Support the Resoration of Our Lake
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Environmental Restoration of the Lake Forest Lake
and D’Olive/Tiawasee Watershed
The Lake, which Lake Forest gets its name, is important to all the property owners. It is a "Public Resource" with access available to all. Coupled with the amenities that are planned for the Restored Lake, from recreation sites that offer boat ramps, public piers, covered picnic areas, an outdoor environmental learning facility, canoe and kayak launch facilities to a trophy fishery (including a trophy Florida Largemouth Bass fishery), this restoration will allow the entire community to enjoy the Lake. The Lake's documented positive impact on property values throughout the entire subdivision is valuable to all LFPOA members.
The Lake must be restored to the gem quality recreation and aquatic resource it once was. The current process of rapid loss of capacity (already lost 2/3 of its original volume) will continue to progress through the next 70 years. The damaging sediment flows from 77% of this watershed that is outside the Lake Forest Subdivision. These sediment flows have resulted in a Lake depth that is almost unusable (3 ft average) and are currently flowing into the D'Olive Bay and damaging the Marine Estuary System. We are continuing to lose valuable aquatic wildlife, plants, and many other terrestrial species.
What we are trying to accomplish is funding for environmental restoration from several sources, none of these are LFPOA funds. All the environmental funding sources we are seeking require us to show that the people of Lake Forest are supportive of the restoration. Please consider signing the petition at the following link to show your support.
Also, please know that:
"Signing the petition in no way obligates LFPOA funds to pay for this project" and " the LFPOA Board will not solicit individual contributions from petition signees ".
https://www.change.org/p/save-the-environmental-restoration-of-the-lake-forest-lake-and-d-olive-tiawassee-watershed
See the Lake Resoration Master Plan in PDF format.
and D’Olive/Tiawasee Watershed
The Lake, which Lake Forest gets its name, is important to all the property owners. It is a "Public Resource" with access available to all. Coupled with the amenities that are planned for the Restored Lake, from recreation sites that offer boat ramps, public piers, covered picnic areas, an outdoor environmental learning facility, canoe and kayak launch facilities to a trophy fishery (including a trophy Florida Largemouth Bass fishery), this restoration will allow the entire community to enjoy the Lake. The Lake's documented positive impact on property values throughout the entire subdivision is valuable to all LFPOA members.
The Lake must be restored to the gem quality recreation and aquatic resource it once was. The current process of rapid loss of capacity (already lost 2/3 of its original volume) will continue to progress through the next 70 years. The damaging sediment flows from 77% of this watershed that is outside the Lake Forest Subdivision. These sediment flows have resulted in a Lake depth that is almost unusable (3 ft average) and are currently flowing into the D'Olive Bay and damaging the Marine Estuary System. We are continuing to lose valuable aquatic wildlife, plants, and many other terrestrial species.
What we are trying to accomplish is funding for environmental restoration from several sources, none of these are LFPOA funds. All the environmental funding sources we are seeking require us to show that the people of Lake Forest are supportive of the restoration. Please consider signing the petition at the following link to show your support.
Also, please know that:
"Signing the petition in no way obligates LFPOA funds to pay for this project" and " the LFPOA Board will not solicit individual contributions from petition signees ".
https://www.change.org/p/save-the-environmental-restoration-of-the-lake-forest-lake-and-d-olive-tiawassee-watershed
See the Lake Resoration Master Plan in PDF format.