After months of work, the Lake Owen Association Board released a final Lake Owen Management Plan. The LOA board, an advisory committee of Lake Owen residents, and professional advisors reviewed studies from recent years, Lake Owen water quality, habitat, invasive species, various management strategies, and outreach to Lake Owen residents and visitors in creating a…
DetailsOn August 12, 2024 Lake Owen Association Vice President Tom Johnson received an email report of a possible sighting of invasive milfoil in Lake Owen near the Two Lakes Campground. In 2005, the Two Lakes Boat Landing was the site of the contamination of the invasive Chinese Mystery Snails. Within minutes Tom Johnson notified the…
DetailsAfter months of work, the Lake Owen Association Board released an updated draft of a Lake Owen Management Plan and now is seeking public comment from their members and the general public. The LOA Board, an advisory committee of Lake Owen residents, and professional advisors reviewed studies from recent years, Lake Owen water quality, habitat,…
DetailsOn Wednesday, August 14, 2024 the Drummond Township held a public meeting to a very large audience on an ordinance to regulate Wake Boats on Lake Owen. At the start of the hearing, Drummond Township Board Chairman Roy Bloom asked the audience of a show of hands of those supporting and opposing the ordinance with…
DetailsLake Owen resident Tim Seline has joined a growing majority of people who voice opposition to LRB-3518 pending in the Wisconsin Legislature as bad for Lake Owen. Tim Seline and his wife wife have observed in the southern Big Bay that “even when the wake boats stay out in the middle, the waves reaching the…
DetailsLAKE OWEN ASSOCIATION RAMPS UP FIGHT AGAINST AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES Prevention is the best strategy for keeping Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) out of Lake Owen and other area lakes. Invasive plants, animals and pests are taking a toll on Wisconsin’s lakes, rivers, and landscapes. AIS cause damage to natural systems by displacing native species. Their…
DetailsThe North Country National Scenic Trail which includes several miles of trail along the shores of Lake Owen (red line in map below) is now official recognized as a unit of the National Park Service under the Department of Interior. This recognition provides equal legal standing, resources, and funding with the other trails of the…
DetailsThe deepest part of Lake Owen is now the site of a new scientific study. Steve Schieffer, Lake Owen Lead Scientist, a Certified Watershed Manager with Ecological Integrity Service, LLC, just set up a scientific measuring device called a “thermistor string” to study Lake Owen water temperatures at different depths. Steve placed a large orange…
DetailsNew Lake Owen Groundwater Study Results Available According to Lake Owen Association Lake Scientist, Steve Schieffer, groundwater provides at least 80% of the water to Lake Owen. That makes having an understanding of the area that contributes groundwater to the lake critically important. The Lake Owen Association engaged hydrogeologist, Jake Macholl, to update an existing…
DetailsEvery couple years or so, Lake Owen residents will take paddle boards and canoes from the Lake Owen Dam downstream on the Long Lake Branch to the Drummond Mill Pond. The 2020 photo below Lake Owen residents on the headwaters just above the Mill Pond. For those who are not aware, the Wisconsin Department of…
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