Category: Environment

LDCA is aware of the fallen trees at the park located off Woodbridge Road.

The trees are large in size and may be dangerous. We are seeking council to determine the proper clean-up action.

Here is the list of members and residents who have paid for lake weed treatment.  Payment was due on May 20th.

Updated :June 10,2024

Restrictions:

• No human skin contact (swimming) until 06/18/2024 (24hrs after treatment)
• No irrigation until 06/22/2024 (food) 06/19/2024 (flowers/lawn)

Treatment

• Tribune – Diquat Dibromide
• Propeller – Flumioxazin
• Cygnet+ – Adjuvant

 

Treatment provider has adjusted the schedule to the Week of June 17th (due to an equipment failure from treatment company) Signs will be posted Friday June 14th or Saturday June 15th.  It is IMPORTANT to keep these signs on your waterfront until at LEAST the day when human contact with the water is allowed.

 

Teal = Members and volunteers who submitted payment before May 20th

Red = Late additions negotiated with treatment company

Blue = Additional volunteers who were added after treatment company had to reschedule (additional ~10%)

The H.C.R.C. with the help of federal grants is replacing the St. Joe (of Ohio) river bridges west of Lake Diane.

From the Michigan Department of Health, Branch/St.Joseph/Hillsdale County

The Lake Diane Community Association has been notified by the Director of Environmental Health of Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph CHA that tests of Lake Diane final results have come back as non-detect for harmful toxins.

Thank you to the community for reporting this to community health agency and for all those in the community that helped communicate the information.

In the 1960s, the lake we know of now as Lake Diane was terraformed from the dredging and flooding of lowlands that surrounded two natural lakes. See our History for more. Below is a picture roughly showing what was (according to old maps) and what is now according to the Hillsdale GIS system. Enjoy this mix of history and present.