Star Prairie Fish & Game Association February Meeting

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 – Don Madsen’s on Cedar Lake

 

     The April meeting of the SPF&GA was called to order at 7:10 pm by Vice President Chuck Magoon.

 

     The Secretary’s and Treasurer’s reports were read and approved as presented.

 

Meeting Guests :

  1. US Fish & Wildlife : Rich Miller and Jim Reimer
  2.  Prospective new member Tim Vasak

 

Committee Reports :

 

  1. Committee reports for  Buck’s Night,  Outreach,  and Youth were tabled.
  2. Fisheries/Habitat : The fish cribs on the north end of Cedar lake went down on March 25 to 26.   One floated to the north end of the lake, it was towed back in place by the DNR.
  3. Park Party : Bob Swanda reports that Trigger Happy and the Fiddler have been booked to again play at the Park Party, which is  set for August 14, 2007.
  4. Education Building :  The land swap has been finalized for perc-able land for the septic system.  Driveway elevations have been taken, the driveway installation work will be put out for bids this spring.   Alecia Miller will be giving tours of the site including the eagle’s nest this spring to school groups.
  5. Current 2007 membership stands at 39 paid members. 
  6. A $100 donation has been made for Earth Day activities to be held in Hudson this spring.  Earth day is Saturday April 21.
  7. Sr. Pontoon rides : Sign up is full,  with 101 seniors signed up, further requests will have to put on a waiting list.   The date is Wed. June 13, with a rain date of June 14.   Seniors will be served a meal of grilled trout and Bratwurst with all the sides at the village park after the pontoon rides on Cedar lake.     Available members are requested to meet at the village park at 11:30 to move tables and chairs.    A motion was made to donate labor, and possible materials, to repair Val’s marina dock on the south side of Cedar to facilitate use of his site.

 

 

Old Business/New Business:

 

 

1.    The DNR Spring Hearings were held on Monday, April 16. The St. Croix county hearings were held at WITC in New Richmond.   The walleye regulation change on Cedar Lake had verbal support, the panfish limit change to 10  in St. Croix County had opposition, but the feeling was that it would pass in St. Croix and Polk counties.   Fish manager Marty Engel gave a compelling argument for the panfish limit reduction.

2.    The winter access on the southwest bay of Cedar lake has had work done on it by the township.

3.     The Wisconsin Wildlife Federation voted 57-11 to support a band on deer baiting and feeding.  Mike Reiter arranged for a proxy vote for the club in support of the ban.

4.    The DNR wardens have met with a person that has been identified as one of the responsible parties for moving 2 of the fish cribs that the club built on Cedar lake.   Resolution of the incident is still pending.

5.    Half the Ditch cleanup on the mile of Highway 65 closest to Star Prairie was completed on April 17, 7 club volunteers participated.

6.    The NR high school service learning day is Thursday, May 17.   A group of students will assemble the boardwalk at the winter access in the south-west bay of Cedar lake.   Club members available to assist should meet at the winter access at 9:00 A.M.

7.    The Bob Moberg scholarship in the amount of $1000.00 will be presented to the selected student at the NR awards day on May 27, by club president Dan Bygd.

8.    The club donated a framed print for the Barry Schmidt benefit at Gibbys Lanes last weekend.

9.    A Handicapped fishing event is being sponsored by the Richardson’s Sportsmans club on the first weekend in June on Lake Magnor.  Interested parties can contact the club or Rich Miller.

10. A wood duck nesting box was donated to Marcie Armstrong for her support of the club.

11. Members interested in a swan banding project using kayaks to capture the young birds should contact Chuck Magoon.   Anyone who knows of a swan nest site should contact the US Fish & Wildlife service with location details.

12. Chuck Magoon proposed that the club identify a new project to work on, some ideas suggested were : Wild Rice planting in Cedar lake, creek improvements from Cedar lake to Horse Creek, Apple river restoration to the Alden bridge. Put on your thinking caps and come up with some other ideas

 

 

 

 

            The next meeting of the SPF&GA is scheduled for Monday, May 21, with the 6 pm social hour and the 7 pm regular meeting at Don Madsen’s on Cedar Lake

 

 With no further business the meeting was adjourned at 8:41 pm.

 

Respectfully submitted

Mike Kelly (Recorder)