Osakis Lake Association hopes lakeshore taxes can cover the bill through a Lake Improvement District 12:00 am, Jul. 2, 2021 ×
The Osakis Lake Association is trying to form a Lake Improvement District to fight an aquatic invasive plant called curly leaf pondweed. (Echo Press file photo)
Curly leaf pondweed invaded Lake Osakis decades ago, so long ago that many boaters assume that the wavy-leafed plant belongs there, said Osakis Lake Association President Bruce Magnus.
However, it’s actually a trouble-making intruder originally from Eurasia, Africa, and Australia that the DNR says was first noted in Minnesota in 1910. Magnus estimates it will cost about $200,000 a year for three years to treat.