The Year 2009 on Lake Mitchell
A Year on Lake Mitchell - 2009
January 12-18- Coldest week in a decade lows range from -7 to -22.
February 20- Cadillac reaches 207 inches of snow. The most since records were began in 1960s.
April 4 - Ice goes out ending snowiest coldest winter of the decade.
April 5 Sod island breaks loose in Little Cove and drifts across lake.
April 15 Lakesider newsletter mailed. www.lakemitchell.org updated.
May 15 Large snail die-off occurs, probably because of sudden change of lake water temperature.
May 18 Roadside pickup of weeds begins
May 28-31 Lakeshore Environmental Inc conducts 990 GPS point survey of Lake Mitchell and finds 412 acres of Eurasian water milfoil (EWM).
June 2-4 Initial chemical herbicide treatment.
June Dredging begins in South Franke Cove in $119,000 project financed by cove property owners.
June 9 - Major algae bloom covers lake for six weeks. Algae isnt just on Mitchell, the bloom occurred on many lakes throughout the state.
June 24 Temperature hits 90 degrees for the only time of what will be remembered as a cold summer.
June 25 Harvesting begins in coves.
July 10th 10,000 milfoil-eating weevils put in Big Cove by Mitchell Creek.
August 2-4 - Harvester returns
August 11 Survey finds of 55 acres of EWM. Twenty acres located where 2-4-D was used in June along with 35 acres of new plants.
September brings the warm weather July and August didnt provide.
September 10 Roadside pickup of weeds ends.
October - Twice the average rainfall. Temperature averages 10 degrees below normal degrees.
November was unseasonably warm.
December 8 Lakes Mitchell and Cadillac freeze 2 weeks later than usual.
December 9-10 Schools close for two days as 12-15 inches of snow falls.
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