Weed Harvester Update

Caribou Lake friends and neighbors, thank you for your continued patience as we work to get the harvester operational. While it is still not fixed, Cory Garden now has the Manufacturer, Dealer/Servicer, and a Designer talking. It has been an uphill battle to get to this point and many frustrating phone calls. Cory has been sure to let them all know of our frustration as a membership, dissatisfaction with this machine’s reliability, and sheer disappointment with their customer service. Continue reading

Weed Harvester Update

We were hoping for the weed harvester to be done with its hydraulic repair on Friday, and returned to service, but it is not complete yet. The shop has all the pressure and torque specs they need and we believe we will have the harvester in service very soon. The operators are ready to go and the weeds are growing so we want to start ASAP!

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Northland Alert – NERCC Notification

One of the concerns brought up at the CLA annual meeting was NERCC notification if there was an inmate escape. In February 2021, Northland Alert added the ability to subscribe to NERCC alerts, but many in attendance at our meeting weren’t aware of this service.

Northland Alert is an emergency notification system to alert the public about emergencies and other important community news.

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June 12, 2021 – Upcoming Caribou Lake Association Meeting

The next Caribou Lake Association meeting will be held Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 10:00am at the Sheet Metal Workers Labor Building. For those that have been in the area a while, this is the old Caribou Lake School building. The address is 6279 Industrial Road, Saginaw, MN 55779 and the building is located on the corner of Industrial Road and Munger Shaw Road.

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Loon Nesting Season

As we quickly enter loon nesting season, we have placed our 3 loon nesting platforms from last year’s Eagle Scout project with the Proctor BSA troop #84. We have tried 3 locations close to shore but away from land predators. As you kayak and boat in the areas around our lake you will see the platforms by the Work Farm shoreline, Birch Point creek inlet, and at the little creek at the end of Sunny Lane. Please give the platforms and loons space to help preserve this beautiful bird.

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Help Make a Difference!

 

We have entered the spring and summer lake season and the inevitable work we all have to do to put docks in and maintain our lake places each year. We are also quickly approaching weed harvesting season and the many expenses that come with running, fueling, and maintaining the weed harvester that has helped our lake so much over the last couple seasons.

One easy way you can help is setting your Amazon purchases to use Amazon Smile and benefit our lake association.

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