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The MLSA is the mother of all the lake Associations in Michigan. PBWOA pays a
very modest fee to them to be a member of MLSA and Host our Website. The MLSA
publishes the Riparian Magazine at
http://www.mi-riparian.org/
You can also help MLSA provide the leadership for Water Quality, that the DEQ
can no longer give, by becoming a personal member of MLSA at
http://mlswa.org/applying.htm and
also become a member of their Legal arm in Lansing at the Michigan Waterfront
Alliance
http://www.mwai.org/Applying.htm
Here is a link of the MLSA that provides very useful information to Riparian
Owners
http://mlswa.org/Helpful-Topics.htm
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MISSION |
Encourages and
supports all efforts by citizens of the State to maintain swimable and
fishable waters and to prevent the contamination of
surface and groundwater
resources and supplies |
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OFFICES |
Main office at Three
Rivers, Michigan. Corporation history and records are kept at this
office. Files of water laws and court cases are filed here.
The northern office is
located at 8511 Kokosing Road, Long Lake, Michigan. This is the location of
five computers that are continually serving the corporation. The billing
and record keeping of individual and association membership is kept here.
The MLSA Newsletter is coordinated and mailed from this office. CLMP is
carried out from this office. |
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BROCHURES |
ML&SA has produced a
number of one page brochures to cover topics of Interest to riparian
property owners. Some of those brochures are entitled as follows:
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ARE YOU OBSERVING
THE 100 FOOT RULE, |
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AQUATIC NUMISANCE
SPECIES HANDBOOK, |
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CONTROLLING AQUATIC
PLANTS IN MICHIGAN, |
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COOPERATIVE LAKES
MONITORING PROGRAM, |
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LAKE WATER QUALITY,
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LAKESIDE LANDSCAPING
AND LAWNCARE, |
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RIPARIAN RIGHTS,
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TOWNSHIP POWERS,
ETC. |
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BOARD |
Michigan Lake & Stream
Associations is managed and controlled by a Board of Directors from 15
Regions of the state plus two Directors at large. Directors are elected
by lake association members from each Region. |
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ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
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ML&SA holds a 2 ½ day
annual conference the last week of April each year. Professors from
colleges and universities, together with experts in water law and
water resources are requested to present topics of interest to waterfront
property owners and the general public. Between 30-35 speakers volunteer to
assist in presenting topics of lake and stream problems and solutions. |
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RESOURCES |
Michigan borders on
four of the five Great Lakes and has some 36,000 miles of rivers and streams
that attract some 10 million tourists each year. Snowmobiling, skiing, and
ice fishing attract many visitors during the winter season. The summer
season brings fisherman to all parts of the state who spend over 750 million
dollars in pursuing their favorite species. |
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TOURISM |
People are attracted
to the Landscape views that abound in all parts of the state, especially
along the shores of the Great Lakes. The number of water falls in the UP
exceeds 150, and each one has something unique. It cannot be said that
once you have seen one, you have seen them all. The mountains and rocks
ridges of the UP together with the millions of acres of federal and state
forest with their lakes and rivers draw many tourists to this state. There
are over 11,000 lakes five acres or more in size in the state. These lakes
normally abound in bluegills, perch, smallmouth and largemouth bass, sunfish
and crappie. Other lakes have walleye, northern pike, muskies and other
predatory fish. |
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