June 26, 2019
To All White Lake Areas Property Owners and Guests
First of all, I continue to personally thank all of you that have operated your boat on the lake this year.
Operating in a slow-no-wake fashion as you all have not only is respectful of all riparian property owners but also exemplifies the great stewards you all are in protecting our shorelines and preserving the structures that exist there to help protect it. Needless to say that if waves were to be created by our watercraft now, those shorelines and structures would be severely damaged causing more organic nutrients to be introduced which we all have done such a great job in trying to limit over the past many years.
Thank-you again to the White Lake Beach Resort for their proactive stance working to regulate and monitor the watercraft being launched at their boat ramp. In addition, they have monitored the use of that watercraft quite well to abide by a slow-no –wake operation during this year of high water. Kudos again to PJ, Sarah and staff.
As a reminder, the ordinary high water mark (OHWM) was established by the Department of Natural Resources at 95.8 feet in September of 1997. This will also be the level at which the pending slow-no-wake ordinance will be placed in effect later this summer. The public interest level set at the same time was 94.5 feet. There is no reason to set the slow-no-wake rule at that lower level however it may be possible to set that level for the initiation of water diversion.
The level of White Lake as read and reported by Ken Pientka on June 21st was 96.85. That means that we are still over a foot above (12.1 inches) the OHWM with intermittent rain still occurring. We appreciate you still operating at slow-no-wake speed until we again get to that OHWM level. As we get future readings, we will update everyone to the status.
On another note, our annual meeting will be held on Saturday August 3rd at 8:30 AM at Fortify Bank. Bob Wunderlich is up for re-election for another term. If anyone is interested in having their name on the ballot along with his, please advise as soon as you can or of course being a write-in candidate is always an option.
Thank-you
Mike Johnson
WLMD Management District - Commissioner
