LFPOA Lake Restoration

Saving Lake Forest

Support Lake Restoration and a Wildlife Conservation Area

Sign the Petition click HERE​​​​

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We need your help to save our namesake lake before it becomes a marsh and threatens the lifespan of Mobile Bay.

The lake, which is behind the Jubilee Square shopping center, has shrunk by at least one-third: 62 acres to 43 – probably even more because the 43-acres was measured 10 years ago.

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The chief threat is silt that flows in from the Tiawasee and D’Olive creeks, the lake’s feeder streams, which drain about 7,700 acres or about 12 square miles.

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Unless the silt is controlled, projections show the lake becoming a creek and marsh by 2065 and threatening D’Olive and Mobile bays.

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“Destruction of the bay will then be accomplished many tens, or possibly hundreds, of years before natural processes would have affected the same result,” said Dr. Wayne Isphording, a University of South Alabama geology professor.

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Here’s the startling part: Isphording made that projection more than four decades ago, in a 1981 study of the D’Olive Bay drainage basin.

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A few projects have attempted to eliminate some siltation moving into the bays, but the flow into our lake from the two steams remains a substantial threat.

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That’s why we need you to sign the petition indicating support for our restoration and wildlife conservation project that also will help protect Mobile Bay, the sixth-largest estuary in the United States.

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Our 569-page plan, which you can download below, restores the lake and significantly slows the flow of destructive silt into the bays.

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The project does not use POA dues or assessments.

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We plan to seek grants and explore other funding avenues, which is why we need signatures that will show widespread support for the project.

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You don’t have to live in Lake Forest to sign the petition, so feel free to distribute this link to friends.

Here are some project highlights:

• Increase the lake to 62 acres or more;

• Raise the dam by 24 inches;

• Use dredged silt to create islands as nature preserves and habitats;

• Stock and manage Florida trophy largemouth bass and other game fish;

• Develop an outdoor learning center for environmental education;

• Provide put-ins for kayaks and canoes; and

• Connect the lake trails to miles of walking and jogging paths in Lake Forest.

 

A similar project in Florida has been a resounding success, including enhancing property values.

 

Help us get started on our lake as soon as possible.

 

Here is the petition link: https://www.change.org/p/save-the-environmental-restoration-of-the-lake-forest-lake-and-d-olive-tiawassee-watershed