2025 Spring Road Cleanup – May 17
Come one, come all and join us for the Lake Association and Lake Foundation Spring Road Clean-up on Hwy 37!
The cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, May 17, at 9:00am. Meet on Red Top Road to get your road section assignment, garbage bags, safety vests, and latex gloves (if you desire). The highway will be marked in ½ mile segments. Doing one ½ mile segment on both sides of the road typically only takes 30 to 45 minutes. You’re welcome to do one or more ½ mile segments.
You are more than welcome to do a section on a different day, either the week before or the week after the scheduled date. If this fits into your schedule better, contact John or Karen La Fond to find out which segments are available.
Please join us to help with this worthy cause of keeping our environment clean.
2025 BMLAA Annual Membership Dues
It’s time to renew your annual BMLAA membership. Dues are only $20 per person and are used to help pay for AIS monitoring at the public landing. Dues should be sent to the address on the membership form. Please share this form with any new neighbors so they can be added to the BMLAA email list and directory.
AIS Monitoring
In 2024, Becker County budgeted 500 hours of inspector time for Bad Medicine Lake. Additional funding was provided by Forest Township and BMLAA, resulting in a total of 950 inspections hours completed. A total of 1,292 inspections were performed. Almost a quarter of boats entering Bad Medicine were last used on a designated infested waterbody. For additional details see this summary of 2024 AIS monitoring results.
While membership dues help, they are insufficient to cover BMLAA’s share of the AIS monitoring cost. Becker County covers 500 of the 950 hours of AIS monitoring. The cost for the remaining 450 hours is split between Forest Township and BMLAA. BMLAA’s share of the cost is $3,375. Please consider a donation to help cover this cost. Donations can be sent to the address on the membership form.
Board of Directors Meetings
The BMLAA board of directors meet monthly during the months of April through September. Prior to each meeting, an email is sent to all BMLAA members with the opportunity to request a link to the meeting.