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Page C 2 <strong>January</strong> Edition Seven Lakes News Christmas is over — so now what do you do with that massive Fraser fi r that’s been decorating your living room? Well, you could mulch it, or just toss it in a lake. Many residents placed their trees curbside to be “tossed” in to the lakes on the North and West side this year. According to Don Smith, “This year marked the twenty-fi rst anniversary that volunteers from the Lake Auman Sports Club (LASC) conducted their fi sh habitat program by placing Christmas trees under the docks of participating lakefront property owners. This annual project provides the lake’s small fi sh with protective cover to escape from larger predator fi sh helping increase the lake’s fi sh population, both in size and number. Last year forty-eight trees were delivered and prepped on February 10th and on the following day, were placed under twenty-six docks, including ten new locations. Many homeowners, who have participated in the past, were turned down this year as there was no more room under their docks for additional trees. Christmas Tree? Toss it in the Lake... Give it to the Fish! Community residents needing assistance disposing of their trees were able to have their trees picked up and taken to the designated tree drop area. LASC volunteers providing that help were Bruce Keyser, Stan Makson, Jim Pierman and Don Smith. The following Sports Club members delivered the trees and prepared them at the docks: Glenn Anderson, Ed Cockman, Don D’Apolitto, Charlie Flinchum, Jim Haggard, Mark Haut, Tom Kallio, Dan Lambert, S t a n M a k - son, Mike Ozimek, Jim Pierman, Bill Pratt, Don Smith and Don Snell. For the fi rst time, there were two three-man teams, instead of only one, working to place and secure the trees under the docks. Ryan Scott donned his diving wet suit and he and Dan Pieroni spent the day in the fi fty degree water. Previously, Dan was the only one in the frigid waters every year. Working with the two of them were Ben Benjamin, Dave Lamon, Don Smith and Pinecrest High School Junior Dax Ingram. The project was organized again this year by Don Smith. Special thanks to Dan Pieroni for his twenty years devoted to this program, in the water every one of them. Thanks to all the volunteers for a job well done and to the lakefront homeowners who participated this year and in the past to make this program possible. Around the US, many areas collect used or unsold Christmas trees to recycle as fi sh habitats At the end of the holidays, real Christmas trees, stripped of all their ornaments, are bundled up together and thrown in lakes to create reefs. These reefs give young fi sh a place to hide from larger fi sh, provide new nesting grounds, and also allow for the growth of algae. And that helps the ecosystem as a whole: the algae feed aquatic bugs, bugs feed little fi sh, and little fi sh feed large fi sh. “If you imagine a lake bottom that has no vegetation, is really bare, it’s kind of two dimensional. And by putting these reefs in, you create a kind of three dimensional habitat for fi sh,” says Joseph Sullivan, the fi sheries program manager at East Bay Regional Park District, “You’re essentially creating a whole ecosystem there.” “These trees are some of the best natural forms of underwater structure. Crappie, bass, bluegills and other fi sh will often use the tress to hide in and around,” according to Chris Powell, Conservation Biologist “Once the trees become a new home for fi sh, it’s not long before they will provide increased opportunities to local anglers young and old alike to get hooked on fi shing,” Powell said. We Have Your Winter Pests Covered
Seven Lakes Lifestyles <strong>January</strong> Edition Page C 3 Superstitions 8 Queens Answer Women Of Seven Lakes Next meeting will be on Thursday, Feb. 1, 11:30 a.m., at the Chapel. This February meeting is traditionally “social and games event. We encourage everyone to “beat the winter blues and come play a game & see some friends.” We will be having lunch at 11:30 a.m., followed by games . Reservations can be made by calling Barbara at 673-0016. Lunch will be catered and is $10/Per Person You need a reservation to attend because we are ordering lunches.
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