2026 Events
Annual Meeting / Saturday, August 15
Join us! You will take home great information about our lake district. Come early to get your seat, enjoy breakfast and visit with friends. New lake members welcome!
8:30-9:00am Breakfast, displays, and door prizes!
9:00-10:30am Annual Meeting
Location: Georgetown Lutheran Church, 877 190th Ave, Balsam Lake, WI 54810
Agenda (with flexibility)
Welcome and Introductions
Approval of Minutes of 2025 Annual Meeting
Treasurer’s Report
Old Business
- Polk County Updates / 5 min
- Georgetown Updates / 5 min
Committee Reports
- Dam Management / 10 min
- Lake Management Plan (LMP) / 10 min
- Healthy Lakes Program / 5 min
- AIS / Clean Boats, Clean Waters / 10 min
- Aquatic Plant Management & Harvesting / 10 min
New Business
Annual Business
- Vote: Approval of 2027 Annual Budget / 10 min
- Vote: Approval of 2027 CBCW Grant / 2 min
- Vote: Commissioner Elections / 15 min (Nominations must be submitted to a Board Member by 5pm, August 13, 2026)
Announcements
May 15, 2027 Spring Meeting, 8:30 am–10:00 am (3rd Saturday in May)
Aug. 21, 2027 Annual Meeting, 8:30 am–10:00 am (3rd Saturday in August)
Voting Details: Qualified voters are 18 years of age or older, either reside in the District or own property within. Ownership of more than one parcel within BLPR District does not entitle the owner to more than one vote. Trust properties may cast one vote via your official trust representative.
Regarding elections: As a lake district we are required to hold an annual meeting with election of commissioners. First, we are required to follow Chapter 33, Sec 33.30(5) that prohibits absentee ballots and proxy votes, ballots can be distributed only to qualified voters in attendance at the meeting, no ballots can be handed out once the voting starts; second, counting ballots is required immediately and the results announced during the meeting.
2025 Annual Meeting Minutes can be found here >>
Healthy Lakes Conservation Projects Tour / August 23 – September 1
Self-guided “float-by-tour around the lake”
Take a tour the conservation projects members have been doing to improve water quality on our lake since 2016! Projects include many shoreline restorations, rain gardens, and water diversion. There will be 6-15 properties on the tour. Starting on Saturday, August 23 and ending on Monday, Sept. 1 we are doing a “float by tour” of the Healthy Lakes conservation projects. Sites will identified by a sign on the shoreline near or in the project. The sign will read “HL” for Healthy Lakes. This tour format is “float by from the water” only. We will have signs up for one week so anyone on the lake can do a self-guided tour by boat anytime. Family and friends are welcome!
Our District has completed 26 projects since 2016!! We completed 6 projects in 2021, 16 projects in 2018 and 4 projects in 2024. We are completing a third DNR grant this year that includes 2 new rain gardens and 5 shoreline restorations.
Learn more about Healthy Lakes Program here at https://healthylakeswi.com/.
DNR Grant Applications Due / September 15 & November 15
Surface Water Grants
May 1 Establish eligibility for grant funding
September 15 Project pre-application due to DNRSurfaceWaterGrants@Wisconsin.gov
November 15 Final application deadline
More information can be found at https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/aid/surfacewater.htm
Clean Boats, Clean Waters Program
Statewide DNR Drain Campaign at the boat landings / June 6-7
DNR’s Free Fishing Weekend / June 6-7
The goal of the Drain Campaign is to increase public understanding of the draining laws in WI and emphasize the “drain all water” prevention step during watercraft inspections. CBCW inspectors share aquatic invasive species (AIS) prevention information with boat landing visitors and remind anglers to drain their livewells and bait buckets before leaving the launch.
- Inspect your boat, trailer and equipment
- Remove all attached plants or animals
- Drain all water from boats, motors, livewells and other equipment
- Never move live fish away from a waterbody
- Dispose of unwanted bait in the trash
- Buy minnows from a Wisconsin bait dealer, and use leftover minnows only if you will be using them on that same waterbody.
Great Lakes AIS Landing Blitz / June 29 – July 12
The DNR Landing Blitz encourages extra AIS attention at all boat landings during the busy July 4th holiday weeks. This year, Wisconsin is aligning dates with the larger
Great Lakes Regional Landing Blitz effort, alongside other Great Lakes states and provinces. All Wisconsin lakes and rivers can be locations for the Blitz.
Annual Meeting / Saturday, August 15
8:30-9:00am Breakfast, displays, and door prizes!
9:00-10:30am Annual Meeting
Location: Georgetown Lutheran Church, 877 190th Ave, Balsam Lake, WI 54810
DNR Grant Applications Due / September 15 & November 15
Surface Water Grants
May 1 Establish eligibility for grant funding
September 15 Project pre-application due to DNRSurfaceWaterGrants@Wisconsin.gov
November 15 Final application deadline
More information can be found at https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/aid/surfacewater.htm
Annual Meeting / Saturday, August 16
Join us! You will take home great information about our lake district. Come early to get your seat, enjoy breakfast and visit with friends. New lake members welcome!
8:30-9:00am Breakfast, displays, and door prizes!
9:00-10:30am Annual Meeting
Location: Georgetown Lutheran Church, 877 190th Ave, Balsam Lake, WI 54810
Agenda (with flexibility)
Welcome and Introductions
Approval of Minutes of 2024 Annual Meeting
Treasurer’s Report
Old Business
- Polk County Updates / 5 min
- Georgetown Updates / 5 min
Committee Reports
- Dam Management / 10 min
- Lake Management Plan (LMP) / 10 min
- Healthy Lakes Program / 5 min
- AIS / Clean Boats, Clean Waters / 10 min
- Aquatic Plant Management & Harvesting / 10 min
New Business
- Guest Speaker: Matt Berg – Research Biologist, M.S., Endangered Resource Services, LLC / 10 min.
- AIS decontamination stations at landings update / 5 min
Annual Business
- Vote: Approval of 2026 Annual Budget / 10 min
- Vote: Approval of 2026 CBCW Grant / 2 min
- Vote: Commissioner Elections / 15 min (Nominations must be submitted to a Board Member by 5pm, August 14, 2025)
Announcements
Aug. 16, 2025 BLPRD Board Meeting to follow Annual Meeting
May 16, 2026 Spring Meeting, 8:30 am–10:00 am (3rd Saturday in May)
Aug. 15, 2026 Annual Meeting, 8:30 am–10:00 am (3rd Saturday in August)
Voting Details: Qualified voters are 18 years of age or older, either reside in the District or own property within. Ownership of more than one parcel within BLPR District does not entitle the owner to more than one vote. Trust properties may cast one vote via your official trust representative.
Regarding elections: As a lake district we are required to hold an annual meeting with election of commissioners. First, we are required to follow Chapter 33, Sec 33.30(5) that prohibits absentee ballots and proxy votes, ballots can be distributed only to qualified voters in attendance at the meeting, no ballots can be handed out once the voting starts; second, counting ballots is required immediately and the results announced during the meeting.
2024 Annual Meeting Minutes can be found here >>
Healthy Lakes Conservation Projects Tour / August 23 – September 1
Self-guided “float-by-tour around the lake”
Take a tour the conservation projects members have been doing to improve water quality on our lake since 2016! Projects include many shoreline restorations, rain gardens, and water diversion. There will be 6-15 properties on the tour. Starting on Saturday, August 23 and ending on Monday, Sept. 1 we are doing a “float by tour” of the Healthy Lakes conservation projects. Sites will identified by a sign on the shoreline near or in the project. The sign will read “HL” for Healthy Lakes. This tour format is “float by from the water” only. We will have signs up for one week so anyone on the lake can do a self-guided tour by boat anytime. Family and friends are welcome!
Our District has completed 26 projects since 2016!! We completed 6 projects in 2021, 16 projects in 2018 and 4 projects in 2024. We are completing a third DNR grant this year that includes 2 new rain gardens and 5 shoreline restorations.
Learn more about Healthy Lakes Program here at https://healthylakeswi.com/.
DNR Grant Applications Due / September 15 & November 15
Surface Water Grants
May 1 Establish eligibility for grant funding
September 15 Project pre-application due to DNRSurfaceWaterGrants@Wisconsin.gov
November 15 Final application deadline
More information can be found at https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/aid/surfacewater.htm