Mandatory Boat decontamination coming???

They will have to have a CO at each launch to make this work. They can’t do the we will come and check for tags later. We no longer can receive tickets for running a red light from a camera because they would have sent the ticket to the owner of the car not the actually person who was driving. And they had your face in the picture. Wouldn’t this be the same kind of thing?

Brian Klawitter wrote:

nspectors will staff three decontamination boats on each side of the river July 14 and 15 in a search-and-destroy mission against such invaders as zebra mussels, Eurasian watermilfoil, curly leaf pondweed, bighead carp, rusty crayfish and Asian clams.

Let’s be honest here… No quantity of CO’s at any landing will prevent the already invested water from becoming infested.

And they’ll certainly not prevent any silver carp.

Furthermore, decon units cannot and will not clean every nook & cranny of leaky boats where the 0.003″ zebra mussels villagers hide either.

In my boat, you’d need to run a hose from the bow and dump a ton of hot water from bow to transom to flush out any lake water.

My boat leaks in the front. On the trailer, it doesn’t drain the bow fully. I hold water for days.

Decontamination units are effectively named to convince people of their success… Though real boat owners and those educated in AIS moreso than the interns know better.

Will they catch them all? No, certainly not. Will they catch some? You bet they will.

lake shore owners just want to eliminate public access thats it!
more lake destruction over the last 50 yrs has been done by lake shore owners then any thing else!

So many of the lakes in the most populated areas of MN are destined to become nearly worthless as fisheries within a few decades. These landowners are essentially hoping to block public usage to their own cesspools.

Last winter someone posted a study about the rising salt content in the waters. Nothing is done to stop the landowners with green lawns right up to the water’s edge. Development is happening at an alarming rate and polluted runoff is on the rise. Now they spray chemicals to kill weeds in the water too?!?!

Restricting access to public waters is 100% BS. However, it is going to be a minute point for anyone who hopes to use these lakes solely for fishing in the future. The appeal of fishing metro lakes is going to fall off a cliff in the coming years.

I wonder how it will received when I demand they towel down my boat because I don’t want any water spots?

The problem started with invasives from ocean going vessels dumping their ballast water between locks in the Great Lakes ! Who is inspecting those ??? The problem will never get better if those issues are not addressed .Once the genie is out of the bottle ,how do you get it back in ? Then the states go after the fisherman, who never created the problem in the first place! Where is enforcement on these outside entities ? From Zebra,to flying carp was a failure from government to stop these from ever getting here in the first place. Once an envasive is here ,its usaully to late to do anything about it.Just sayin !

Lakes and rivers advocates does nothing but brainwashes lake associations into believing that ivasives kill lakes.Basically their theroy is boaters spread invasives and because the lakeshore owners pay more in taxes their lakes should be saved from the invasive spreading public.The thought that the efforts of their group will stop or even slow the spread of invasives is laughable at best.They could do alot more for our waters by focusing their efforts on things that are able to be controlled like runoff,fertilizers,salt,erosion ect.Its all a big waste of time and money.When lobbyist groups,taxes,and government are involved no one should be suprised that the outcome usually does not bode well for the general public.

“If you aren’t for preventing AIS, you are a bad person and part of the problem.”

If we could get one email sent to a State Representative for every post we’ve had about the AIS battle over the last 5 years, I believe the average American fisherman could stand up to the lake associations. Just one per post.

Call the Governor Dayton & MnDNR Commissioner Landwehr and ask them to STOP this Pilot Project.

More info and numbers on my page: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1991759987720575&id=1593672207529357

While you’re at it call your State Representative &Senator also!

MN AIS law:

Note the section –

“no reduction in capacity or hours of operation of public accesses and fees that do not discourage or limit use”

(g) The commissioner may authorize tribal and local governments that enter into a delegation agreement with the commissioner to conduct mandatory inspections of water-related equipment at specified locations within a defined area before a person places or removes water-related equipment into or out of a water body. Tribal and local governments that are authorized to conduct inspections under this paragraph must:

(1) to the extent called for in the delegation agreement, assume legal, financial, and administrative responsibilities for implementing the mandatory inspections, alone or in agreement with other tribal or local governments;

(2) employ inspectors that have been trained and authorized by the commissioner;

(3) conduct inspections and decontamination measures in accordance with guidelines approved by the commissioner;

(4) have decontamination equipment available at inspection stations or identify alternative decontamination equipment locations within a reasonable distance of the inspection station that can bring water-related equipment into compliance;

(5) provide for inspection station locations that do not create traffic delays or public safety issues; and

(6) submit a plan approved by the commissioner according to paragraph (h).

(h) Plans required under paragraph (g) must address:

(1) no reduction in capacity or hours of operation of public accesses and fees that do not discourage or limit use;

(2) reasonable travel times between public accesses and inspection stations;

(3) adequate staffing to minimize wait times and provide adequate hours of operation at inspection stations and public accesses;

(4) adequate enforcement capacity;

(5) measures to address inspections of water-related equipment at public water accesses for commercial entities and private riparian landowners; and

(6) other elements as required by the commissioner to ensure statewide consistency, appropriate inspection and decontamination protocols, and protection of the state’s resources, public safety, and access to public waters.

Beav1 wrote:

MN AIS law:

Note the section –

“no reduction in capacity or hours of operation of public accesses and fees that do not discourage or limit use”

(g) The commissioner may authorize tribal and local governments that enter into a delegation agreement with the commissioner to conduct mandatory inspections of water-related equipment at specified locations within a defined area before a person places or removes water-related equipment into or out of a water body. Tribal and local governments that are authorized to conduct inspections under this paragraph must:

(1) to the extent called for in the delegation agreement, assume legal, financial, and administrative responsibilities for implementing the mandatory inspections, alone or in agreement with other tribal or local governments;

(2) employ inspectors that have been trained and authorized by the commissioner;

(3) conduct inspections and decontamination measures in accordance with guidelines approved by the commissioner;

(4) have decontamination equipment available at inspection stations or identify alternative decontamination equipment locations within a reasonable distance of the inspection station that can bring water-related equipment into compliance;

(5) provide for inspection station locations that do not create traffic delays or public safety issues; and

(6) submit a plan approved by the commissioner according to paragraph (h).

(h) Plans required under paragraph (g) must address:

(1) no reduction in capacity or hours of operation of public accesses and fees that do not discourage or limit use;

(2) reasonable travel times between public accesses and inspection stations;

(3) adequate staffing to minimize wait times and provide adequate hours of operation at inspection stations and public accesses;

(4) adequate enforcement capacity;

(5) measures to address inspections of water-related equipment at public water accesses for commercial entities and private riparian landowners; and

(6) other elements as required by the commissioner to ensure statewide consistency, appropriate inspection and decontamination protocols, and protection of the state’s resources, public safety, and access to public waters.

Thanks much Beav1

The statute reference is 84D.105

So if Wright County is going to have said plan approved by the DNR it should address specifically all points (1) – (6) of the state statute.

This approved plan should be available to the public to view. Yes?

Copied from 84D.105 –

(6) submit a plan approved by the commissioner according to paragraph (h).

(h) Plans required under paragraph (g) must address:

(1) no reduction in capacity or hours of operation of public accesses and fees that do not discourage or limit use;

(2) reasonable travel times between public accesses and inspection stations;

(3) adequate staffing to minimize wait times and provide adequate hours of operation at inspection stations and public accesses;

(4) adequate enforcement capacity;

(5) measures to address inspections of water-related equipment at public water accesses for commercial entities and private riparian landowners; and

(6) other elements as required by the commissioner to ensure statewide consistency, appropriate inspection and decontamination protocols, and protection of the state’s resources, public safety, and access to public waters.

Well they came and they went.

I didn’t launch Saturday but did see a decon unit leave the landing ~4pm Saturday.

Sunday morning I was on pepin and I didn’t launch in Prescott until 2pm (Royal cluster F) didn’t see a decon. Told the gal she cannot ask me questions or look at my boat.

So, what is going to come of this?

Not hearing anything from MnDNR Commissioner or AIS Staff, nor the Governor!

Has anyone got thru and actually spoke with any of them?
I have sent invites to meet and discuss, but no replies.
No email, or phone replies either ????