To: Members of the Big Swan Lake Improvement Association and Big Swan Lake Improvement District (LID) Welcome to the updated web site of the two groups dedicated to maintaining and protecting the water quality, fishing resources and overall recreational value of your lake. The site is intended to keep you informed of news and issues […]
Save the date for our 2019 Spring Meeting! Our spring meeting is held on the Saturday before Memorial Day weekend. This year’s meeting will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 18 at the Hub Supper Club. See you there! At our Bi-Annual meetings Members receive reports on the activities of the association, and determine […]
Big Swan Lake and its inlets have been monitored by Todd SWCD, RMBEL, and the lake association since 1980. The lake was listed as impaired for excess nutrients and eutrophication in 2009. It is currently part of the Mississippi River – Brainerd Major Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy project through the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. […]
Last fall Bosek Fisheries from Garfield, Minn., stocked 400 pounds of 7-inch to 9-inch walleye fingerlings in Big Swan in an effort to supplement stocking efforts by the DNR. The DNR approved stocking 400 pounds of fingerlings instead of the 800 pounds originally requested. Association members authorized up to $10,000 for the stocking project, which […]
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July 2015 Big Swan Lake Property Owners Receive Land Stewardship Award Todd County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors selected the the Big Swan Lake Shoreland Property Owners to recieve Todd County’s Land Stewardship Award for 2015! This award is based on contributions landowners have made working with the Lake Association and the […]
March 2011 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS Investigates Inaccurate Flood Maps Costly to Minnesotans On Monday, March 14 at 10:00 PM 5 Eyewitness News Investigates ran a story on innacurate flood maps and what they cost Minnesotans.
February 2011 Swan River Headwaters Clean Water Fund Todd County Soil and Water Conservation District has posted additional information on their website regarding the grant dollars that are available from BWSR for the Swan River Watershed. Work on these projects will begin in the Spring of 2011 and will be completed by Winter 2012.
January 2011 Grant Dollars available from BWSR The Minnesota Board of Soil and Water Resources (BWSR) has awarded $203,158 for water quality improvement projects in the Swan River Watershed for 2011 & 2012 through Clean Water Legacy funding. The funds will be used for shoreland stabilization and restoration, river and lake bank stabilization, storm water […]