Welcome to the new and improved Manistee Lake Association web site. We hope you like the look and the many additional features. We have tried to make the site far more useful as a source of information and communication. Many of the features are in the members only area so we encourage everyone to become a member and to register for the member area. Access is free to MLA members. Members please make sure to update your member information so we have current contact information for you.

We invite comments and suggestions to improve the site as well. We want to make this site as useful and user friendly as we can.  We have tried to minimize some features to lessen download times for those of you with slower internet connections. We will continue to add information to the site and to improve features as we go so please check back often and let us know what you think. I hope you enjoy our new home on the web. Spread the word around. Manistee Lake can always use more friends.

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Terms of all MLA officers and directors expire next May, 2012 and we will need to hold an election at our May, 2012 MLA General membership meeting to fill all these positions. A number of current office holders will not be candidates for re-election including president and vice-president. Treasurer and some director positions as well as the vacant Sargent at Arms position may also be open for new members to run. Anyone interested in helping chart the direction of the Manistee Lake Association and invest a small amount of time in the future of our lake community should consider running for office. We are also always looking for people to serve as chairs and members of our standing committees. Currently these are: membership, water quality, fishing improvement (joint with MLIB) and by-laws. Duties of MLA officers and directors are outlined in our by-laws. Anyone with an interest in holding a position or with questions about them should let us know by clicking on the Contact Us item in the public menu in the left hand column and sending us a message.

The 2011 review by the Manistee Lake Improvement Board (MLIB) of its on going project to control invasive eurasian water milfoil (EWM) in Mansitee Lake has been completed and is available for review on the MLA website. There is also a summary report of the water quality data collected by MLIB's consultant available. Registered users of the website can access these reports by clicking on Click on the MLIB Important Documents button in the Members Menu on the left hand side of the home page.

The report indicates that efforts to control EWM through planting of a native weevil that damages milfoil plants and slows their growth are showing signs of success as those areas where higher weevil populations have been established are showing significant damage to EWM plants. The report also suggests that on going weevil plantings next year and potentially in following years will be necessary to better establish sustainable weevil populations and hence, sustainable EWM control. Enviroscience, the company that raises and plants the weevils, believes we can establish a self-sustaining weevil population in Manistee Lake and once we do, more consistent control of EWM should be achieved.