, June 28.
The male loon, photographed in 1994 by Jim Brandenburg in his one-photograph-a-day
project that appeared in National Geographic last November, was struck by the fully-laden
towboat just inside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness while trying to protect
a chick along with his partner. Loons usually do not dive to get out of harm's way if
they have a chick, because they must stay on the surface to protect it.
Twin Cities-based photographer Richard Simonsen, who has extensively documented the
loon pair over the last year, witnessed the accident as he was motoring out for
another day of observing the birds. He said he tried to wave the towboat off to avoid
the collision. But, even with two passengers in the front of the boat looking forward,
it did not change course.
Simonsen chased after the north-bound towboat and stopped them and told them what they
had done. It emerged that the towboat's occupants had not seen the Ioons and were not
aware of the accident.
"It obviously had prop damage," Simonsen said of the stricken male. "The one leg was bleeding
and broken and sticking up out of the water."
Simonsen captured the loon, and with Jim and Judy Brandenburg, prepared it for transportation
to-a vet. Staff at the Ely Veterinary Clinic referred them to a wildlife rehabilitation
facility at the University of Minnesota. But the loon died enroute as Simonsen was flying his
float-plane from Moose Lake back to the Twin Cities.
"It was just sickening. It was just an unbelievable sight to see that loon swimming there,
with his leg dangling up in the air," Judy Brandenburg said.
Staff at North Country Lodge, where Simonsen stays regularly on his visits to the Boundary
Waters, helped with caring for the survivors, including providing food. The aim was to minimize
the effort the mother had to put into finding food immediately after the accident.
"With a single parent, they do dive, but that leaves the young one very exposed and very
susceptible to predators," Simonsen said.
Loons mate and stay together for life, and single-parent situations are rare. Over the
past year, Simonson, a keen amateur photographer who has started marketing his nature
photographs over the Internet, had steadily gained the confidence of both parents,
particularly the male. He put together a photo project, including a closeup of the male
loon feeding, on display in Ely's Brandenburg Gallery.
Simonsen said he hoped a way could be found to improve visibility out of the towboats.
"I just wish the kids who run these boats would make sure that they can see forward,"
he said. "I was waving at them and they didn't react at all and they went right over the family."
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New Home Found For Orphaned Loon Chick
by Daniel Bliss
(Reprinted with permission from the Timberjay)
A loon chick orphaned last week after a Moose Lake towboat hit its father has a new home.
The week-old chick was left in danger after the father was killed, and its mother's call
attracted other unattached males that attacked the chick. Now, photographers Richard Simonsen
and Jim Brandenburg, who attempted to save the fatally-injured male loon two weeks ago, have
placed the chick with another pair of loons on an unidentified nearby lake.
They had placed an emergency message on WELY radio, asking for people to report loon pairs
with one or no chicks, that therefore might adopt the orphan. Loons almost always lay two eggs,
but are open to adopting other chicks if one or both eggs fail to hatch.
When Simonsen and Brandenburg placed the loon, they observed it for around a half an hour,
to make sure the new parents were feeding it and taking care of it. "We released the chick and
it took instantly," Brandenburg said. "The family started to feed it the first minute."
It ended a stressful week in which Brandenburg had been hand-feeding the chick on a pond near
his house. "It was pretty stressful waking up every morning and hearing that chick peeping,"
he said, adding that it was important to make sure the chick didn't "forget that it was a loon".
"You can't kill them, you can't keep them, you can't raise them...so I didn't know what to do."
"We were right down to the wire. It couldn't have lasted more than another day or two."
The two photographers had consulted with loon researchers Patty Freeman and Myron Lysne, who
are currently doing a project to analyze mercury levels in area loons.
But the breakup of the family means that Simonsen's photographic project on the birds is
essentially over. Simonsen had conditioned the family to his presence over a year and a half
to get some spectacular close-up photographs and film footage.
According to Simonsen, many loons end up with only one chick or none at all. Some 70 percent
of nests fail, due to predation, human intervention or failure of eggs to hatch.
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15th Annual Loon Count
At the time we're putting together this issue of the newsletter (the week of July 6), the
Annual Loon Count, taken each summer by Sportsmen's Club volunteers, is set for Monday,
July 13 at 3 p.m.
Luckily for the club, Mardy Jackson will again be the coordinator for the count. This is
the club's 15th Annual Loon Count, and Vermilion is the only lake in Minnesota with statistics
from so many consecutive years. The results of this year's count will be shared with DNR
Non-Game Wildlife staff and also with our own club members at the annual meeting. Thank you,
Mardy, and thanks, too, to all the member-volunteers who help with the Loon Count in their
designated territories.
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Aquatic Vegetation
Mistakenly called "weeds" by many lakeshore property owners, aquatic plants provide essential
fish and wildlife habitat and help keep lakes clean and healthy. Through photosynthesis, aquatic
vegetation produces oxygen for the lake. Plants filter out sun-blocking sediments, as well as
nutrients that can fuel midsummer algae blooms. Vegetation provides food, shelter, and nesting
areas for fish, invertebrates, and wildlife.
Removing aquatic vegetation to improve boating or swimming eliminates fish habitat and damages
the root network that holds bottom sediments in place. For example, bulrushes keep waves
from covering bottom gravel used by bass and panfish for spawning. When bulrush beds are
cut up by boat paths, waves cover the gravel with silt and eat away at banks.
Wave action and boat wakes also stir up sediment, causing the lake water to become murky.
If sunlight cannot penetrate the cloudy water, a healthy and vibrant lake can eventually
turn into a lifeless bowl of green soup, devoid of most fish and wildlife.
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Protect pine tree seedlings from deer browsing with paper bud caps
by Bill Barnacle, Brainerd Region Silviculturist
Depredation by deer on planted and natural pine tree seedlings can be a problem. A cheap and
effective way of saving terminal buds (terminal bud is the bud, or cluster of buds, at the
very top of the tree) from browsing is using paper bud caps. A tree seedling will continue
to grow in a vertical manner if the terminal bud is not damaged, even if most of the tree
is browsed.
Paper buds caps have been used in state forests for many years. Paper bud caps are
inexpensive, environmentally friendly and easily applied. They offer one potential
solution to a widespread seedling survival problem.
The idea behind the bud cap is to protect the terminal bud cluster by stapling a small
piece of paper around it. Suitable paper products include common lightweight papers such
as typing or photocopy paper. The paper should be cut to 4" x 6", folded around the
terminal bud of the tree, and stapled to some needles near the top. However, for trees
that tend to have very weak terminal shoots such as young white pine, pieces of paper
as small as 3" x 4" are recommended. Wet snow can stick to the paper and cause the weak
terminal to bend over. A smaller piece of paper will not catch as much snow as a larger one.
Bud caps shuld be applied with three staples catching needles. The staples have to be
put on tight enough so they squeeze the needles and don't pull off in the wind. Use a
common office-type desktop stapler or equivalent. The paper should be placed so that
the bud cluster is at least 1/2-inch below the top of the paper but not lower than the
midpoint. The staples should be applied nearthe outside edge of the paper. The middle
staple should be parallel to the edge. The other two should be near the corners and at a
45-degree angle. All of the staples should be no more than 1 inch from the edge of the
paper. Experience has shown that caps applied this way will result in over 90 percent
of the caps surviving the winter in place.
The bud caps should be applied during October. Once the snow covers the ground the deer
tend to start feeding on green things that are above the snow line. The bud caps do not
have to be removed the following spring unless the owner wishes to remove them because of
aesthetic reasons. In the spring, the terminal bud and the adjacent lateral buds will
grow out the top opening of the folded paper. Trees should be protected this way each
year until they are at least 4 feet tall or are out of reach of the deer.
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Caring for Shoreland Lawns and Gardens
S H O R E LA N D B E S T M A N A G E M E N T P R A C T I C E S
Why are Lawns and Gardens a Potential Problem?
Lawns and gardens near shorelands must be carefully planned and maintained to prevent possible contamination of surface waters. Native vegetation should be considered as a quality alternative to cultured lawns and landscapes. Landscapes will revert to a native state if no maintenance is performed.
Establishment of new lawns must conform to Shoreland Management Regulations which prohibit intensive removal of vegetation near the shore and on slopes and bluffs. Check with your local zoning authority for specific regulations governing the body of water in question.
Existing lawns and gardens must be maintained in a manner which prevents the possible contamination of ground and surface waters.
Before beginning any practice, stop and think about potential risks to water quality. Shoreland owners must be aware of potential problems caused by soil erosion, as well as pollution due to chemical amendments and organic yard waste.
Special attention should be paid if the following conditions exist:
- There are areas of exposed soilflower beds, vegetable gardens, or poorly established vegetation.
- Soils have a course texture, such as sands or sandy loams.
- The property slopes toward surface water.
- There are impervious surfaces, such as sidewalks and driveways.
- Lawn/landscape maintenance is being done close to the surface water.
- Fertilizers, pesticides, or soil amendments are being applied.
Avoid or minimize the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
Preventing Potential Problems from Pesticides
If possible avoid the use of chemical pesticides. Consult a professional from the Minnesota
Extension Service or Soil and Water Conservation District to determine if the use of a
pesticide is justified. The following practices will minimize the potential of contamination
from pesticides.
- Properly identify the pest whether it is an insect, disease or other problem.
- Determine whether or not there is an economic or aesthetic justification for initiating
control of the pest.
- Consider control options other than the use of a chemical pesticide.
- Use the least toxic and most readily degradable pesticide which will be effective.
- Read the pesticide label carefully and pay special attention to warnings about use near
water and safety precautions.
- Do not apply pesticides when it is windy to avoid the possibility of drift.
- When purchasing pesticides, buy only what is needed to control the problem this season.
- Waste pesticides should be disposed of properly. Excess pesticides should never be poured
on the ground, into surface waters, or into sanitary treatment systems. Consult with your
county solid waste office, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency or your sanitary district
for proper methods of collection and disposal.
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Bird Illness
Reports are coming in that songbirds are dying because of salmonella spread by fecal
contamination at birdfeeders. Experts advise cleaning feeders with a solution of one
part chlorine bleach to nine parts water. Let the feeder dry before refilling. Also,
cleaning up debris and droppings below the feeder helps.
Reprint from Lakeshore News
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