Greetings from the cool and windy shores of Tomahawk Lake! For those of you who live and play on Tomahawk for only a few months of the year, you’re missing a heavy dose of seasonal transitioning. The locals are scurrying around getting ready for winter, while also trying to enjoy the last few warm days of autumn. Almost all of the boats are put away and only a few die-hard fishermen or an occasional work barge is still venturing out onto the chilly waters of the lake.
Autumn is also a time to reflect on how well the summer went. As I assess progress against TLA goals, I am pleased by our many successes. However, this year’s EWM treatment wasn’t as productive as we planned.
The path forward can sometimes be hard to see when there are a lot of unanswered questions.
When the Tomahawk Lake Association (TLA) Board of Directors met in January, there were a host of unanswered questions that needed to be resolved before we could have a clear view of our short term future. As we left that meeting, we were unsure we’d be able to address the work plan we had established for the upcoming summer season because the funding paths were uncertain. But over the past 90 days many questions have been answered, and the way forward has become clearer.
TLA’s efforts have always required that three partners come together to financially support the association’s plans to protect and enhance Tomahawk Lake. As we looked forward at the end of September 2010, two of the three were in serious doubt.
To all of you who aren’t able to be here right now, sooooooooooo sorry!
Indian Summer has finally arrived in the North Woods, and although the nights are frosty, the days have been heating up into the mid 50’s (or higher) for several days in a row. Coupled with a good deal of sunshine, and what were perhaps the countries very best fall color display, this October was one of the best on record – if enjoying the great northern outdoors is the goal. And it definitely is the goal of yours truly.
Hello good friends and welcome to the cooling and colorful north woods! It is fall and the idyllic, sunny summer days have turned cold and snowy. The weather was fickle this year – May and June were record cold months, and the really fine summer weather didn’t show up until August and September.
The Tomahawk Lake Association had a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde type summer as well. As the spring of 2009 rolled in, our hopes were high that the 2008 successes in controlling Eurasian Water Milfoil (EWM) had helped us turn a corner. We were optimistic we would be able to duplicate our success for a second straight year. In reality, we lost some ground to EWM.
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Welcome to the first installment of the “Executive Director’s Blog.” I’m excited about the opportunity to bring my thoughts about our wonderful Tomahawk Lake to you, and I hope to hear back from you as well. Things are constantly happening on the lake, and sometimes it’s a good idea to slow down and reflect [...]
