Follow Us

Menu
Log in


Log in

Updates

<< First  < Prev   1   2   3   Next >  Last >> 
  • 09 Oct 2023 6:33 PM | Steve Peterson (Administrator)

    The PLIA Board is pleased to welcome Paige Reed as it’s newest Board Member.


    Paige has been active in the PLIA Communications Committee this year as the person who manages our Face Book and Instagram accounts. She has been very effective in increasing engagement with our members and friends. Paige was appointed to fill a vacant position on the board, following our bylaws.

    Paige and her husband Todd are full time residents of Platte Lake after retiring from Houston, Texas and purchasing Todd’s family home in the summer of 2022. Paige retired after working in commercial real estate for one of the top firms in the US, specializing in Class A, downtown office properties for over 20+ years. She graduated from Texas State University with a degree in Journalism. Her background includes marketing, major social events, social media and public relations for her firm as well as assisting neighborhood associations and local sports leagues with their platforms. 

    As a native Texan, Paige is experiencing Michigan for the first time.  She loves exploring the area and experiencing all four seasons.

     

    Paige and her husband Todd are full time residents of Platte Lake after retiring from Houston, Texas and purchasing Todd’s family home in the summer of 2022. Paige retired after working in commercial real estate for one of the top firms in the US, specializing in Class A, downtown office properties for over 20+ years. She graduated from Texas State University with a degree in Journalism. Her background includes marketing, major social events, social media and public relations for her firm as well as assisting neighborhood associations and local sports leagues with their platforms. 

    As a native Texan, Paige is experiencing Michigan for the first time.  She loves exploring the area and experiencing all four seasons.



  • 01 Aug 2023 10:31 AM | Steve Peterson (Administrator)

    2022 Shoreline Survey Results are here


  • 01 Aug 2023 10:30 AM | Steve Peterson (Administrator)

    The State of Michigan has created a webinar that describes best practices for shoreline management: Advancing Inland Lake Stewardship through Shoreline Best Management Practices https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rec

  • 01 Aug 2023 10:28 AM | Steve Peterson (Administrator)

    Here's a link to the most detailed depth map of Platte Lake we've ever seen.



  • 01 Aug 2023 10:25 AM | Steve Peterson (Administrator)

    Here is a link to a simple video of our Dialogue with the DNR Event 6/17


  • 14 Jul 2023 12:06 PM | Steve Peterson (Administrator)

    Dark Sky and Light Pollution.  This week the dark sky group out of Northport did a program at Rotary which was very good.  Around the lake there are obviously homes with more light than necessary, and therefore, light pollution.  Here’s the website.

     

    https://leelanauenergy.org/dark-sky

     


  • 24 Apr 2023 8:41 AM | Steve Peterson (Administrator)

    Here’s an interesting article by our partners at the Hatchery.

  • 19 Mar 2023 1:54 PM | Steve Peterson (Administrator)

    This fall the PLIA volunteers walked every inch of the inhabited Platte Lake shoreline looking for Cladophora. Why? Cladophora is a green algae that is unique in that it serves as a reliable marker for nutrient overloading such phosphorous and nitrogen. It is important to minimize the amount of these nutrients because they cause excessive algae and plant growth, which will then affect the water quality where you swim and play. Here's a link to the Report.

  • 09 Mar 2023 3:42 PM | Steve Peterson (Administrator)

    The PLIA Board is pleased to welcome Scott Jones as it’s newest Board Member.

    Scott and his wife Debbie are full time residents of Platte Lake. Scott is a retired manufacturing professional who specialized in running manufacturing plants for private and public companies in several locations throughout the US.  Scott’s outdoor life extends to hobbies in hockey, hunting, and golf where he spends the majority of his time when not working on home and land projects. 

    Scott has been active on our Science and Research committee.


  • 06 Mar 2023 6:15 PM | Steve Peterson (Administrator)

    The PLIA knows that it’s membership has enjoyed fishing for walleye in Platte Lake. The walleye plantings have been discontinued by the MDNR for about 6 years. Recently the PLIA contacted the MDNR with rationale for the resumption of those plantings. You can read our letter and the MDNR response with these  links.


    Although we were not successful, the PLIA board felt it is important for members to know that we are advocating on their behalf.


    Of particular interest is the abstract that used the data from the MDNR and did a simple statistical analysis looking for the correlation between walleye planting and coho returns. You can see that there is actually a positive correlation. Obviously mature walleye will eat smolt, but the impact of that walleye population, in spite of plantings, remains of no consequence according to this objective statistical analysis.


    The PLIA plans on participating in the 2024 salmon marking study that Mr. Heintzelman referred to in his response. Conceptually, the idea that smolt release at the lower weir will reduce predation by birds, fish, otters etc. in Platte Lake on the smolt population and improve mature salmon return is interesting. The impact on fish rearing could mean that fewer fish, at less cost, could be produced for the same return rate. Now that is a win-win. 


<< First  < Prev   1   2   3   Next >  Last >> 
Powered by Wild Apricot Membership Software